By the numbers
- 6,869 members currently participate in advisory councils.
- 173 teachers participated in agricultural education workshops.
- 721 members attended Leadership Conference.
- 3,000 volunteers worked in the membership campaign.
- 88 percent of members renewed their memberships this year.
- 788 total gold stars were earned for outstanding county programs.
- 83 counties participated in Food Check-Out Day activities.
- 345 young farmers participated in summer and winter conferences and the young farmer trip to Washington D.C.
- 600 youths participate in youth councils.
- 1,200 youths attended the spring fun event, summer youth conferences, Ohio State Fair square dances, fall one-day conference and youth annual meeting.
- 267 members attended Ag Day at the Capitol.
- 47,157 people were reached through COSI on Wheels visits to schools.
- Leaders from 75 county Farm Bureaus hosted or co-hosted Legislative District Meetings.
- 69 county Farm Bureau presidents participated in the Presidents' Trip to Washington D.C.
- 40 cases of apples and 200 gallons of water were distributed at Farm Bureau’s building at Farm Science Review.
- OFBF has representatives serving on 13 of AFBF's commodity advisory committees.
- More than 250 OFBF members are involved in OFBF's 13 commodity advisory committees.
- 86 county Farm Bureaus submitted nearly 1,300 state and national policy suggestions to the OFBF Policy Development committee.
- More than 150 people participated in three timber marketing and landowner education workshops.
- More than 125 people participated in the equine education conference.
- 60 counties conducted some type of AWARE water quality event reaching more than 1,920 individuals.
- 2,500 postcards were sent by OFBF members about FIFRA and the Endangered Species Act.
- $250,000 in grant funds have been received by OFBF’s agricultural ecology department.
- 300,000 people visited the "Land and Living – Agriculture, Your Link to Life" exhibit at the Ohio State Fair.
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