Ohio Farm Bureau introduces Energy and Utility Issues Resource Guide
Ohio Farm Bureau’s newest resource for members seeks to help farmland owners navigate the many questions surrounding energy development.
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On the latest Legal with Leah, Leah Curtis, policy counsel for Ohio Farm Bureau, updates farm employers on rule changes to the Worker Protection Standard.
The Worker Protection Standard is a set of regulations that are intended to reduce the risks of illness or injury to workers and handlers from exposures to pesticides in their jobs. The WPS requires agricultural employers and commercial pesticide handler employers to provide certain information and protection to workers, handlers and other persons when they use a WPS-labeled pesticide product on agricultural establishments in the production of agricultural plants.
This set of regulations was updated in 2015. Ohio Farm Bureau provided substantial comment on these revisions, including convening several grower conference calls to ensure the individual concerns of OFBF members subject to these regulations would be heard.
A number of new resources have been created by the U.S. EPA to help farmers ensure they are in compliance with these laws.
A “How to Comply with the Worker Protection Standard” Manual is available here.
The Pesticide Education Research Council has also prepared a number of videos, including training videos in English and Spanish, in conjunction with U.S. EPA. They are available here.
Listen to Legal with Leah, a podcast featuring Ohio Farm Bureau’s Policy Counsel Leah Curtis discussing topics impacting farmers and landowners.
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.
The plan we are on is great. It’s comparable to my previous job's plan, and we are a sole proprietor.
I could not have done it without the resources I have found through Farm Bureau.
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.
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.
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.
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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