2023 Gallia County Ag Day

Gallia County Farm Bureau hosted the 20th Annual Gallia County Ag Day at the Gallia
County Fairgrounds May 9. The fourth grade students in Gallia County came to the fairgrounds for a fun day to learn about agriculture. The classes rotated through 15 different stations throughout the day. The kids learned about a wide variety of different things. Thanks to our various stations for coming to help educate the students.

  • Pigs with Jake Bodimer
  • Dairy with River Valley FFA
  • Farm Animal Petting Zoo with the Gallia Academy FFA
  • 4-H camp games with South Gallia FFA
  • Farm Equipment with Matthew Hemphill
  • Soils with OSU Extension Gallia County
  • Shooting Sports 4-H Club and Gallia Conservation Club with Eric Clary
  • Bats by Tiffany and Nick with the Gallia SWCD
  • Health Education with Holzer
  • Soybean Necklaces with Ohio Soybean Council
  • Making Butter with the South Gallia FFA
  • Tractor Rides by Carter Evans and Briggs Shoemaker
  • Budgeting with United Producers
  • Operations of United Producers

Each there is a a T-shirt drawing contest for the 4th graders. The students are asked
to draw a picture of what agriculture means to them. The winning design is then put on
the front of T-shirts for each student to take home at the end of the day! This year’s
contest winner was Cora from Hannah Trace. The top six contest winners (pictured above) got to also go home with the 2023 AFBF book of the year “I Love Strawberries!” by Shannon
Anderson.

Shirt Sponsors: Ohio Valley Bank, Foster Sales and Delivery, Saunders Insurance
Agency, Crown Excavating, Taylor Farms, S&M Tax and Accounting, Bridgeport
Equipment, Duncan Farms, Gavin Power, State Farm Agent Robin Fowler, Burnett’s
Heating and Cooling, Farm Credit Mid-America/Rural 1st, Gallia SWCD, University of
Rio Grande & Rio Grande Community College, Wiseman Real Estate, Holzer Health
System, Atomic Credit Union, and Ohio Valley Home Health.

Gold Sponsor: Jaymar LLC
Silver Sponsors: McCoy-Moore Funeral Home and Baird
Bronze Sponsor: Buckeye REC

The mission of Ohio Farm Bureau is working together for Ohio farmers to advance agriculture and strengthen our communities.

The issue of property taxation remains as one of the biggest challenges our members face today. Ensuring agricultural property is valued for its agricultural potential and not development is critical to the continued success of Ohio agriculture.
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Matt Aultman

Darke County Farm Bureau

Giving farmers a voice
The plan we are on is great. It’s comparable to my previous job's plan, and we are a sole proprietor.
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Kevin Holy

Geauga County Farm Bureau

Ohio Farm Bureau Health Benefits Plan
I could not have done it without the resources I have found through Farm Bureau.
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Gretchan Francis

Trumbull County Farm Bureau

Bringing the farm back to life
We really appreciate what Farm Bureau has done to get people interested in this line of work and workforce development and getting people interested in this industry.
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Jody Brown Boyd

Brown's Family Farm Market

Finding farm labor
We work terrifically with the Ashtabula County Farm Bureau, hosting at least one to two outreach town hall events every year to educate new farmers and existing farmers on traditional CAUV and woodlands.
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David Thomas

Ashtabula County Auditor

CAUV: Past, present and future
Because we are younger farmers just starting out, Farm Bureau has a lot of good opportunities and resources to help us grow in the future.
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Hannah Kiser

Sandusky County Farm Bureau

Farm Bureau involvement
Through the Select Partner program, we became educated in farm insurance and weren't just selling policies. It became more and more clear why farmers need an advocate like Ohio Farm Bureau.
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Chad Ruhl

Farm manager, CSI Insurance

Select Partner Program
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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