Oklahoma Agricultural Leadership Program

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OALP XX Seminar Two: Southwestern and West Central Oklahoma Agriculture and Industry

Wednesday, October 14 Scribe: Claudia Humphreys The day started early at 6:45 a.m. as we boarded a beautiful bus, thank you COVID-19, masks on, and six feet apart. Our drive to Hobart was time to catch up and sleep for some. We arrived at Sesaco Corporation, a sesame production company who is the largest sesame [ Read More ]

OALP XX Seminar 1: Launch of OALP Experience

Wednesday, Aug. 19 Scribe: Joy Alspach Occasionally something happens to you that you reflect back on and realize that it’s the work of a higher power. As humans we sometimes get in autopilot and forget to stop and be intentional in our actions. The first session of the Oklahoma Agriculture Leadership Program was designed to [ Read More ]

OALP XIX Seminar 13 (Chile Part 2)

Sunday, February 23, 2020 Sunday morning, our class enjoyed a hike through Monumento Natural Cerro Nielol. Felipe, our guide, works with Sendero de Chile, an organization created to educate the citizens of Chile about the natural environment. The park encompasses about 250 acres. We did not see much wildlife, but were told the area has many [ Read More ]

OALP XIX Seminar 13 (Chile Part 1)

Saturday, February 15, 2020 We all met at the OKC airport to begin our travel to Chile. We handed out all the travel information and everyone started the process of getting checked onto the flight and through airport security. We had a few hours to hang out in the airport before our flight to DFW. [ Read More ]

OALP XIX Seminar 12

Wednesday, January 15, 2020 Seminar 12 kicked off in Stillwater with a presentation from Anthony Cambas about global marketing and its importance to the United States. He explained the different types of exports and imports in global marketing and some of the strategy’s countries use. Then, our group presentations started with a presentation about the [ Read More ]

OALP XIX Seminar 11

Wednesday, November 13, 2019 OALP Class XIX enjoyed a great three-day seminar in northeastern Oklahoma! We began at the Port of Catoosa, learning about their facility, the businesses located at the port, their association with industry in Oklahoma, including production agriculture and how they utilize the port, and the larger McClellan-Kerr Navigation System. We also [ Read More ]

OALP XIX Seminar 10

Wednesday, October 2, 2019 To kick off our 10th seminar, we met in Seminole at the Farm Bureau office, hosted by Rodney Sutterfield, and then proceeded to our first stop of the day: Harbin Fish Farm. Spencer Harbin explained that Harbin Fish farm began more than 50 years ago in Kansas and now operates both [ Read More ]

OALP XIX Seminar 9

Wednesday, August 21, 2019 Our seminar began at the High Plains Technology Center in Woodward, Okla. The High Plains Technology Center is a career technology center serving seven school districts. Students can attend their junior and senior years of high school and transfer 30 to 40 hours of credit to Panhandle State University. In response [ Read More ]

OALP XIX Seminar 8

Thursday, July 11, 2019 Class XIX of the Oklahoma Agricultural Leadership Program started its eighth session at 8:00 a.m. at Langston University. Mr. Clark Williams of Class XI gave us an overview of the Langston University history and current College of Agriculture programs. The Agriculture Department has about 100 students with four majors: agriculture business, [ Read More ]

OALP XIX Seminar 7

We began the day at the Oklahoma State Capitol where we were greeted by Tommy Thomas from the Oklahoma Legislative Consulting Group. He spoke about the challenges agricultural and rural Oklahoma face, and encouraged us to be advocates for our industry. We spent the morning hearing from several legislators. Lt. Governor Matt Pinnell shared his [ Read More ]