Experience a vacation with dairy farmers
With a dairy farm, vacations are few and far between. I miss the cows and the lifestyle sometimes, but I’m thankful we can do some traveling.
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Exciting news for Farm Bureau families! At the 2024 fair, we are offering a special benefit for our youth exhibitors. Each youth exhibitor will have the opportunity to display a stall sign on their stalls/pens throughout fair week.
Exclusive Benefit Details:
- Stall Signs: Available for each project.
- Add-On Money: Exclusive add-on money for your 2024 project. Please note, the add-on money is available for each youth exhibit (one per person).
- FREE Farm Bureau T-shirt – Any Farm Bureau member in Lake County is eligible for a free shirt.
Stall Signs & T-Shirt Pick Up Times
T-shirts can be picked up at our new Farm Bureau area in the open class barn.
- Tuesday, July 23
- 11 AM – 1PM
- 5 PM – 7 PM
- Thursday, July 25
- 11 AM – 1PM
- 5 PM – 7 PM
- Saturday, July 27
- 11 AM – 1PM
- 5 PM – 7 PM
*Anytime you see a Farm Bureau Trustee near the Open Class Barn
If you’re not a member and you would like to be, you can join here or by calling the county Farm Bureau office at 440.426.2195.
The issue of property taxation remains as one of the biggest challenges our members face today. Ensuring agricultural property is valued for its agricultural potential and not development is critical to the continued success of Ohio agriculture.
The plan we are on is great. It’s comparable to my previous job's plan, and we are a sole proprietor.
I could not have done it without the resources I have found through Farm Bureau.
We really appreciate what Farm Bureau has done to get people interested in this line of work and workforce development and getting people interested in this industry.
We work terrifically with the Ashtabula County Farm Bureau, hosting at least one to two outreach town hall events every year to educate new farmers and existing farmers on traditional CAUV and woodlands.
Because we are younger farmers just starting out, Farm Bureau has a lot of good opportunities and resources to help us grow in the future.
Through the Select Partner program, we became educated in farm insurance and weren't just selling policies. It became more and more clear why farmers need an advocate like Ohio Farm Bureau.
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