Mark your calendar and plan to attend the Adams County Farm Bureau and Adams SWCD's 3rd Annual Joint Meeting and Meal. It will be held Sunday, Aug. 22 at the Ohio Valley Career and Technical Center, 175 Boyd Rd, West Union. A Candidates Reception will begin at 12:30 p.m. followed by a free catered lunch at 1 p.m. The business meeting will follow the meal. Reservations are required. Please call 1...
Various presentations will be held in the Conservation Consortium (located just inside the Boyd Avenue gate) throughout the Adams County Fair, July 19-23. Those presented by Farm Bureau are: Larry Gearhardt of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation will speak on the new Ohio Fence Laws at 4 p.m, Wednesday, July 21. Doug Dyer, Brown County Farm Bureau president, will speak about Animal Care at 2 p.m., Fri...
Family fun and a connection to rural Ohio are just two of the many reasons for visitors to stop by the "Land and Living" exhibit at the Ohio State Fair, July 28 to August 8. Presented by Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, the exhibit demonstrates agriculture's link to everyday life. Visitors to the exhibit, located in the Nationwide Donahey Ag & Hort building, can participate in a variety of activi...
Free Breakfast for a Year Promotion started July 19, 2010 and will run through Oct. 15, 2010. Visit www.FarmersFeedUs.Org for contest rules and to register to win one of two grand prizes of "Free Breakfast for a Year" at Bob Evans Restaurants. The prizes will be in the form of individual gift cards, each worth approximately $1,700 which is equal to the cost to provide four (4) Rise & Shine br...
Join us for an evening of square, round and line dancing at the Ohio State Fair on Friday, August 6. The dance will be held in the Rhodes Center West Auditorium from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The dance is open to the public and is included with your paid admission to the fair. All ages are welcome. Dance instructions will be provided. For more details, check the links on www.ofbf.org. ...
Come support Ohio Farm Bureau at the 2010 Ohio State Fair! You will have the opportunity to work with: kids, puppies, chicks and ducklings, more then 350,000 annual guests that need to hear about Ohio agriculture, and people from many different backgrounds. Your time matters! Your help is needd to spread the word about Ohio agriculture! You will get: free admittance to the fair, free parking, fre...
Want to get involved in the campaign to protect animal agriculture in Ohio? Come to one of the following training events: June 29 - Franklin County Farm Bureau office, 4647 Leap Court, Hilliard June 30 - Hi Tech Center, 1757 N High Street, Hillsboro June 12 - Montgomery County Extension, 1001 S Main St., Dayton All meetings begin at 7 p.m. Talk with our campaign staff about how your county can be...
July 14 through 18 COSI brings the farm to the city for the sixth year in a row, as more than a dozen pieces of huge farming equipment are arranged on COSI's English Plaza and Washington Blvd in Columbus. Climb into the cabs of tractors, a combine, lawn and garden equipment and more! Ohio Farm Bureau members can purchase discount tickets at the event by showing their membership card. Sponsored by...
Adams, Brown and Clermont County Farm Bureaus held a "Bee Keeper and Other Liability Meeting" on the Brown County Fairgrounds, Tuesday, June 29. We thank Larry Gearhardt, Director of Local Affairs, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation for presenting the program....
Ohio Farm Bureau is proud to parnter with Ohio-based Velvet Ice Cream to launch an ice cream flavor contest. The contest running May 1 through August 31, invites participants, nine years and older, to create a new ice cream flavor using at least one locally grown product. A Velvet Ice Cream and Ohio Farm Bureau panel will select the winning flavor, which will arrive on store shelves in early 2011....