Oklahoma Farm Bureau sets Feb. 17 leadership conference in Oklahoma City during early 2026 legislative season

Annual event is scheduled for Feb. 17 at Embassy Suites Medical Center in Oklahoma City

Oklahoma Farm Bureau has scheduled its annual State Leadership Conference for Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, in Oklahoma City. The organization lists the venue as Embassy Suites Medical Center, positioning the one-day gathering alongside the opening weeks of the 2026 Oklahoma legislative session, which convenes Feb. 2.

Farm Bureau describes the conference as a training and information event for county board members and organizational leaders. The agenda focus, as outlined in the organization’s event descriptions, includes leadership development, updates on Farm Bureau programs and policy priorities, and briefings on legislative and regulatory issues affecting production agriculture and rural communities.

Why the timing matters for agriculture policy

The Feb. 17 date places the conference in the same month as several Farm Bureau-related activities in Oklahoma City tied to the Capitol calendar. In addition to the legislature’s start date, Farm Bureau lists Farm Bureau Week for Feb. 9–13 and the Farm City Festival for Feb. 12 at the state Capitol, an event associated with outreach to lawmakers and staff on Oklahoma agriculture.

Within this sequence, the leadership conference functions as a convening point for local Farm Bureau leaders to coordinate messaging and understand policy and regulatory topics likely to surface during the session. Farm Bureau’s event description also emphasizes opportunities for members to connect directly with legislators as part of agriculture advocacy.

Who the conference is designed to serve

The leadership conference is aimed primarily at Farm Bureau county board members and other organizational leaders. Farm Bureau portrays the gathering as an internal leadership and policy engagement event rather than a broad public conference.

• Leadership training and organizational updates for county-level leaders
• Briefings on policy efforts and current issues in production agriculture
• Opportunities for direct engagement with elected officials and state leaders

Part of a wider 2026 schedule

The Feb. 17 conference appears within a broader 2026 calendar of Farm Bureau activities that includes a State Young Farmers & Ranchers leadership conference on Feb. 16 in Oklahoma City, followed later in the year by events such as the organization’s Washington, D.C., summit in March and its annual meeting in early November in downtown Oklahoma City.

Farm Bureau’s listings describe the Feb. 17 leadership conference as a forum to build leadership skills while tracking legislative and regulatory developments affecting agriculture.