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 Bureau connections
To grow a network and gain perspective and knowledge in the industry through personal and professional development has been invaluable. Every day I learn and grow.
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Ryanna Tietje

Henry County Farm Bureau

Farm Bureau connections
Giving farmers a voice
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
10-year campaign for safer roads
Farm Bureau is what really got the word out. It’s been one of their goals to get this done.
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Bill and Charlotte Wachtman

Henry County

10-year campaign for safer roads
Bringing the farm back to life
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
Farm Bureau involvement
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
Select Partner Program
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
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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