Membership Monday - Vice President Kelli Pridemore

Welcome back to Membership Monday!

We will be taking one Monday a month for you to get to know the voices fighting for you on the Carroll County Farm Bureau board. This month will be Vice President Kelli Pridemore.

Kelli and her family operate Dusty Lane Farms located in Perry Township.

Years of membership: 20

“Why Farm Bureau?”

I am a Farm Bureau member because my parents were Farm Bureau members, but more than that, the benefits are so great. The lobbying for agricultural issues and support Farm Bureau provides is awesome. Local benefits and county activities add to the allure of this great organization.

Read more about Kelli and her family below.

My husband and I along with my parents operate Dusty Lane Farms in southern Carroll County. We farm over 1300 acres of corn and soybeans and 100 acres of hay. We also raise beef cattle. Steven and I just purchased a herd of Wagyu cross cattle, and the farm has about 200 head on the feedlot. I also taught agricultural education for 16 years.

Farm Labor Resources
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
Strong communities
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
Leadership development
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
Young Ag Professionals program
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
Growing our Generation
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
Groovy Plants Ranch
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
Washington, D.C. Leadership Experience
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
Advocacy
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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