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Amy Beth Graves - Dec. 29, 2020
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Mahoning Farm Bureau helps secure PPE, promotes buying from local farm markets
When the pandemic first hit in Ohio, Debbie Pifer knew her year-round farm market, White House Fruit Farm, was going to be busy. She also knew that she and other agricultural businesses in Mahoning County were going to need a…
Amy Beth Graves - Nov. 17, 2020
A collaboration to crow about
When restaurants started closing their doors because of COVID-19 in March, Tom Hertzfeld scrambled to find homes for many of the eggs sold through his family business, Hertzfeld Poultry Farms in northwestern Ohio. Some were shifted from going to restaurants…
Amy Beth Graves - Sept. 28, 2020
2020 Ohio Signature Food Contest winners named
A homemade snack bar and spice rub were the winning products in the 11th annual Ohio Signature Food Contest co-sponsored by Ohio Farm Bureau and the Center for Innovative Food Technology. The contest showcases new, innovative products from across Ohio….
Amy Beth Graves - Sept. 8, 2020
Soy innovative: Research lab creates new products, demand for soybeans
Back in the 1930s, a green legume caught the eye of Henry Ford, inventor of the Model T. Having grown up on a farm, Ford was looking for ways to support agriculture and find the perfect crop to use in…
Amy Beth Graves - July 21, 2020
Farm Bureau helps dairy industry during tough times
The phone call April 3 stunned Kevin Spreng. He was going to have to dump more than 700 gallons of milk on his Shreve farm, Willow Brook Dairy. The reason? His milk processor, Dairymens Inc., was over capacity for milk…
Amy Beth Graves - July 13, 2020
Investment in fair buildings can revitalize region
Revamping Pickaway County fairgrounds spurs economic development The excitement in the air was electric. A long line of vehicles waited every day to get in to see the new fairgrounds in Pickaway County. Even though half of the fair was…
Amy Beth Graves - May 11, 2020
Collaboration builds community within pork industry
“That’s not true.” Over and over again, Josh and Courtney Berry found themselves uttering this phrase as they watched a CBS News “60 Minutes” program about the pork industry. Josh, who is a Fairfield County Farm Bureau member and on…
Amy Beth Graves - April 6, 2020
OFBF family receives national water quality award
“Cover crop technology … feeding the world through healthier soil.” When it comes to water quality and environmental stewardship, the Dean family in Bryan lives up to its business motto. The Williams County Farm Bureau members are recipients of the…
Amy Beth Graves - March 3, 2020
Growing corn, wheat and advocacy for farmers
Rachael Vonderhaar pauses when asked where the crops grown on her Preble County farm end up. It’s not that she doesn’t know — it’s just that the list is long. The wheat is sold to Consolidated Grain and Barge on…