How do you know if your tax dollars are being well spent? Or if some unscrupulous elected official might have his hand in the cookie jar? Keeping tabs on those kinds of things, and many others, is the job of…
Joe Cornely - April 1
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Ohio Farm Bureau fights expanded eminent domain authority
The fight to protect landowners from expanded eminent domain authority continues. Ohio Farm Bureau successfully prevented an expansion of takings authority in the Senate’s version of the transportation budget, but it could return. Legislators from both chambers must reconcile their…
Joe Cornely - March 27
Injunction pauses enforcement of LEBOR
Editor’s Note: Below is an update from Ohio Farm Bureau Executive Vice President Adam Sharp regarding the next development in a Wood County farmer’s lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of the Lake Erie Bill of Rights: For several weeks…
Joe Cornely - March 25
D.C. County Presidents’ Trip on Town Hall Ohio
For 73 years, Ohio Farm Bureau volunteer leaders have traveled to the nation’s capital to speak out on behalf of their fellow farmers. The 2019 version of the county presidents’ trip to Washington D.C. took more than 100 farmers, Farm…
Joe Cornely - March 15
DeWine announces H2Ohio water quality initiative
Gov. Mike DeWine has outlined his H2Ohio water quality initiative, which he introduced as part of his proposed budget for the 2020-2021 biennium. “Water is vital to everyone, yet communities throughout the state face real and different challenges, such as…
Joe Cornely - Feb. 25
Gov. Mike DeWine on Town Hall Ohio
If you ever wanted to see grassroots political action in action, you’d have been impressed by this past week’s Ohio Farm Bureau Ag Day at the Capital. Farmers from all corners of the state battled Level 2 snow emergencies to…
Joe Cornely - Feb. 18
Ohio State University and the Ohio Economy on Town Hall Ohio
There is hardly a day that goes by that nearly every one of us is not touched, in some way, by The Ohio State University, whether jobs, families, food, or communities. To some extent, Ohio State is an integral part…
Joe Cornely - Feb. 11
2019 Discussion Meet on Town Hall Ohio
Sadly, we’re in a time where far too many folks seem to be on their worst behavior when discussing important topics. Ranting and yelling and their online equivalents seem to have become the ways to share an opinion. In Ohio…
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Believe it or not, some crops aren’t harvested yet
The prospect of spring’s welcome chores may brighten a gardener’s dreary winter, but for some Ohio farmers, last year’s unharvested crops are top of mind. Corn and soybeans are normally out of the field by late November, but late fall…
Joe Cornely - Jan. 22
2019 Statehouse Reporter Roundtable on Town Hall Ohio
For the first time in eight years, Ohio has a new governor. We have a new Republican House speaker, who largely can thank Democrats for landing the job. We’ll soon begin the debate over Ohio’s next two year budget and…