This year, Ohio livestock producers will receive priority funding. Apply by Nov. 17, 2017.
Lynn Snyder - Oct. 18
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.
Lynn Snyder - Oct. 18
New pipeline moving forward
At the end of August, FERC approved the permit to begin building the high-pressure NEXUS pipeline that will carry natural gas across northern Ohio, into Michigan and on to Canada.
NRCS accepting applications for Conservation Activity Plan Initiative
Assistance available for Ohio farmers, agricultural producers, and private forest landowners who want to better manage their agricultural and forest land resources.
Amy Graves - Oct. 5
POET ethanol plant expansion to increase demand for grain
Farmers in central Ohio are welcoming the expansion of POET Biorefining, saying it will increase demand for local grains, create new jobs and stimulate the overall economy in rural Ohio. In August, POET broke ground on a $120 million expansion…
Fertilizer certification deadline has passed
The deadline has passed for those farmers who are required to complete fertilizer certification by Sept. 30. With the passage of Senate Bill 150 in 2014, Ohio became the first state to require anybody who applies commercial fertilizer to more…
Joe Cornely - Oct. 2
Dr. Kress, CFAES dean, on Town Hall Ohio
How do we have a food secure world? How do we do it without a harmful environmental impact? What are the relationships among the environment, animals and people? And what are the implications of 11.5 million Ohioans smack in the…
County Farm Bureaus, Ohio 4-H work on drug abuse prevention
Farm Bureau is working with state and local agencies to help address the drug epidemic, using its grassroots connections to help stimulate prevention initiatives across Ohio. It’s one step in a critical war to help stem the rising tide of…
Resources for avoiding, managing farm debt
Tilling good earth or tending to animals may seem like an ideal way of life to many young farmers. But when commodity prices plunge, or if treacherous weather wipes out a field of crops, where do you turn when your…
Amanda Domsitz - Sept. 27
Legal with Leah: Pipeline and Eminent Domain
Can pipeline companies take your land via eminent domain? OFBF policy counsel Leah Curtis says there’s no one answer and there’s still some legal uncertainty. And she tells you where to turn for help. Listen to Legal with Leah, a podcast…
Lynn Snyder - Sept. 25
Nationwide News: Buy/sell agreements for farmers
Planning for the future of your farm can be complicated enough without the bumps in the road life tends to produce. Now imagine that bump being a roadblock. There is, however, planning that can still be done for those instances….