Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation appoints new leadership
Jenny Cox was named president; Amy McCormick was named first vice president; Nathan Brown was named 2nd vice president; and Chris Weaver will serve as the foundation’s treasurer.
Read MoreCy Prettyman of New Bloomington is serving as chairman of the 2022 Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Policy Development Committee. The committee collects and organizes public policy recommendations from county Farm Bureaus and presents the final policy suggestions to be voted on by Ohio Farm Bureau’s delegates during the state annual meeting in December.
In its initial session, the committee heard from government leaders, subject matter experts and Farm Bureau staff on topics such as farmland preservation; the farm bill; SEC climate reporting at the farm level; funding alternatives for the gas tax; biosecurity measures to protect livestock from chronic wasting disease, highly pathogenic avian influenza and swine fever; and the U.S. EPA approval process for ag technology such as Enlist, atrazine, and others.
The policy committee consists of 10 members from Ohio Farm Bureau’s board of trustees and 10 representatives of county Farm Bureaus.
Prettyman serves as Ohio Farm Bureau first vice president. On the state board, he represents farmers from Crawford, Marion, Morrow and Richland counties.
Ohio Farm Bureau’s mission is working together for Ohio farmers to advance agriculture and strengthen our communities. Learn more at ohiofarmbureau.org.
This is a news release for use by journalists. Questions should be directed to Ty Higgins, 614-246-8231 or [email protected].
Editors: A high-resolution photo of Mr. Prettyman is available for download.
Jenny Cox was named president; Amy McCormick was named first vice president; Nathan Brown was named 2nd vice president; and Chris Weaver will serve as the foundation’s treasurer.
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Read MoreThe issues we brought to the table were substantive policy, based on experiences that we have had in Ohio. ~ Brandon Kern
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Read MoreKirk Reese of Lexington, Ohio, has been named project manager for the Blanchard River Demonstration Farms Network.
Read MoreBill Patterson, Cy Prettyman and Chris Weaver were elected officers during the organization’s 2022 annual meeting.
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