Women in Ag Event

Sept. 15 we hosted the 7th Annual Shelby County Women in Agriculture event. Participants enjoyed time mingling and tasty food followed by hearing from great speakers! Thank you to Chasitie Euler with BASF, our keynote speaker, who talked to us about balance in our lives. Then we had Evin Bachelor from Wright & Moore Law, who is spoke on succession planning. The final speaker of the night, Julie Cassiano from Meal Prep Life in Sidney, helped us with tips for making meals easier and told her great life journey.

Thank you to our sponsors… 

Platinum Sponsors

A.G. Boogher and Son, Inc.
Shelby County Farm Bureau

Gold Sponsors

Brookside Laboratories, Inc.
Cargill Inc.
Lenny & Lou Ann Albers
Shelby Soil & Water Conservation District

Silver Sponsors

Bambauer Fertilizer & Seed
Farm Credit Mid-America
Fultz Flooring
Gay Smith / Associates
Koenig Equipment Inc.

Bronze Sponsors

B & B Ag-Vantages, Inc.
Julie Ehemann, County Commissioner
Peoples Federal Savings and Loan
Pioneer Electric Cooperative
Tony & Joyce Bornhorst

Special thanks to our WIA Committee (pictured below)… Back row, left to right: Lou Ann Albers, Andrea Flowers-Guckes, and Lacey Gibbs. Front row, left to right: Annette Purkey, Jill Smith (Chair), Raci Zimpfer, and Julie Ehemann.

 

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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