From staff reports Terry Stuart Forst has officially been inducted into the Agriculture Hall of Fame.
The announcement came Aug. 18 during the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Ranch Rodeo at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie.
Forst, her two sons and their families operate 7S Stuart Ranch, the oldest family ranch under continuous family ownership in Oklahoma. The 45,000-acre ranch stretches across southeastern and southwestern Oklahoma and has been in her family since 1868.
Forst, the fifth-generation Oklahoman, also became the first female president of the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association in 2009, and was the first woman named Cattleman of the Year two years before that.
She is the 27th inductee to the Hall of Fame. Forst also earned OSU’s Master Breeder Award in 2008, was named a “Significant Woman in Agriculture” by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food & Forestry in 2017, and was inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in 2007.
“It is truly humbling,” she said about the induction. “I am so honored. I was not expecting this in any way, shape or form. I got choked up.”