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Boehner Faces Leadership Test on Farm Bill

Published Jun. 18, 2013

Yvonne Lesicko, the senior director of legislative and regulatory policy for the Ohio Farm Bureau, said she thought Boehner’s choice to back this incarnation of the farm bill was good news both for the bill and for his home state.

Boehner throws weight behind farm bill

Published Jun. 18, 2013

He said the rule governing the floor debate on the Committee’s bill would allow amendments to be offered to every title including the commodity and nutrition programs.

Commercial kitchens: Can we stir up new food processing in Ohio?

Published Jun. 17, 2013

Let’s say you have a great recipe for cheesecakes. You make them for every occasion and even give them as gifts. Pretty soon, people are asking if they could buy them from you. A seed is planted. Could you make a living baking cheesecakes?

Consider farm specifics in pipeline contracts

Published Jun. 7, 2013

With this in mind, Arnold said the first thing landowners need to consider with a proposed pipeline on their property are its type and purpose as well as its diameter and pressure.

Farm bill could hinge on dairy vote

Published Jun. 17, 2013

An overhaul of dairy policy and a new insurance program for dairy farmers included in the farm bill have passionately divided farm-state lawmakers. Most importantly, it has caused a rift between House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and the top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota.