Farmer’s Guide to Trucking Regulations available to Ohio Farm Bureau members
The guide includes a farm driver checklist, overview of state and federal regulations and exemptions, CDL qualifications and more.
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Here is a look at what Ohio Farm Bureau members and Our Ohio Supporters can expect to see in the January/February 2018 Our Ohio magazine.
Take a look back at the year that was through a Year in Review. The section features a comprehensive look at work done by Ohio Farm Bureau in 2017, including policy accomplishments such as CAUV reform and defending property rights as well as water quality initiatives.
The importance of Farm Bureau membership and how members make a difference in counties across the state are examined through two separate feature stories. Membership recruitment volunteers and those who have benefited in various ways because of their membership speak about how being part of the organization impacted them, whether through policy reforms or member benefits that enable them to help bolster their local communities. Several different county Farm Bureau projects also are highlighted in this issue, including an Our Community feature about Pike County’s popular Ag Awareness Day program.
Taking old barns and repurposing the wood into new life is one of the main features of the latest magazine, taking readers on a journey with companies who specialize in such projects.
After a flurry of reactions to an Ohio Farm Bureau Facebook post about regional potato chip companies there is a story about why regional favorite regional foods hold such a special place in fans’ hearts. In another feature master gardeners talk about browsing through catalogues and winter dreaming about spring gardens. Finally, Starfire Farms hot pepper sauces spice up the food and recipe section.
Across the Table talks about “ag facts” and how chocolate milk does not come from brown cows. As always there is a list of Grow & Know events and #PictureOhio, featuring readers submissions of growing up on the farm in the latest issue.
Labor has always been an issue, mainly because we are a seasonal operation. So that's a challenge finding somebody who only wants to work three months out of a year, sometimes up to six months.
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.
I see the value and need to be engaged in the community I live in, to be a part of the decision-making process and to volunteer with organizations that help make our community better.
Farm Bureau involvement has taught me how to grow my professional and leadership experience outside of the workforce and how to do that in a community-centric way.
With not growing up on a farm, I’d say I was a late bloomer to agriculture. I feel so fortunate that I found the agriculture industry. There are so many opportunities for growth.
Knowing that horticulture is under the agriculture umbrella and having Farm Bureau supporting horticulture like it does the rest of ag is very important.
If it wasn't for Farm Bureau, I personally, along with many others, would not have had the opportunity to meet with our representatives face to face in Washington.
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