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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During a week of hands-on learning, students visited Central State University and the berry lab at Ohio State University’s ATI campus in Wooster, learned about the different cuts of meat, waded into a stream for a water quality lesson, visited Coalescence LLC, a food blending and repackaging company, as well as had a lot of fun while making new friends and helping narrow down their career interests.
“We want you.” The message from internationally known teachers, researchers and leaders in Ohio’s food and farm industries was crystal clear to the 43 high school students attending Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation’s ExploreAg program. This summer the students spent a week on Ohio State University’s main campus or at its Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster and visited college labs, farm fields and factories to learn about the wide variety of innovative and cutting-edge careers in agriculture. They learned about food science, precision agriculture, animal sciences, natural resources, lobbying, management skills, technology and agricultural business.
They also discovered there’s a job waiting for them. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is projecting a shortage nationally of qualified individuals to fill careers in agriculture. Ohio alone is projected to have 18,000 new job openings annually in related fields through 2020.
That’s good news for ExploreAg participant Eliza Jones, a junior at Talawanda High School in Oxford. Ever since joining FFA two years ago, Jones knew she wanted a career in agriculture and was fascinated by farm equipment. It was during ExploreAg’s visit to a John Deere dealership that she realized electrical rather than mechanical engineering was a better fit for her. “Electrical engineering will get me to where I want to be,” she said. “I’m so grateful for this amazing opportunity.”
“You are at the forefront of leading the change in agriculture.” – Jack Fisher to ExploreAg campers.
Featured image caption: ExploreAg participant Eliza Jones with Jack Fisher, former executive vice president of Ohio Farm Bureau.
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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