Kathy Gray, Author at Ohio Farm Bureau

Navigating the next chapter in a farm’s future

American Farmland Trust hopes its new national program, Land Transfer Navigators, will protect family farms and stem the flow of farmland to nonagricultural uses.

Virtually bringing agriculture to life

Shift•ology Communications in Springfield, led by Farm Bureau member Melanie Wilt, hosts Virtual Farm Trips — unscripted, live visits to farms for classrooms coast to coast.

Unique farm transition continues farm story in Portage County

When Christopher and Courtney Anderson asked to get married on a neighbor’s idyllic farm in Portage County, they were overjoyed…

Stimmell honored as Ag Educator of the Year

Jeffrey Stimmell’s motto: Ag classes can not only be relevant but fun.

Spiriting profits from seed to sip

Ohio farmers are fueling the state’s burgeoning distilled spirits industry with corn, barley, rye and wheat crops that give both farmers and distillers an edge.

Oil seed manufacturer finds health care solution

The Ohio Farm Bureau Health Benefits Plan, in its sixth year, is available to Ohio-based farmers and agriculture-related businesses with up to 50 employees.

Bovine genetics no bull at Select Sires

Based in Plain City, Select Sires’s goal is to provide the very best genetics with the highest possible on-farm fertility to increase farmers’ profitability.

Vets-to-be flourish at Findlay

University of Findlay encourages students to become large-animal veterinarians or, at the very least, mixed-practice veterinarians.

Restaurants swimming against current of rising costs, labor shortages

Dan Young, CEO and chief ice cream dipper for Young’s Jersey Dairy in Yellow Springs, Ohio talks about how his business has survived and his outlook on the future.

Farmers look to the sky over a shifting climate

The use of drones on farms may be in its infancy, but it is expanding as climate change makes growing seasons more unpredictable.