Fairfield County Farm Bureau is happy to introduce Patty DeBruin as this month’s Feature Farmer! Patty and her family have about 200 head of angus or angus-cross cattle on their farm. Also, Patty manages her husband Steve’s veterinary office Feeder Creek Veterinary Services in Millersport, Ohio.

feeder-creek-vetPatty appreciates that farming allows her to help people eat well. She and her family and proud of what they produce and love that what they make provides a nutritious meal. Also, she loves that the job allows her to have fun with her family while they’re aiming to make the best produce possible.

The biggest challenge Patty and her family face with their operation is the weather and the complete inability to control it. Also, media can be difficult to deal with if a comment is made about someone within the ag community and it can potentially hurt another’s operation.

Patty and her family appreciate and think about Farm Bureau every single day and all that they are fighting for farmers and protecting them, especially when it comes to water quality and allowing farmers to be independent.

Thank you Patty for all you and your family do to be an essential part of our ag community!

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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