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Ohio Farm Bureau recognized four Ohio agriculture leaders during this year’s annual meeting for their commitment to agriculture.

Receiving OFBF’s Distinguished Service Award were Alice Davis, Harold Weihl and Roger Wolfe while John Parker received the Ag Educator Award.

Davis became a Farm Bureau board member 25 years and has been working on membership ever since. She and her husband, Jack, have four children who are all active farmers in Auglaize County and are all Farm Bureau members. Davis is an active member of Bethlehem Christian Union Church where she has taught Sunday school. She is vice president of Bethlehem Christian Union Women’s Fellowship.

Weihl’s interest in Farm Bureau dates back to his youth when his parents were active in the Wood County Farm Bureau. For more than 50 years, he has been involved with Farm Bureau, including serving as county president, state trustee and as director on the Nationwide Board. He has attended Farm Bureau sponsored trade mission trips to Brussels and Cuba. Weihl is a past supervisor of the Wood County Soil and Water Conservation District and received the Outstanding Cooperator Award in 1991.

Wolfe is the fifth generation of his family to farm in Fairfield County. His past activities include 4-H advisor for the Buckeye Conservation Club, member of the Fairfield Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) Board of Supervisors and chairman of the Ohio Federation of SWCD Land Use Committee. An active member of Fairfield County Farm Bureau, Wolfe has been involved with numerous ag organizations, including All Ohio Chapter of Soil and Water Conservation Society, American Farmland Trust and Fairfield Land Preservation Association.

Parker grew up on a small dairy farm in Trumbull County and has been a long-time member of Farm Bureau and 4-H. He conducted one of the first young farm couples schools in the state and the first tour for dairy farmers to California. He has helped promote and support agriculture through weekly columns, which are published in northeast Ohio newspapers and has conducted agriculture tours for media and public officials. He received the Ohio State University College of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award in 2001 and the Epsilon Sigma Phi Award for Community Service in 2002.

Caption: OFBF honored four Ohioans for their life-long commitment to agriculture in the state. Pictured left to right, Harold Weihl of Wood County, Roger Wolfe of Fairfield County and Alice Davis of Auglaize County were presented with OFBF's Distinguished Service Award. John Parker of Ashtabula County received the Ag Educator Award. The four were recognized during OFBF’s annual meeting.