Ohio Agriculture

Check us out on social media, tune into one of our weekly podcasts, or flip through the latest digital issue of Our Ohio, a magazine that highlights real life stories of the people who make up the backbone of our robust agricultural community. All members receive printed copies of Our Ohio and active members receive Buckeye Farm News, which draws from the expertise of Ohio Farm Bureau’s staff, as well as the experiences of our members, to give context to the local, state and national affairs that impact agriculture.

Making hay about testing this year’s crop

Forage or hay testing is the best and only way to know the nutrient value of hay.

Our Ohio Weekly: AquaBounty Salmon Farm

Learn more about AquaBounty Salmon farm, one of Ohio agriculture’s newest members.

Real books about ag for kids fuels Feeding Minds Press

The latest Feeding Minds author is Ohio Farm Bureau member Michelle Houts of Celina.

80 Acres Farms: Vertical farming on the way up

80 Acres Farms’ newest farm blends the science and wisdom of farming with the efficiency and precision of manufacturing that allows the farm to deliver on its mission of growing high quality produce all year long.

Our Ohio Weekly: Foreign ownership of U.S. farmland

Several states have enacted laws or introduced legislation to limit foreign ownership of farmland in the United States. The National Agricultural Law Center joins us on this Our Ohio Weekly to provide a status report on those laws and where Ohio stands on the issue of foreign-owned ag land.

Communications Boot Camp: My opportunity for growth

Adele Flynn was one of 13 women leaders that graduated from the American Farm Bureau Federation Women’s Communications Boot Camp.

Believe in agriculture’s future

The last weekend of October, head adviser Tom Mazzaro and I took 10 Pymatuning Valley FFA students to the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis.

Great Lakes Ag Labor Services offers labor solutions for farms of all sizes

Great Lakes is unique among ag labor consultants because it’s grassroots, conceptualized and developed by and for farmers who are members of Farm Bureau.

Bowman & Landes: You can go home again

Poultry have ruled the roost at this New Carlisle farm since 1948, when Kenneth Bowman and Dennis Landes went into the turkey business together. At the time, they were one of several turkey farms in the county. Now, they are the only ones.

Our Ohio Weekly: Collegiate Farm Bureau at Ohio State

The Collegiate Farm Bureau at The Ohio State University serves many purposes. Learn more about this student-led organization.