STATEResolution OFENROLLED OKLAHOMA 2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) 3 SENATE RESOLUTION 10NO. By:
Murdock10 5By: 6 7 AS INTRODUCED A Resolution declaring April 22, 2025, as Oklahoma Agriculture Day;
Murdock A Resolution declaring April 22, 2025, as Oklahoma Agriculture Day;
and Req.WHEREAS, Oklahoma is also America’s second-leading provider of beef cows with nearly two million head and the third-most cattle operations at more than 43,000, featuring over 4.6 million beef and dairy cattle;
No.and WHEREAS, Oklahoma also ranks as the second-leading provider of rye nationally and is one of the highest producers of soybeans, cotton, poultry, and pork in the U.S.;
1975and Page 1 WHEREAS, Oklahomaagriculture isprovides alsoa America’smajor second-leadingsource provider of 2employment beeffor cowsOklahoma’s workforce, with nearlyone twoin million50 headjobs andsupported by the third-mostpork cattleindustry 3and operationsanother at30,000 morepeople thanemployed 43,000,by featuringthe overpoultry 4.6industry; million beef and dairy cattle;
and 5 WHEREAS, Oklahoma also ranks as the second-leading provider of 6 rye nationally and is one of the highest producers of soybeans, 7 cotton, poultry, and pork in the U.S.;
and WHEREAS, agriculture provides a major source of employment for 9 Oklahoma’s workforce, with one in 50 jobs supported by the pork industry and another 30,000 people employed by the poultry industry;
Req.THAT a copy of this resolution be distributed to Oklahoma Secretary and Commissioner of Agriculture Blayne Arthur.
No.Adopted by the Senate the 22nd day of April, 2025.
1975Presiding PageOfficer 2of THATthe aSenate copyOFFICE ofOF thisTHE resolutionSECRETARY beOF distributedSTATE toReceived Oklahomaby 2the Office of the Secretary andof CommissionerState this __________ day of Agriculture__________________, Blayne20 Arthur._______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
3By: 4 60-1-1975 CF 3/31/2025 3:32:36 PM 5 6 7 8 9 Req.
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