Farm Bureau works to identify and address issues that impact Ohio’s food and farm community. Priority issues include work on property taxes, water quality, energy development, promoting good government and securing a proper business climate for agriculture to prosper. The policy book for 2020 was determined by delegates to the annual meeting.
Ty Higgins - Jan. 12
The new COVID-19 relief package that Congress passed at the end of 2020 included a second allocation of funds for the Paycheck Protection Program totaling $284 billion. “The thought process behind the PPP is to assist businesses that had to…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - Jan. 8
OSU Extension ‘Farm Office Live’ free webinars start Jan. 13
Ty Higgins - Jan. 8
Statewide Watershed Planning and Management Program allows for the development of more localized watershed plans.
Jaclyn Krymowski - Jan. 7
The building is designed for both maximum animal welfare and practicality, allowing students even more of the hands-on, real-world style of education ATI is known for.
Kelli Milligan Stammen - Jan. 5
The cases revolve around expanded transmission line easements being sought by Ohio Power (AEP), including on land owned by county Farm Bureau members.
Kelli Milligan Stammen - Dec. 28, 2020
Bills related to water quality and drainage petition regulations passed at the state level. Beneficial funding was included in the federal COVID relief bill.
Ty Higgins - Dec. 21, 2020
As 2020 came to a close, the directors of all of the state agencies involved in the H2Ohio program gave an update on the initial rollout and implementation.
Ty Higgins - Dec. 16, 2020
Although Ohio farmers brought in a very respectable corn crop in terms of yields in 2020, the quality of that corn has been heavily impacted by vomitoxin. Vomitoxin is a result of a corn ear mold. The planting and pollination…
Ty Higgins - Dec. 14, 2020
The application period is open for farmers in the Maumee River Watershed who are interested in being a part of the Farmer Advocate for Conservation program. “We know that there are a lot of farmers doing really great things for…
Lynn Snyder - Dec. 11, 2020
Rural broadband, meat processing, water quality efforts, timber management and wildlife management were among the priorities set by delegates at Ohio Farm Bureau’s 102nd annual meeting. The approved policies set the direction for the organization’s activities in the coming year….