Marion offers Winter Leadership Experience scholarships
Marion County Farm Bureau will reimburse registration fees up to $75 for the first seven attendees.
Read MoreYoung Ag Professionals recently heard from a panel of mentors who offered advice for those just starting out in Ohio agriculture.
There is always a lot to take in at the Ohio Farm Bureau Young Agricultural Professionals Winter Leadership Experience. Plenty of educational seminars, resources for new and beginning farmers and an abundance of networking opportunities. At the event last weekend in Cincinnati, attendees also got some education and advice from a panel of more seasoned farmers, including Steve Hirsch, a fifth-generation owner of Hirsch Fruit Farm in Ross County, as well as a board member for Nationwide Insurance and Rose Hartschuh, an Ohio Farm Bureau board member who operates a dairy and raises grain crops, alfalfa and cover crops in Northwest Ohio. On this Our Ohio Weekly, hear some of their advice to younger farmers.
00:00 – Hirsch and Hartschuh talk about their current farming operations and the road from when they started their careers to where they are now.
16:50 – Hirsch and Hartschuh discuss some of the new ideas they brought to the farm when they first started and what a plan for the future looks like.
23:50 – On this edition of “To the Beat of Agriculture”, hear from the recipient of the Charles Boyles Master Shepherd of the Year Award. Learn how Roger Cox comes from a long line of sheep herders and how his children are already picking up the mantle from him.
32:20 – Hirsch and Hartschuh share some of the challenges they have seen throughout their career and how important networking is to their success.
42:20 – Hirsch and Hartschuh cover some of the barriers that young and beginning farmers may experience and who influenced them the most in their careers.
Marion County Farm Bureau will reimburse registration fees up to $75 for the first seven attendees.
Read MoreCrawford County Farm Bureau will reimburse registration fees up to $75 for the first six attendees.
Read MoreMeet the oncoming committee members that will be assisting with the 2024 conference and planning the 2025 conference.
Read MoreRichland County Farm Bureau will reimburse registration fees up to $150 for the first three attendees.
Read MoreJoe and Casey Everett of Shelby County, Mike Hannewald of Lucas County, John and Kacy Hummel of Franklin County and Emily Warnimont of Hancock County are the newest committee members.
Read MoreLogan Eades and Renee Hamilton reside in Champaign County where they own and operate Violet View Farms, a mum and pumpkin patch they purchased to complement their freezer beef business.
Read MoreOn this Ohio Farm Bureau Podcast, meet the presidents of the chapters of Ohio State and Wilmington College Collegiate Farm Bureaus.
Read MoreMy reasons for going were that it would be a great honor to represent my county, it is a once in a lifetime opportunity, and I will be able to report back to my county with any information learned at the capital.
Read MoreMeet Nick and Bailey Elchinger, Brad Weaver and Katherine Brown — Ohio’s young ag professionals contestants who will compete at the American Farm Bureau Annual Convention in Salt Lake City.
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