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Brent Porteus of Coshocton has been elected to the OFBF Board of Trustees. He will represent the interests of members in Coshocton, Holmes, Knox and Licking counties. He fills the seat vacated when Bob Gibbs of Lakeville resigned to run for the newly established Ohio House District 97.

Porteus, who farms with his father and brother, produces crops and beef cattle. He is a 27-year Farm Bureau member and has served on the OFBF Farm Bill Task Force during the past several years. He graduated from Ohio State University where he majored in agricultural economics. He is past president of the Ohio Corn Growers Association and remains active with that organization at state and national levels. Additionally he is involved with the River View School Board, 4-H, FFA Alumni and the Presbyterian Church of Coshocton.

Porteus and his wife, Debbie, are the parents of two children.