OKLAHOMA CITY – National Farmers Union (NFU) on Tuesday concluded the 123rd Anniversary Convention in Oklahoma City after the assembled delegates voted to finalize NFU’s 2025 policy priorities. NFU welcomed over 450 family farmers, ranchers and supporters to Oklahoma City for the three-day convention.
“This is a challenging moment for family farmers. Rising costs, corporate consolidation and uncertainty around federal programs—including the lack of a renewed farm bill—are creating real hardships,” said NFU President Rob Larew. “Yet through it all, the state of Farmers Union remains strong, resilient and prepared to turn the policies set at this convention into action for a stronger future in agriculture.”
The finalized policy priorities approved by NFU’s delegates include three special orders of business on timely topics: Fairness for Farmers, Family Farming and the Farm Bill and Family Farming and Our Federal Government.
“NFU’s democratic, grassroots efforts that determine the organization’s policy priorities each year have unified family farmers and ranchers for 123 years,” said NFU Vice President Jeff Kippley. “We are leaving Oklahoma City feeling energized and ready to tackle the challenges ahead.”
NFU hosted many prominent speakers to share their wealth of knowledge and expertise, including:
- U.S. Representative Angie Craig (MN-02)
- Jon Doggett, Former CEO of the National Corn Growers Association
- Vanessa Maria Graber, Journalism and Media Education Director, Free Press
- R.J. Gray, President and CEO of Oklahoma Agriculture Cooperative Council, Inc.
- Chuck Hoskin, Jr., Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
- Sarah Melotte, Staff Writer, the Daily Yonder
- Harrison Pittman, Director, National Agriculture Law Center
- Jim Schultz, CEO of Open Prairie
- Todd R. Vogts, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Media at Sterling College
- Majority and minority staff from the Senate and House Agriculture Committees
NFU also announced a Farmers Union Week of Action to take place May 5-9. Farmers Union members will join together both in Washington, D.C., and in their communities across the nation to call on Congress to make farmers, ranchers and rural Americans a priority.
NFU will host America’s family farmers and ranchers again at the 124th Anniversary Convention in New Orleans, March 7-9, 2026.
