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.
Amy Graves - Sept. 1
The newest and most innovative ways to reduce nutrient runoff were on display recently during the Hardin County Field Day. The event was held in Dunkirk at Kurt Farms, one of three farms participating in the Blanchard River Demonstration Farms…
Amanda Domsitz - Sept. 21
What farm jobs can kids do or not do? Leah Curtis, OFBF’s director of ag law runs down the U.S. Department of Labor’s youth laws. Read more here. Listen to Legal with Leah, a podcast featuring Ohio Farm Bureau’s…
Joe Cornely - Sept. 27
Ohio Farm Bureau President Frank Burkett III spoke to Toledo residents this morning about the steps being taken by the agricultural community to protect water quality. He was invited by the Ohio Soybean Council, Ohio Corn and Wheat Growers Association…
Joe Cornely - Sept. 26
One of the greatest challenges for many small businesses and sole proprietors is filling the need for health care for themselves and their employees. In its tradition of developing solutions to members’ problems, the Ohio Farm Bureau Health Benefits Plan is now available to qualified participants. “Members have been…
Joe Cornely - Sept. 19
This fall you’ll be casting some important ballots. President, senator, legislators. And, hopefully, judges. 50% of us tend to either fail to cast a vote for judges or do so infrequently. Today’s guest would like to help us to do…
Ohio Farm Bureau’s AgriPOWER Class VIII and Young Ag Professionals group spent an action-packed and deeply educational three days in Washington, D.C. Sept. 13-15. Two of the main legislative topics throughout the trip were trade, specifically the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and…
Amy Graves - Aug. 22
Kay Zeisloft can remember the day a tidal wave of water hit the city of Findlay in August 2007. An unusually heavy rainfall sent a wall of water into the city, with hundreds evacuated from their homes. The fact that…
Lynn Snyder - Sept. 12
Twenty-one Ohioans are serving on the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Policy Development Committee. The committee collects and organizes public policy recommendations from county Farm Bureaus and presents the final policy suggestions to be voted on by Ohio Farm Bureau’s delegates during…
Callie Wells - March 29, 2012
Ohio Farm Bureau is directed by its members. They define the positions the organization takes on issues affecting farmers and rural residents through an annual policy development process. The grassroots process leads to the creation of policy positions that guide legislative and regulatory action.
Joe Cornely - Sept. 12
It is a scary world out there. There are people who want to do us, and our nation, harm. Today’s guest has spent his career helping America avoid that harm. Dr. Zachary Mears has worked at the highest public and…