ohio farm bureau federation

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• Ohio farmers take political award
  Highlights from five areas of success

• Role of local government in question

• Ag dealt a blow in dust case

• Healing the cuts

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• A look at the new state legislature

• News briefs
  Brunner, Fisher, Portman candidates for U.S. Senate; Obama putting off NAFTA renegotiations; Corn farmers launch educational coalition; COOL law in effect March 16; USDA forecasts 20 percent drop in farm income; Study suggests ethanol plants do not change farmland use; Payment limit comment period extended

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• Farm Bureau opposes changing to a single food agency

• Obama plan would end direct payments to some farmers
  Proposal sets $500,000 sales threshold

• Coshocton County couple works to feed a need

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• County News
  Nine NE counties combine for conference, A jump start to membership, Van Wert County breezes into membership, Jefferson County receives White-Reinhardt mini-grant

• 'Agriculture Adventures' wraps up successful run

• Picnic on the farm

• Our Ohio: Telling Agriculture's Story

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• Preventing slips and falls

• May we introduce: Stephen Heppe, Portage County; Sandra Kuhn

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• On Your Behalf
  Here are some additional activities in which your support of Farm Bureau helped strengthen agriculture and rural Ohio

• Story jumps

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• Your letters

• Ohio farmers win national environmental awards

• Deer harvest surpasses quarter of a million

• Attorneys to explore farm issues at Extension conference

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• Barn fires rose this winter
  Take steps for prevention