Applications for Ohio Farm Bureau Health Plans now available
Members have three ways to apply: contacting a certified agent, calling 833-468-4280 or visiting ohiofarmbureauhealthplans.org.
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This year’s Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation Golf Invitational was one for the record books. A record 206 golfers teed off June 25 at The Country Club at Muirfield Village, raising more than $87,000 for foundation scholarships, grants and programs that enhance agricultural communities. The event raised almost $20,000 more than the previous year.
Fifty-two teams split between two flights competed against each other for low score and closest to average and individually for closest to the pin, longest drive and longest putt. Those who wanted to support the foundation but weren’t golfers attended a drink mixology class and joined the golfers for dinner. Nationwide was the invitational’s main sponsor.
During dinner, two life-long supporters of the agricultural community were honored. Virgil Strickler has served as the longest-running general manager in the history of the Ohio Expo Center & State Fair and was inducted into the Ohio Agricultural Hall of Fame last year.
Also honored was Jim Irwin, employee benefits consultant andaccount manager for CBIZ Benefits & Insurance Services of Ohio, Inc. Irwin, who is retiring this month, has been involved with Ohio Farm Bureau since 1971.
Also featured was Jefferson County’s ChickQuest program, which received a $3,000 Foundation Action & Awareness grant to help it increase the number of third grade students learning about the life cycle of an embryonic chicken egg through scien
ce, technology, engineering and math skills. Twice a year the foundation awards Agriculture Action & Awareness grants to small, community based service groups. This past grant cycle, $21,500 was awarded to eight organizations, of which five were county Farm Bureaus. The fall grant cycle opens July 1.
Foundation scholarship recipient Todd Peterson, an Ohio State University student majoring in agribusiness and applied economics, also was featured during the dinner. The foundation annually recognizes Ohio students for their academic effort, community engagement and career interests that link agriculture to community 
service, education or scientific research. In the last round of funding, $34,000 was awarded to students who applied through the Darwin Bryan Scholarship Fund, the Women’s Leadership in Agriculture Scholarship Program, Foundation Scholar Award, Cindy Hollingshead Scholarship Fund, Jack Fisher Scholarship Fund and the Kenny Walter Scholarship Fund. The next foundation golf outing will take place June 24, 2019 at the Lakes Golf and Country Club in Westerville.
Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation’s next major event is Cultivating a Cure on Aug. 19 at Clardale Farms with American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall the featured speaker. Learn more at cultivatingacure.org
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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.
Farm Bureau is what really got the word out. It’s been one of their goals to get this done.
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