2024 Water Quality Status Report

The report showcases the impacts being made by Ohio farmers who are taking measures to ensure clean water through voluntary efforts that are being conducted on a large scale, with measurable results.

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Small-Scale Food Business Guide

An exclusive member benefit, the guide covers federal and state regulations for selling food products such as raw meat, dairy, eggs, baked goods, cottage foods, fruits and vegetables, honey and more.

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Feeding Your Need for New Ideas

Being a member of Ohio Farm Bureau enhances your competitive advantage, so you stay a step ahead and achieve business growth.

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We are the voice of agriculture

Farm Bureau is at the forefront of the top issues impacting agriculture in Ohio. We are committed to keeping our farm and food communities strong and successful.

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Catch up on the top policy issues impacting Ohio’s producers.

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Giving farmers a voice

The issue of property taxation remains as one of the biggest challenges our members face today. Ensuring agricultural property is valued for its agricultural potential and not development is critical to the continued success of Ohio agriculture.

Matt Aultman

Darke County Farm Bureau

Giving farmers a voice

Ohio Farm Bureau Health Benefits Plan

The plan we are on is great. It’s comparable to my previous job's plan, and we are a sole proprietor.

Kevin Holy

Geauga County Farm Bureau

Ohio Farm Bureau Health Benefits Plan

Finding farm labor

We really appreciate what Farm Bureau has done to get people interested in this line of work and workforce development and getting people interested in this industry.

Jody Brown Boyd

Brown's Family Farm Market

Finding farm labor

Strong communities

I appreciate the benefit of having a strong voice in my corner. The extras that are included in membership are wonderful, but I'm a member because of the positive impact to my local and state agricultural communities.

Ernie Welch

Van Wert County Farm Bureau

Strong communities

CAUV: Past, present and future

We work terrifically with the Ashtabula County Farm Bureau, hosting at least one to two outreach town hall events every year to educate new farmers and existing farmers on traditional CAUV and woodlands.

David Thomas

Ashtabula County Auditor

CAUV: Past, present and future

Farm Bureau involvement

Because we are younger farmers just starting out, Farm Bureau has a lot of good opportunities and resources to help us grow in the future.

Hannah Kiser

Sandusky County Farm Bureau

Farm Bureau involvement

Select Partner Program

Through the Select Partner program, we became educated in farm insurance and weren't just selling policies. It became more and more clear why farmers need an advocate like Ohio Farm Bureau.

Chad Ruhl

Farm manager, CSI Insurance

Select Partner Program

Advocacy

So many of the issues that OFBF and its members are advocating for are important to all Ohioans. I look at OFBF as an agricultural watchdog advocating for farmers and rural communities across Ohio.

Mary Smallsreed

Trumbull County Farm Bureau

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Featured Articles

Ohio Farm Bureau introduces Small-Scale Food Business Guide

The Small-Scale Food Business Guide covers federal and state regulations for selling food products such as raw meat, dairy, eggs, baked goods, cottage foods, fruits and vegetables, honey and more.

Ohio Farm Bureau endorses Deters, Hawkins, Shanahan for Ohio Supreme Court

Agriculture for Good Government PAC has endorsed Justice Joseph Deters, Judge Dan Hawkins and Judge Megan Shanahan for election to the Ohio Supreme Court.

OSU President Carter visits Bill Patterson’s farm

The Ohio State University President Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. visited Ohio Farm Bureau President Bill Patterson and his family at their farm, Patterson Fruit Farm, July 23, 2024, as part of Carter’s tour of Ohio agriculture.

Legal with Leah: Changes to CAUV woodland values

As Ohio Farm Bureau Policy Counsel Leah Curtis notes in this Legal with Leah, these changes should result in significant tax savings for many Ohio woodland owners.

Pohlman named to Ohio Farm Bureau Health Benefits Plan Board of Trustees

Craig Pohlman of Venedocia was recently named to the seven-member Ohio Farm Bureau Health Benefits Plan Board of Trustees.

Ohio Farm Bureau hosts statewide CAUV 202 webinar

CAUV 202 took a deeper dive into how tax bills are formulated and what exactly goes into the Current Agricultural Use Value numbers.

Inaccurate CAUV woodland calculations addressed

After years of advocacy from Ohio Farm Bureau and its partners, the Ohio Department of Taxation announced today that it will address inaccurate woodland calculations in the Current Agricultural Use Value program.

Eick named senior director of leadership development at Ohio Farm Bureau

Marlene Eick of Wooster has been named senior director, leadership development for Ohio Farm Bureau.

Foundation golf outing sets all-time fundraising record

The 2024 Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation Golf Invitational raised over $110,000 for foundation scholarships, grants and programs that help enhance agricultural communities and support careers in agriculture.