Hunters, farmers face a shared threat
When animal rights groups backed an anti-hunting ballot measure in Ohio in 1998, the state’s hunters saw a bigger picture.
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OSIA offers $1,000 Ralph H. Grimshaw Memorial Scholarship
Are you an Ohio Sheep Producer? Are you ready to attend college or are you attending college? If you can answer these two questions positively, then you are eligible for the Ralph Grimshaw Memorial Scholarship.
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Alyssa Holter talks with third-grade students from Southern Elementary in Racine about Holstein cows & how to milk them.
Southern Elementary Student wins free Ohio dairy farm trip for classmates
Third-graders tour Holter Dairy Farm as part of Ohio Livestock Coalition's For Your InFARMation Program
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Baker, Ervin to be honored by Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation
Dr. David Baker, Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies at Heidelberg University, and Dr. Bernie Erven, Professor Emeritus in Agricultural Communications at Ohio State University, are honorees for the Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation's 2010 Golf Invitational
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Ohio Farm Bureau statement on animal abuse video
The following is a statement from Ohio Farm Bureau regarding today's video showing abuse of animals on an Ohio dairy farm.
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Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation awards scholarships for 2010-11
Ten students receive $1,000
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OFBF, Velvet partner to find new ice cream flavor
A few scoops of ice cream have always been a great way to cool off on a hot summer day. This summer, Ohioans have the opportunity to help develop a flavor of ice cream that they’ll be able to enjoy year-round in the Ohio Farm Bureau and Velvet Ice Cream flavor contest.
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Trivia contest shares farm info
The Wayne County Farm Bureau is sponsoring a Family Farm Trivia Contest in which listeners have the opportunity to win grocery gift cards by answering a daily agricultural trivia question.
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OFBF members now save on zoo tickets
Ohio Farm Bureau members can receive savings on admission tickets to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and Zoombezi Bay water park.
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Nationwide News: Don’t discount your discounts
In addition to strong representation and a credible voice on farm policy issues, Ohio Farm Bureau gives members a way to join together with others throughout the ag industry.
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Where 'agvocates' go to get social
Members of the agriculture community are using social media as a rapid and influential way to connect and share information with both those within and outside of traditional agricultural circles.
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OFBF pulling for members in new partnership
Ohio Farm Bureau and the National Tractor Pullers Association (NTPA) are teaming up to provide discounts and promotions for Ohio Farm Bureau members in 2010.
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Farm Bureau presents reward
A Pike County man recently received a $2,500 reward from Farm Bureau for information he provided to the Pike County Sheriff’s office that led to the arrest and conviction of an individual who committed a crime on the property of a Pike County Farm Bureau member.
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Youth conferences focus on leadership
Ohio teens are invited to join together for a unique set of summer leadership conferences sponsored by Ohio Farm Bureau.
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AgriPOWER Institute seeks applicants
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation is seeking applicants for its third AgriPOWER Institute, which equips farmers and agricultural professionals with the leadership skills needed to be influencers in public policy issues that impact their businesses.
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Farm groups outline concerns with climate regulations
Ohio farm organizations recently sent a letter to Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown asking him to carefully consider the unintended environmental and economic impacts of climate change legislation.
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AFBF responds to health care bill
According to American Farm Bureau Health Policy Specialist Pat Wolff, without a way to keep costs under control, provisions in the new health care bill could put some farmers in a pinch.
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Starting in November, some farmers who store oil products must have a written plan for preventing and addressing spills.
New EPA rule requires farms to have spill prevention plan
A new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule would require farms to have a spill prevention plan in place later this year.
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Call goes out for immediate estate tax reform; GREEN Jobs Act gets AFBF support; EPA blog post causes concern
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A sellout crowd attended OFBF's first Grow and Know event at Malabar Farm to learn more about producing food.
Dinner table conversation
Earlier this year, a Los Angeles Times columnist tried to navigate a “long-overdue” national discussion about food and farming.
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Working with Hunters; Their Words; Save the Date; A Matter of Fact?
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Livestock coalition meeting looks at animal care issues
Representatives of the American Humane Association, which is supporting the efforts of the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board, recently addressed a record crowd of more than 200 individuals at the Ohio Livestock Coalition annual meeting.
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Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board members Tony Forshey (center) and Robert Boggs hear comments from a hog farmer.
Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board gets to work
“A very historic occasion,” is how Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Robert Boggs described the first official meeting of the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board.
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Ohio lawmakers spoke out on a proposed leafy greens marketing agreement after hearing from OFBF members in March.
Call & Response: Lawmakers act on farmers' concerns about leafy greens proposal
During the last Ohio Farm Bureau Federation (OFBF) county presidents trip to Washington D.C., farmers sat down with members of Congress and explained why a federal proposal on leafy greens would not work in Ohio. Not only did the lawmakers listen but they took action.
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