COLUMBUS, Ohio (OFBF) - The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation (OFBF) has announced its support for State Issue 1, which will renew Ohio's highly successful Third Frontier program. The state's largest organization of farmers and consumers endorsed the measure because Third Frontier is a proven driver of economic development and represents responsible use of taxpayer dollars.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (OFBF) - A recent CBS News report on antibiotics is more fairy tale than fact according to guests appearing on this week’s Town Hall Ohio.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (OFBF) - Ohio Democratic Governor Ted Strickland and his GOP rival candidate John Kasich both declared their opposition to a ballot measure being planned by the out-of-state activist organization the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). The Washington, D.C.-based animal rights organization has prepared to use paid petition gatherers to place on the November ballot a measure to overturn State Issue 2, which was approved by Ohio voters by a nearly 2-1 margin just under four months ago.
OFBF’s Ag Day at the Capitol brings together approximately 400 farmers, legislators and others to focus on key policy and political issues. In addition to remarks from Messrs. Strickland and Kasich, attention will focus on the recently announced plan by animal rights activists to overturn the results of last year’s Issue 2 measure, which created the Livestock Care Standards Board.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (OFBF) - Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern and Ohio Republican Party Chairman Kevin DeWine discuss politics and policies on the next two weeks’ editions of Town Hall Ohio.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (OFBF) - Out-of-state activists have begun their efforts to undo Ohioans’ overwhelming passage of Issue 2. Less than two months after Ohioans approved Issue 2 to create the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board (OLCSB), lobbyists from Washington, D.C. have declared they know better than Ohio voters, according to John C. (Jack) Fisher, executive vice president of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation (OFBF).
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (OFBF) - Brian Peach has been named vice president, organization for the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation (OFBF). Peach’s responsibilities include oversight of field operations, business development and member services, annual meetings, organizational outreach, information technology, legal compliance and other business functions. He also will oversee the Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (OFBF) - Town Hall Ohio, the award-winning public affairs radio program produced by the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation (OFBF), has been added to the programming lineup of WNCO-AM in Ashland. Town Hall Ohio is heard at 6 a.m. each Saturday. WNCO is located at 1340 on the AM dial.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (OFBF) - Young people ages 18 to 35 who work in Ohio agriculture are invited to join Ohio Farm Bureau Federation’s (OFBF) Young Agricultural Professionals for a weekend of personal and professional development during the group’s Leadership Conference March 12 to 13 in Dublin, Ohio. This year’s conference theme is “Be an ‘Agvocate’: Speak Up for Agriculture.”
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (OFBF) - John Mossbarger of Washington Court House has been elected to the board of trustees for the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation (OFBF). He will represent Farm Bureau members from Clinton, Fayette, Greene and Warren counties in the governance of the state’s largest farm organization.
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