Allen County Farm Bureau Official Invitation & Announcement Date: Sunday Sept. 12, 2010 Time: 6 p.m. (Candidates Reception) Dinner: 6:30 p.m. Allen County Fairgrounds Australia Group to Speak Tickets are $5 a piece. Look for more information and how to purchase your tickets in the upcoming newsletter set to be mailed in August. Call the office at 800-260-3499 for more information....
Forrest Hager of Allen County recently returned from Quest, a "learn by doing" Ohio Farm Bureau Youth Leadership Conference designed specifically for those ages 12-14, at Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, Ohio. Jr. High students from across Ohio attended this three-day conference, providing participants with building blocks for leadership development, interpersonal communication and confidence-...
Ohio’s Farmers Offer “Free Breakfast for a Year”Promotion starts July 19, 2010 at www.FarmersFeedUS.org Columbus, Ohio (July 19, 2010) – Ohio farmers and Ohio-based Bob Evans Farms are teaming up to provide two Ohio families with “Free Breakfast for a Year.”* Beginning today, Ohio residents can register at www.FarmersFeedUS.org to win one of two grand prizes of “Free Breakfast for a Year” at Bob E...
"Because I Care" Video Contest Ohio Farm Bureau Federation’s Center for Food and Animal Issues invites Ohio farmers, county Farm Bureaus and youth organizations (4-H, FFA, Farm Bureau) to share the positive messages and images of animal agriculture through the “Because I Care” video contest. For additional information and complete contest rules, please visit http://bit.ly/BecauseICare. Grand Prize...
Agreement Validates Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board COLUMBUS, Ohio (OFBF) - The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation (OFBF) has announced its support for the agreement announced today between the Ohioans for Livestock Care coalition and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). The agreement validates Ohio voters’ decision last fall to pass State Issue 2, which established the Ohio Livestock Care...
Tanner Vermule of Allen County recently attended the Higher Ground leadership conference sponsored by Ohio Farm Bureau. This "learn by doing" event was held at Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, Ohio, and hosted by the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation in cooperation with the county Farm Bureaus. Teens from across Ohio, ages 14-18, were hand-chosen based on leadership potential to attend the six day c...
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 than 350,000 annual guests that need to hear about Ohio agriculture -People from many different backgrounds Your time matters! We need your help to spread the word about Ohio agriculture! What you will get in return: -Free admittance to the fair -Free Pa...
Regional Public Listening Session May 12, 2010 Independence Elementary School 615 Tremont Ave. Lima, Ohio 45801 This is one of six public listening sessions to be offered across the state. The purpose of the listening sessions is to allow Ohioans the opportunity to provide input to the board and to educate the board members and public on the various factors the board needs to consider as it ...
YOUNG AG PROFESSIONAL SUMMER RETREAT - COLUMBUS ZOO Young Ag Professional Summer Retreat at the Columbus Zoo will take place once again this year. More information to come when available but be sure to mark your calendar for July 10th, 2010! IF YOU ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 35 THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE FOR YOU!! DISCUSSION MEET This is NOT a panel discussion or debate but rather a formal versi...
Applications are now being accepted for the new AgriPower class! Never before in history of agriculture has there been the urgency there is today for leaders and advocates for agriculture. With that in mind, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation (OFBF) launched an elite program designed especially for farmers and agribusiness professionals: AgriPOWER. This yearlong program focuses on public policy issues...