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Ag Day at the Capital 2023
Members of Belmont and Guernsey County Farm Bureau attended 2023 Ag Day at the Capital in Columbus. They heard from Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Brian Baldrige.
Amanda and Jay Wharton and Sarah Galavich represented Belmont County Farm Bureau. Kathi Albertson, Miranda Miser and Maddie Smith represented Guernsey County Farm Bureau
They met with Rep. Ron Ferguson, Rep. Don Jones, Rep. Adam Holmes, Sen. Frank Hoagland, and Sen. Al Landis to discuss issues in their counties.
I'm eternally grateful for the support Ohio Farm Bureau scholarships provided in helping me turn my dreams into reality.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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