Applications for Ohio Farm Bureau Health Plans now available
Members have three ways to apply: contacting a certified agent, calling 833-468-4280 or visiting ohiofarmbureauhealthplans.org.
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The Allen County Farm Bureau wants to encourage members to get familiar with their board and members, so we are going to kick off some blogs by introducing our board president! The Allen County board president is Jim Hefner and we asked him a few questions about agriculture and Farm Bureau to help our members get to know him a little better.
Q. What does agriculture mean to you?
A. Besides the obvious of providing food, fiber, and now fuel to the world, I believe that an agricultural life is one of the best if not the best occupations in which to live and raise a family and to appreciate God’s creation.
Q. What influenced your career in agriculture?
A. I was born on the farm and grew up working with my grandpa, dad, uncles and cousins from the beginning, and then through FFA, Young Farmers and being around other farmers and learning from them.
Q. What is your favorite part about being involved in Farm Bureau?
A. Meeting and interacting with others in agriculture from different parts of the state and even the country and seeing what all we have in common and what different concerns and issues they have.
Q. What is your fondest memory from the Farm Bureau?
A. My wife and I have been in a Farm Bureau advisory council since the early 1980s. Besides meeting once a month year-round, every summer we take a trip together. Of those, the trips to Lake Cumberland, Ky. and the houseboat.
Q. What advice would you give to the next generation of agriculturalists?
A. Agriculture has changed. We are becoming less in numbers but no less in importance. It will be up to the next generation to make sure that we continue to educate the rest of the population about the importance of agriculture.
Thank you for all your hard work for Farm Bureau, Jim!
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.
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.
Farm Bureau is what really got the word out. It’s been one of their goals to get this done.
I could not have done it without the resources I have found through Farm Bureau.
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.
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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