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“We’ve been told we shouldn’t be surprised to see grown men cry.”
Rose Hartschuh was explaining to a reporter the expectations she and other Ohio farmers had as they staged their caravan of supplies and workers headed for wildfire devastated Kansas.
Horrifying pictures of charred homes and barns, scorched pastures and skeletal cattle remains had spurred the Crawford County Farm Bureau member and her husband, Greg into action.
“When we saw it on the news, I talked with my husband about what we could do to help,” she said. “We put feelers out asking if anyone wanted to help and the response was overwhelming,” as confirmed by these pictures.
Meanwhile, Montgomery County member Latham Farley’s effort is part of a national project launched by the members and alumni of the American Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers and Ranchers committee. They’re collecting cash donations, which has been helped by $50,000 in matching funds from Monsanto, donations from American Farm Bureau and Ohio Farm Bureau, which also donated to Rose’s project. I hope you’ll consider contributing.
I couldn’t be more proud. This is the farm community at its best, Farm Bureau members seeing a big problem and taking it upon themselves to do something big to fix it.
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Nearly 2,000 square miles of Colorado, Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma were devastated by wildfires. Ohio relief effort organizer Rose Hartschuh hopes media attention will make more people aware of the catastrophe and spur them to help.
A 45 vehicle caravan of 126 Ohio farmers trucked hay, fencing supplies calf milk replacer and other supplies to Clark County, Kan. Supply and cash donations for this project totalled approximately $85,000.
24 Ohioans stayed in Kansas to help tear out damaged fences and assist with other recovery work.
Photo credits: Matt Reese, Ohio’s Country Journal; Dave Russell; Sara Tallmadge; Kelli Milligen Stammen, Ohio Farm Bureau
My first recommendation in your journey is to start out with a local farming friend or mentor along with joining an organization like Ohio Farm Bureau.
We’re just so thankful for the Farm Bureau and the foundation for helping put this together. And of course, the Boyert family for the vision they had with this grant. It’s jumping us forward 10 years. It’s unbelievable.
I could not have done it without the resources I have found through Farm Bureau.
It wasn’t until I joined the Wilmington College Collegiate Farm Bureau that I truly saw how my passion could translate into leadership, advocacy and a career.
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.
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.
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