Find  local Young Ag Professional groups in this directory. If there is not a group near you contact your county Farm Bureau about starting one. Ohio Farm Bureau has a manual with ideas to help you get started.

Information as of January 2023

Ashland and Wayne County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Lindsay Tournoux, [email protected]
Facebook Page: Ashland/Wayne Co Young Ag Professionals
Meets 2-4 times per year

Ashtabula County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Maria Stringfellow; [email protected]
Facebook Page: Ashtabula County Young Agricultural Professionals  
Meets Quarterly (four times a year)

Medina County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Lindsay Tournoux, [email protected]
Meets twice a year

Auglaize and Mercer County Young Ag Professionals***
Contact: Jill Smith, [email protected] 

Brown County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Adrianne Moran, [email protected]
Facebook Group
Meets quarterly

Central Ohio Young Ag Professionals
(Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Union Counties)
Contact: Christine Snowden, [email protected]

Coshocton County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Kayla Durbin, [email protected] 
Facebook Page: Coshocton County Young Ag Professionals 
Meets 3 times a year

Crawford County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Crawford County Farm Bureau, [email protected] or 419-747-7488
Facebook Page: Crawford County Young Ag Professionals 

Darke County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Taylor Watkins, [email protected] 
Facebook Page: Champaign, Clark, Darke, & Miami County Young Ag Professionals 
Meets once a year

Erie County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Kelly Guthrie, 740-262-7361 or [email protected]
Meets quarterly (four times a year)

Fulton, Williams, Defiance and Henry Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Bailey Elchinger, [email protected] and Kelly Fager, at [email protected] 
Facebook Page: Fulton, Williams, Henry Defiance Farm Bureau YAPs     
Meets quarterly (four times a year)

Geauga County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Kristen Sirna; [email protected] and Brittany Adams; [email protected]
Meets quarterly (four times a year)

Guernsey Young Ag Professionals***
Contact: Miranda Miser [email protected]
Meeting for initial time Thursday, April 13. Brewhouse in Cambridge 5PM-7:30 PM

 

Hancock County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Adam Kirian, [email protected]      
Facebook Page: Hancock County YAP
Meets once a year

Huron County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Amanda Kramer, [email protected]           
Meets once a year

Jackson-Vinton, Pike & Scioto County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Dirk Dempsey, [email protected]
Facebook Page: District 21 Active Agricultural Professionals

Knox County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Ashton & Kyle Walls, [email protected]
Facebook Page: Knox County Farm Bureau Young Ag Professionals
Meets twice a year

Lake County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Donald Jacobson; [email protected]
Meets quarterly (four times a year)

Lawrence County Young Ag Professionals***
Contact: Ashley Kasler, [email protected]

Marion County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Marion County Farm Bureau, [email protected] or 419-747-7488

Montgomery County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Sarah Terrill,  [email protected]
Meets quarterly

Morgan County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Andrea Kackley/Levi Morrow, [email protected]
Meets twice a year

Morrow County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Morrow County Farm Bureau, [email protected] or 419-747-7488
Facebook Page: Morrow County Young Ag Professionals

Muskingum County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Andrea Kackley, [email protected]

Perry County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Adrianne Lemley, [email protected]        
Meets twice a year

Preble County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Adam Vonderhaar, [email protected]
Meets once a year

Putnam County Young Ag Professionals 
Contact: Sarah Rieman, [email protected]

Richland County Young Ag Professionals 
Contact: Richland County Farm Bureau, [email protected] or 419-747-7488

Ross, Hocking, Pickaway and Fairfield County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Chip Nelson, [email protected]

Stark County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Bill Brown, [email protected]

Trumbull County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Callae Moody, [email protected]
Meets quarterly (four times a year)

Van Wert County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Erika Priest, [email protected]
Facebook Page: Van Wert County Young Ag Professionals
Meets twice a year

Washington County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Andrea Kackley, [email protected]

Wood County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Amanda Barnd, [email protected]
Meets quarterly (four times a year)

Wyandot County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Kayla Weaver, [email protected]  
Facebook Page: Wyandot County Young Ag Professionals
Meets quarterly (four times a year)

***Emerging YAP Groups

 

Farm Labor Resources
Labor has always been an issue, mainly because we are a seasonal operation. So that's a challenge finding somebody who only wants to work three months out of a year, sometimes up to six months.
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Mandy Way

Way Farms

Farm Labor Resources
Strong communities
I appreciate the benefit of having a strong voice in my corner. The extras that are included in membership are wonderful, but I'm a member because of the positive impact to my local and state agricultural communities.
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Ernie Welch

Van Wert County Farm Bureau

Strong communities
Leadership development
I see the value and need to be engaged in the community I live in, to be a part of the decision-making process and to volunteer with organizations that help make our community better.
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Matt Aultman

Darke County Farm Bureau

Leadership development
Young Ag Professionals program
Farm Bureau involvement has taught me how to grow my professional and leadership experience outside of the workforce and how to do that in a community-centric way.
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Jaclyn De Candio

Clark County Farm Bureau

Young Ag Professionals program
Growing our Generation
With not growing up on a farm, I’d say I was a late bloomer to agriculture. I feel so fortunate that I found the agriculture industry. There are so many opportunities for growth.
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Jenna Gregorich

Coshocton County Farm Bureau

Growing our Generation
Groovy Plants Ranch
Knowing that horticulture is under the agriculture umbrella and having Farm Bureau supporting horticulture like it does the rest of ag is very important.
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Jared Hughes

Groovy Plants Ranch

Groovy Plants Ranch
Washington, D.C. Leadership Experience
If it wasn't for Farm Bureau, I personally, along with many others, would not have had the opportunity to meet with our representatives face to face in Washington.
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Austin Heil

Hardin County Farm Bureau

Washington, D.C. Leadership Experience
Advocacy
So many of the issues that OFBF and its members are advocating for are important to all Ohioans. I look at OFBF as an agricultural watchdog advocating for farmers and rural communities across Ohio.
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Mary Smallsreed

Trumbull County Farm Bureau

Advocacy