Reporters, please visit our news room located in the Media and Publications section of this site.
After nearly a year of work, dozens of meetings and thousands of public comments, the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board is close to completing Ohio’s initial standards for farm animal well-being.
During a recent meeting, the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board agreed to set targets for its standards on veal calf housing. In separate votes, the board approved two “key concepts."
![[160x120]_tykellogg.jpg](/uploads/[160x120]_tykellogg.jpg)
Ohio Farm Bureau Organization Director Ty Kellogg volunteered these thoughts as he accompanied farmers to the organization's annual meeting.
![[160x120]_animals_for_life_without_animals_ad_dog_grill_320x240.jpg](/uploads/[160x120]_animals_for_life_without_animals_ad_dog_grill_320x240.jpg)
Ohio Farm Bureau's Animals For Life Foundation is launching the “Life is Better with Animals” campaign to show importance of mutually beneficial human and animal interactions.
![[160x120]_Mary_Taylor_THO_63011_320x2301.jpg](/uploads/[160x120]_Mary_Taylor_THO_63011_320x2301.jpg)
Gov. John Kasich’s administration is determined to make Ohio a state to do business in again and that means making drastic, and sometimes controversial, changes, says the state’s lieutenant governor.
![[160x120]_licenseplate_resized.png](/uploads/[160x120]_licenseplate_resized.png)
Rules designed to curb trespassing, provide public trails.
![[160x120]_food_dialogues_320x240.jpg](/uploads/[160x120]_food_dialogues_320x240.jpg)
All are invited to join online or in-person Sept. 22 for “The Food Dialogues” – A new conversation about the future of food in the United States
![[160x120]_2011_AgWeek1.jpg](/uploads/[160x120]_2011_AgWeek1.jpg)
Gov. John Kasich recently signed House Bill 89, sponsored by State Rep. Tim Derickson (R-Hanover Township), which designates the second full week of March as Ohio Agriculture Week to honor the state’s agriculture community.
![[160x120]_LCSB_images_320x240.jpg](/uploads/[160x120]_LCSB_images_320x240.jpg)
As the House Agriculture Committee approved implementing legislation for the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board, the Senate began work on its version of the bill.
![[160x120]_THOandmic.jpg](/uploads/[160x120]_THOandmic.jpg)
SWCD funding was significantly cut last year to balance the state’s budget. Language in Senate Bill 155 directs a portion of the state’s existing fee on the sale of new tires to help restore funding to local SWCDs.