On this week’s Our Ohio Weekly:

COVID-19 has impacted almost every sector of Ohio’s food production system, and the range of that impact is far reaching. This week, hear from the state’s commodity groups about how their farmers are being affected directly from the global coronavirus pandemic and the steps they are taking to keep the food supply readily available.

00:00 – Dr. John Newton, chief economist, American Farm Bureau Federation / Tadd Nicholson, executive director, Ohio Corn and Wheat / Kirk Merritt, executive director, Ohio Soybean Association

16:50 – Dave Shoup, president, Ohio Pork Council

23:50 – Dairy farmer Rose Hartschuh talks about her farm’s first time ever being told to dump milk “To the Beat of Agriculture”

32:20 – Elizabeth Harsh, executive director, Ohio Cattlemen’s Association

42:20 – Scott Higgins, president and CEO, American Dairy Association Mideast

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How have you been impacted directly? Take the Farm, Food and Agribusiness COVID-19 Impact Survey and let Farm Bureau know.

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.
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Matt Aultman

Darke County Farm Bureau

Giving farmers a voice
The plan we are on is great. It’s comparable to my previous job's plan, and we are a sole proprietor.
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Kevin Holy

Geauga County Farm Bureau

Ohio Farm Bureau Health Benefits Plan
I could not have done it without the resources I have found through Farm Bureau.
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Gretchan Francis

Trumbull County Farm Bureau

Bringing the farm back to life
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.
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Jody Brown Boyd

Brown's Family Farm Market

Finding farm labor
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.
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David Thomas

Ashtabula County Auditor

CAUV: Past, present and future
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.
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Hannah Kiser

Sandusky County Farm Bureau

Farm Bureau involvement
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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Chad Ruhl

Farm manager, CSI Insurance

Select Partner Program
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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