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			 <title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Orders State to Compensate Landowners After Taking]]></title>
			 <description><![CDATA[The Ohio Supreme Court recently sided with a group of landowners who have suffered damaging flooding after the Ohio Department of Natural Resources redesigned and significantly increased the size of a spillway at Grand Lake St. MaryÂ’s. In State ex. rel. Doner v. Zody, 2011-Ohio-6117, the state...]]></description>
			 <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:22:14 EST</pubDate>
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			 <title><![CDATA[Farmers Urge Passage of HCR27]]></title>
			 <description><![CDATA[Two central Ohio Farm Bureau members recently testified on legislation introduced by State Representative Bob Peterson (R- Sabina) that calls on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reconsider the FCC order granting the broadband network provider, LightSquared, conditional...]]></description>
			 <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:17:38 EST</pubDate>
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			 <title><![CDATA[OFBF Testifies as an Interested Party on SB109]]></title>
			 <description><![CDATA[OFBF recently weighed in on a new piece of proposed legislation which would effectively immunize trespassers from liability if they enter a property to Â“beautifyÂ” it. Senate Bill 109 attempts to change the current trespassing laws to provide immunization from any criminal trespassing charges...]]></description>
			 <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:12:48 EST</pubDate>
			 <link><![CDATA[http://ofbf.org/policy-and-politics/article/459/]]></link>
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			 <title><![CDATA[OFBF Comments on Proposed Ag Labor Standards]]></title>
			 <description><![CDATA[The Department of Labor has recently proposed a sweeping change in child labor regulations as they apply to agriculture, which could limit the ability of many children under 16 years of age to work on a farm. Over 10,000 public comments have been submitted to the Department of Labor regarding these changes. Public comments were received through December 1, 2011.]]></description>
			 <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:08:48 EST</pubDate>
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			 <title><![CDATA[PUCO Grants Extension of Hours of Service Exemption]]></title>
			 <description><![CDATA[On November 29, 2011 the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) granted an emergency extension of the hours of service exemption to those drivers who operate commercial motor vehicles transporting agricultural products within Ohio. Ohio Farm Bureau had requested PUCO issue such an emergency...]]></description>
			 <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:57:06 EST</pubDate>
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			 <title><![CDATA[Congressional Deficit Supercommittee Fails]]></title>
			 <description><![CDATA[Members of the 12-member congressional supercommitte charged with finding ways to reduce the federal budget deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10 years made it official late Monday: they have failed to reach an agreement.]]></description>
			 <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:15:10 EST</pubDate>
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			 <title><![CDATA[Supercommitte’s Failure Scuttles $23 billion in Farm Bill Cuts]]></title>
			 <description><![CDATA[The chairs of the Senate and House Agriculture committees said in a statement released Monday that the supercommitteeÂ’s failure to find ways to cut the federal budget deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10 years scuttles efforts to find $23 billion in farm bill savings.]]></description>
			 <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:11:10 EST</pubDate>
			 <link><![CDATA[http://ofbf.org/policy-and-politics/article/455/]]></link>
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			 <title><![CDATA[Farmers and Ranchers Welcome Ratification of Trade Pacts]]></title>
			 <description><![CDATA[Congressional ratification of three bilateral free-trade agreements between the United States and Korea, Colombia and Panama, as well as approval of Trade Adjustment Assistance, is welcome news for farmers and ranchers, according to the American Farm Bureau...]]></description>
			 <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:59:04 EST</pubDate>
			 <link><![CDATA[http://ofbf.org/policy-and-politics/article/453/]]></link>
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			 <title><![CDATA[All members of 'Deficit Super Committee' named]]></title>
			 <description><![CDATA[All 12 members of the Â“super committeeÂ” who are charged with identifying ways to reduce the budget deficit by $1.2 trillion to $1.5 trillion by 2021 have been appointed.]]></description>
			 <pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:14:19 EST</pubDate>
			 <link><![CDATA[http://ofbf.org/policy-and-politics/article/452/]]></link>
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			 <title><![CDATA[2011 Statehouse Victories]]></title>
			 <description><![CDATA[Â“PowerfulÂ” is a fitting description of Ohio Farm BureauÂ’s legislative successes in 2011. In a time when many advocacy organizations are fighting to remain relevant, farmers are working together through Farm Bureau to achieve impressive results at the Statehouse.]]></description>
			 <pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:52:25 EST</pubDate>
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			 <title><![CDATA[New Ohio Livestock Care Standards become effective Sept. 29]]></title>
			 <description><![CDATA[Ohio Department of Agriculture Director James Zehringer announced animal care rules developed by the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board will become effective Sept. 29, 2011. Farm community encouraged to attend five regional informational meetings.]]></description>
			 <pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			 <link><![CDATA[http://ofbf.org/policy-and-politics/article/438/]]></link>
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			 <title><![CDATA[ReshapeOhio.org unveiled to encourage public participation in redistricting]]></title>
			 <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS Â– At the first meeting of the state Apportionment Board, Secretary of State Jon Husted unveiled ReshapeOhio.org, a website sponsored by the Legislative Task Force on Redistricting, the Ohio Apportionment Board and the Ohio Secretary of StateÂ’s office that is designed to give Ohioans...]]></description>
			 <pubDate>Thu, 4 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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