Ohio Farm Bureau is the textbook definition of a grassroots organization. Policies and issues that the state’s largest farm organization takes up on the behalf of agriculture are developed and voted on by its members. The process for putting future policies together started last month when 20 Ohio Farm Bureau leaders began serving on the 2020 Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Policy Development Committee. Meet two of the committee members and hear about some of the issues the committee is considering.
00:00 – Dr. Larry Antosch, Director of Policy Development and Environmental Policy; Ohio Farm Bureau Board Member Adele Flynn (District 3) and Paulding County farmer Abram Klopfenstein.
23:50 – Frog Pond Farm in Canfield, Ohio had a very big country star as a customer recently. Farmer David Coakley tells the story To the Beat of Agriculture.
32:20 – As the election nears, American Farm Bureau’s Michael Sistak shares details about the IFarmIVote initiative.
42:20 – Doug Deardorff with USDA-NRCS gives specifics on the agency’s New and Beginning Farmer program.
The Small-Scale Food Business Guide covers federal and state regulations for selling food products such as raw meat, dairy, eggs, baked goods, cottage foods, fruits and vegetables, honey and more.
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An upward trend in CAUV values and significant increases in soil values for 2024 apply only to counties that are being reappraised or updated in 2024.
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Throughout all visits there were three constant themes that are also relevant in Ohio agriculture: efficiency, scarce resources, and collaboration.
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Ohio Farm Bureau Young Ag Professionals program is seeking participants for its Discussion Meet, Excellence in Agriculture, and Outstanding Young Farmer contests.
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The 2024 Sale of Champions livestock auction concluded the Ohio State Fair. This year’s sale raised $134,500 for the Youth Reserve Program.
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From now until Aug. 12, you can receive FREE gutters and downspouts when you upgrade your roof.
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This year marks the 10 year anniversary of the Toledo water crisis. Here is a Top 10 list of water quality stories that shine a light on the progress Ohio’s agriculture community is making.
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Agriculture for Good Government PAC has endorsed Justice Joseph Deters, Judge Dan Hawkins and Judge Megan Shanahan for election to the Ohio Supreme Court.
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The Ohio State University President Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. visited Ohio Farm Bureau President Bill Patterson and his family at their farm, Patterson Fruit Farm, July 23, 2024, as part of Carter’s tour of Ohio agriculture.
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As Ohio Farm Bureau Policy Counsel Leah Curtis notes in this Legal with Leah, these changes should result in significant tax savings for many Ohio woodland owners.
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