Food supply issues due to COVID-19 has had some consumers worried about what they may not be able to find at the grocery store meat case. That has led to a push to connect with local farmers for meat, putting…
Ty Higgins - June 24
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 2020 was determined by delegates to the annual meeting.
Ty Higgins - June 24 Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - June 18
Broadband grants, ditch petition process move forward
A broadband grant program and modernization of the drainage ditch petition process were on the agenda for the Ohio House this past week. Broadband Residential Grant Program The Ohio House has passed HB 13, which creates a $20 million grant…
Ty Higgins - June 17
ARC, PLC deadline approaching
Farmers who have yet to enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for 2020 must do so by June 30, 2020. Although program elections for the 2020 crop year remain the same as elections…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - June 11
Ohio farmers, applicators must use dicamba by June 30
UPDATE: On June 11, the plaintiffs in the lawsuit asked the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to overturn an EPA decision that would let farmers continue to use the herbicide in stock. American Farm Bureau Federation, American Soybean Association,…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - June 11
Ohio Farm Bureau top 10 critical actions during COVID-19
Your Farm Bureau has been hard at work helping our members and all of Ohio agriculture, which includes the food supply system. Since mid- March, we have supported the following critical actions: 1. AG IS ESSENTIAL: We worked closely with…
Lynn Snyder - June 9Legal with Leah: Dicamba
Thousands of farmers across Ohio and the country planted soybeans this spring with the intention of using the weed killer dicamba to keep those bean fields clean. Then, a court ruled to vacate three brands of the herbicide’s EPA registration…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - June 5Dicamba ruling: What does it mean on the farm?
On June 3, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the federal registration for three dicamba products: Bayer (formerly Monsanto) XtendiMax, DuPont’s FeXapan, and BASF’s Engenia. Pesticides that are not registered are not legal to be sold in the United…
Ty Higgins - June 4
Antosch selected for Great Lakes Advisory Board
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced Ohio Farm Bureau Senior Director of Policy Development and Environmental Policy Dr. Larry Antosch as a member of the Great Lakes Advisory Board, an EPA federal advisory committee. Administrator Wheeler re-established the…
Ty Higgins - June 4
Continued vigilance key to farm security
New safety measures have been put in place to help those in agriculture be proactive when it comes to the health of farmers, their families, employees and everyone involved in an operation. For anti-ag activist groups, the hope is that…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - May 28
COVID-19 guidelines for county fairs released
UPDATE: On June 16, Gov. Mike DeWine issued an Ohio Department of Health order regarding county fairs. The order aligned with the guidelines issued late last month (below), with the clarification that animal exhibitions on county fairgrounds are permitted. Today, after…