More than 200 Ohio Farm Bureau members and staff will travel to Austin, Texas Jan. 17-22 to celebrate this past year’s achievements and represent Ohio member interests as Farm Bureau policy priorities are set for the coming year at the…
Lynn Snyder - Jan. 15
$30 million available for farmers through DeWine’s H2Ohio Plan
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Dorothy Pelanda announced Jan. 15 that $30 million in H2Ohio funding will be available for Ohio farmers in more than a dozen counties beginning next month. The funds will be…
Lynn Snyder - Jan. 15
10 grants awarded for 2020 Young Ag Professionals programming
Ohio Farm Bureau’s Young Agricultural Professionals program has awarded $500 grants to eight local YAP groups and two Collegiate Farm Bureau groups. The grants are courtesy of Farm Credit Mid-America and fund YAP-focused educational programming or events. Winning groups will…
Lynn Snyder - Jan. 13
Our Ohio Weekly: Ag banking in a down farm economy
Ty Higgins visits with Heartland Bank to find out what it’s been like to be an ag banker in a down farm economy. He also sits down with an economist with Farmer Mac for an outlook for 2020. Meet the…
Flower farm blossoming
A galaxy of small, white Edison bulbs sparkled overhead. Bowls of roses, dahlias and other blossoms made a low, flowery hedge down the center of the long table. As if on cue, the early October moon rose in a cloudless…
Lynn Snyder - Jan. 8
Winter 2020 Community Council Discussion Packet
The winter council packet has two new discussion guides; both feature issues briefings directly from American Farm Bureau Federation policy. These topics should give community councils a few options for their meetings into late winter. Ohio Farm Bureau values input…
Census count comes in 2020
It’s time for rural Ohio to stand up and be counted. This year is a census year. Taking a count of every person in the country is mandated by the U.S. Constitution every decade, and next year it will be…
Board is passionate about direction of Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation
Bobby Moser has been around agriculture his entire life. The former dean of the Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences has seen a lot of change over the years, but it is the advancement of ag…
Student chefs hone their craft with Farm Bureau
Brittnee Rourke, Mia Hackney and Jasmine Miranda may not be household names (yet), but they have brought to life the recipes Our Ohio readers are going to make in their own households in 2020. The student chefs at Lorain County…
Advocacy put into action after visit to D.C.
When Farm Bureau member Christina McDowell traveled with OFBF to Washington, D.C. in September, she knew informing lawmakers at the highest levels about the needs of farmers was going to be an important part of the experience. What she didn’t…