Debi Hurst has been a lifelong resident of Dorset, Ohio. She is a graduate of West Jefferson Area High School.  Debi is  a lifelong farmer, and the second generation of her family to raise dairy cows and grain. After she married her husband, William Hurst, she continued in the dairy industry with him. Debi has two daughters, Lindsey and Lisa, and three grandchildren Alexis, Connor and Bree.

Debi and her husband now farm 900 acres, were they raise dairy steers, chickens, horses, as well as grain. She has been a Farm Bureau member since 2006 and has been part of the Ashtabula County Farm Bureau board of trustees for five years. She is involved with the Ashtabula County Fair Committee, Ag Day, as well as the Ice Cream Social. When she is not busy with the family farm and Farm Bureau, Debi volunteers her time as a 4-H advisor in Ashtabula County.

Debi said she is a Farm Bureau member because, “I would like more farm Information to get out to more people.”

An interesting fact about Debi and her family is that her granddaughter is the sixth generation to live on the Hurst Family Farms.

Thank you Debi for your dedication to Ashtabula County Farm Bureau.

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.
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Mandy Way

Way Farms

Farm Labor Resources
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.
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Ernie Welch

Van Wert County Farm Bureau

Strong 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.
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Matt Aultman

Darke County Farm Bureau

Leadership development
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.
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Jaclyn De Candio

Clark County Farm Bureau

Young Ag Professionals program
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.
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Jenna Gregorich

Coshocton County Farm Bureau

Growing our Generation
Knowing that horticulture is under the agriculture umbrella and having Farm Bureau supporting horticulture like it does the rest of ag is very important.
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Jared Hughes

Groovy Plants Ranch

Groovy Plants Ranch
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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Austin Heil

Hardin County Farm Bureau

Washington, D.C. Leadership Experience
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.
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Mary Smallsreed

Trumbull County Farm Bureau

Advocacy
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