Our Ohio magazine is a benefit of Farm Bureau membership. A digital edition is also available.
Spring is around the corner. After a cold, snowy and damp winter across most of the state, the warmth of the upcoming planting season is a welcome change. Trees will start to bloom, much like ag careers at places such as Davey Tree Co., which is the backdrop of a feature about pathways into agriculture in the March/April edition of Our Ohio magazine.
Youth Pathways is a cornerstone initiative of the Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation. The success of that initiative in 2021, as well as many others, is highlighted in the foundation’s annual report included in this issue. Another foundation cornerstone, ExploreAg, is also featured. We tell the story of three men who attended an ExploreAg experience and are now linemen apprentices for various utility companies.
Executive Vice President Adam Sharp’s Across the Table column addresses what members would like candidates who are running for office in 2022 to know about both the challenges and opportunities farming and living rural communities can present. To that end, Farm Bureau unveiled its Ohio Agriculture and Rural Communities Action Plan of 2022 priority issues in February. More about the action plan can be found in the March/April issue of Our Ohio.
Farmer mental health is a Farm Bureau priority issue, and in this issue we talk to two farmers at the center of a journey to better mental health. We feature a farmer who noticed the actions of a farming friend were warning signs that some intervention was needed. The farmer in need sought help from the encouragement and both are telling the story of the importance of looking out for your neighbor.
Other items of interest in this issue include the latest OSU Impact from the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences and a story about a study that looks at the different types of rural Ohio that exist, as well as reader favorites — spring recipes and Grow and Know events.
These are just some of what members will find in the latest issue of Our Ohio magazine, a benefit of Farm Bureau membership and Our Ohio Supporters. A digital edition is also available.
Ernie Welch shares his thoughts on the importance of bringing new farmers and agriculturalists into the Farm Bureau family.
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The innovative program is free to high school students who often don’t know what Ohio agriculture jobs are available.
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Advocating for farmer mental health was far from Brandon Fullenkamp’s comfort zone, but he knew it was a place he had to be.
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As the granddaughter of a Hardin County farmer, Jami Dellifield knew that agriculture didn’t easily make room for mental health…
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Farm Bureau’s partnership with StoneX gives members discounted access to customized commodity marketing plans, advisory services and data management tools.
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Leading up to Election Day, Ohio Farm Bureau will be working directly with lawmakers, tracking their actions and the impacts that they have on our industry, both positively and negatively, and we’ll be communicating that to you.
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Incorporating these benefits into your long-term plans can help firm up your (and your farm’s) financial footing today and down the road.
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Story topics include agriculture careers, farmer mental health and Farm Bureau 2022 priority issues, plus recipes and events.
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Teaching students about the career possibilities in agriculture – and at places like Davey Tree Expert Company – is a key mission of the Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation.
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Research found that there is a lot of movement from rural areas to other rural areas of the state.
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