Dairy Cattle

Erica DavisErica Davis was recently elected onto the Fayette County Farm Bureau board during the annual meeting. Erica is from Washington Court House and has grown up and worked in the dairy industry her entire life. She currently works at ST Ohio Heifer Center in South Charleston, Ohio. There she registers all the dairy females in their breed associations and coordinates genomic/parentage samples for the 5,000 head on the farm. She also works with the mature cows in the milking robot facility. Erica serves on various state dairy boards and is secretary for the Ohio Holstein Association and Ohio Milking Shorthorn Society. She is part of the planning committee for Spring Dairy Expo and is a dairy department member for Ohio State Fair. She also works for Cowbuyer.com as a ring man for auctions, streaming the sale online and taking bids. Erica would like to serve as a board member for the Fayette County Farm Bureau to assist in the continuation of agriculture education within the community and gain more experience in the legislative matters that affect our area.

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
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
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
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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