If you work for a company or organization, you want to believe you have a pretty good idea of what the company or organization does. While you have a firm understanding of your area, there may be other areas that…
Joe Cornely - Aug. 14
Issues
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 2017 was created by delegates to the annual meeting.
Joe Cornely - Aug. 14
Amanda Domsitz - Aug. 9
Legal With Leah: CAUV Reform
CAUV reform is now a reality. OFBF Policy Counsel Leah Curtis explains the improvements and how Farm Bureau members made it happen. Listen to Legal with Leah, a podcast featuring Ohio Farm Bureau’s Policy Counsel Leah Curtis discussing topics impacting landowners.
Amanda Domsitz - Aug. 7
AmericanHort on ‘Town Hall Ohio’
The horticulture industry is big business, nationally and in Ohio. The organizations that represents the many facets of the industry from growers to retailers, suppliers to innovators, students to researchers, calls Columbus home. Today we’re going to learn more about…
Joe Cornely - July 31
OSU’s Dr. Bruce McPheron on ‘Town Hall Ohio’
You’d be hard pressed to find a community, industry or social cause in Ohio that does not have some sort of connection to The Ohio State University. One of the gentlemen charged with helping the university meet its mission to…
Joe Cornely - July 24Ohio State Fair on ‘Town Hall Ohio’
What do the following cities have in common? Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton, Newark, Cincinnati, Sandusky, Zanesville, Toledo, Springfield and Mansfield. Those are the ten towns that at one time or another since 1850 have played host to the great Ohio State…
AFBF sets Farm Bill 2018 goals
With economic challenges facing agriculture, underscored by deeper concerns in some commodity sectors, the American Farm Bureau Federation board of directors outlined the organization’s key objectives for the 2018 Farm Bill.
New Manure Sidedress Method Lowers Fertilizer Costs, Increases Yields
With corn needing nitrogen, and pigs and cattle producing a lot of it, anything that offers a better way to use their waste to fortify crops should intrigue farmers. Two agriculture experts at The Ohio State University have redesigned a…
Joe Cornely - July 17
Aquaculture on ‘Town Hall Ohio’
The United States is the second largest consumer of seafood, yet we import 85 percent of the seafood we consume. So what are the opportunities? What are the challenges? To help us answer those questions and more, we have representatives…
Farm community taking aggressive action to protect Ohio’s lakes, waterways
Today’s report and summary from Ohio Sea Grant states the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its research partners predict western Lake Erie will experience a significant harmful algal bloom this summer, though not as large as the record…
Joe Cornely - July 10
California Farm Bureau on ‘Town Hall Ohio’
Over the years, I’ve had the chance to ask folks if they knew which state is our nation’s biggest farming state. Common guesses I got were Iowa or Texas. Most folks are surprised to learn that the nation’s biggest farming…