January/February 2025 Our Ohio
This issue of Our Ohio explores all aspects of the value of your Farm Bureau membership.
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Ohio Farm Bureau offers several member exclusive publications and tools to help keep farmers and landowners up to date on trends and market intel, providing members with a competitive advantage.
Ohio Landowner Toolkit
Owning land comes with special responsibilities, and Ohio Farm Bureau is here to help landowners better navigate through the issues that come along with those responsibilities.
The 40-page Ohio Landowner Toolkit contains essential information prepared by Ohio Farm Bureau’s legal team that will help answer questions unique to property owners on a multitude of topics.
Energy and Utility Issues Resource Guide
Since the days of rural electrification, Ohio Farm Bureau has been helping members with
information and resources related to energy development. The Energy and Utility Issues Resource Guide is a members-only document that provides information about critical energy issues many farm families encounter. This new guide focuses on leases, easements, on-site generation and legal considerations for energy development on privately owned farmland in Ohio.
Small-Scale Food Business Guide
Created by the Ohio Farm Bureau legal team, the Small-Scale Food Business Guide covers both federal and state regulations for selling food products such as raw meat, dairy, eggs, baked goods, cottage foods, fruits and vegetables, honey and more. The guide provides a breakdown of the registration, licensing, processing, food safety, inspection, labeling and any other regulatory/legal standards to be considered when running a small-scale food business.
Farmer’s Guide to Trucking Regulations
Hauling grain and livestock over the roads can raise questions about state and federal 
transportation regulations. The Farmer’s Guide to Trucking Regulations includes a farm driver checklist, overview of both state and federal regulations and exemptions, details on CDL qualifications, details on inspections, load regulations and hazardous materials, emergency response information and more.
Complete Guide to Finding, Hiring and Retaining Employees
Finding quality employees is challenging and unless you adapt to the new workforce patterns, attracting, hiring and retaining farm workers will become more difficult. Ohio Farm Bureau and Nationwide have created the Complete Guide to Finding, Hiring and Retaining Employees as a step-by-step guide designed to help position a farm business as an employer of choice among sought-after individuals. Each section will provide valuable information and templates to help you attract and retain employees.
Adopting New Ag Technologies: Tips to Minimize Your Risks 
Adopting New Ag Technologies: Tips to Minimize Your Risks, an Ag Intelligence Service report from the Ohio Farm Bureau in cooperation with Nationwide, will help guide your investment decision-making by honing in on four key areas you should consider before pulling the trigger on any new technology: determining whether it’s a smart financial move, evaluating your technical capabilities, considering the liability risks and making sure your valuable farm data is secure.
My first recommendation in your journey is to start out with a local farming friend or mentor along with joining an organization like Ohio Farm Bureau.
We’re just so thankful for the Farm Bureau and the foundation for helping put this together. And of course, the Boyert family for the vision they had with this grant. It’s jumping us forward 10 years. It’s unbelievable.
I could not have done it without the resources I have found through Farm Bureau.
It wasn’t until I joined the Wilmington College Collegiate Farm Bureau that I truly saw how my passion could translate into leadership, advocacy and a career.
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.
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.
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.
Featured Articles
2024 Ohio Farm Bureau Annual Report: Membership value by the numbers
Here are some of the public policy achievements and member programs that deliver value for you.
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Detailed guides on key topics are free to Ohio Farm Bureau members
Ohio Farm Bureau offers several member exclusive publications and tools to help keep farmers and landowners up to date on trends and market intel, providing members with a competitive advantage.
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Volunteers have always been the backbone of Farm Bureau
Affectionately known as the Golden Girls, they were there, and sometimes still are, as the backbone of the organization – making cookies and making plans to keep “community” in the farming.
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National Ag in the Classroom Conference a ‘win’ for teacher
Ohio’s National Ag in the Classroom Conference Educator Scholarship is made possible through the Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation Patterson Family Ag Literacy Fund.
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Access to policy expertise makes membership worth it
Ohio Farm Bureau experts can discuss everything from CAUV to pipeline leases to landowner fence line disputes.
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