McAfee & Taft’s Agriculture and Equine Industry Group

04/06/2026

Members of our Agriculture & Equine Industry Group represented McAfee & Taft at the Oklahoma Youth Expo—the world’s largest junior livestock show—held annually at the OKC Fairgrounds. This year was even more memorable as the agriculture community was welcomed into the new world-class OG&E Coliseum.

The firm takes great pride in supporting the future leaders of Oklahoma’s agriculture industry. We were thrilled to join many of our friends and clients to purchase the Grand Champion Market Steer exhibited by Maddox Shout of the Piedmont 4-H club. Congratulations to all those involved in !

04/07/2025

Members of our Agriculture & Equine Industry Group represented McAfee & Taft at the Oklahoma Youth Expo—the world’s largest junior livestock show—held annually at the OKC Fairgrounds. This year was even more memorable as the agriculture community said goodbye to the historic Jim Norick Arena and prepared to welcome the new OG&E Coliseum.

The firm takes great pride in supporting the future leaders of Oklahoma’s agriculture industry. We were thrilled to join with many of our friends and clients to purchase the Grand Champion Market Steer exhibited by Madilyn Norvell of the Amber-Pocasset FFA Chapter and the Bronze Medallion Market Steer exhibited by Denver McKay of the Mulhall-Orlando FFA Chapter. Congratulations to all those involved in !

09/27/2024

A U.S. Department of Labor rule designed to expand employment protections for farmworkers in the H-2A visa program has been blocked by a federal judge in Georgia. Employment attorney Nathan Whatley explains the rule, the legal challenge, and the judge’s decision.

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04/19/2023

Last Friday’s 2023 Oklahoma Agricultural Law Association Symposium at OU Law was another can’t-miss event for McAfee & Taft Ag and Equine attorneys Jeff Todd, Jennifer Callahan, Garrett Reed and Gatlin Squires. Special thanks to our friends at Oklahoma Farm Bureau, Farm Credit of Western Oklahoma, Oklahoma Ag Leadership Encounter, Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association, and Oklahoma Pork Council for sponsoring this great event.

04/19/2022

For many, even though more than 25 years have passed since that fateful morning, the memories are as tangible today as they were then.

On the morning of April 19, 1995, the lives of so many were forever changed. Survivors, family members, rescue workers, a whole city, an entire state, and even a nation were shaken, heartbroken and inescapably altered. The domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in....

03/09/2022

McAfee & Taft lawyer Colby Byrd discusses landowner rights regarding the expansion of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority in Norman.

McAfee & Taft’s Agriculture and Equine Industry Group has a strong focus in eminent domain and has a proven history of successfully representing landowners, including a recent $1.166 million jury verdict in October 2021 against OTA.

As the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority plans to bring a new turnpike and an extension of an existing toll road to Norman, many property owners are left to wonder what rights

02/25/2022

Leveraging his unique combination of skills and expertise as both a preeminent tax lawyer and CPA, firm co-founder Richard Taft loved nothing more than finding a way around a problem.

This is the eighth installment of our year-long weekly history series celebrating the firm’s 70th anniversary. Although soft-spoken and dignified in his demeanor, McAfee & Taft co-founder Richard Taft was known to be tenacious when it came to representing his clients. And that tenaciousness was o...

02/18/2022

Flashback Friday: He was distinguished and dignified, respectful and courteous, modest and soft-spoken. And though his formal appearance and manners were impeccable, he lacked any pretension.

This is the seventh installment of our year-long weekly history series celebrating the firm’s 70th anniversary. (Please note: There is no audio in the above motion graphics.) By all accounts from those who had the pleasure to know him, McAfee & Taft co-founder Richard G. Taft was the consummate g...

02/16/2022

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02/11/2022

Gatlin Squires, Allison Christian, and Garrett Reed, members of McAfee & Taft’s Agriculture & Equine Industry Group, were proud to attend the Oklahoma FFA Foundation’s “I Believe Gala” to support fundraising efforts for the 96th State FFA Convention. As former FFA members, we understand and appreciate the positive difference that FFA makes in the lives of students across the state.