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County level Young Ag Professionals groups are meeting across the state. Each group’s activities is driven by those who participate, with some focusing on educational activities, some on social activities and some combine both. Find out where these local groups are 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 April 2021
Adams County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Macy Staggs, [email protected]
Meets Quarterly (four times a year)
Ashland and Wayne County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Lindsay Shoup, [email protected]
Facebook Page: Ashland/Wayne Co Young Ag Professionals
Meets 2-4 times per year
Ashtabula County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Sara Frank, [email protected]
Facebook Page: Ashtabula County Young Agricultural Professionals
Meets Quarterly (four times a year)
Athens-Meigs and Lawrence County Young Ag Professionals***
Contact: Ashley Kasler, [email protected]
Medina County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Lindsay Shoup, [email protected]
Meets twice a year
Auglaize and Mercer County Young Ag Professionals***
Contact: Jill Smith, [email protected]
Brown County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Carly Ratliff, [email protected]
Facebook: Brown County Young Agricultural Professionals
Meets monthly
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
Facebook Page: Crawford County Young Ag Professionals
Meets monthly December-March
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: Margo Trinter, [email protected]
Meets quarterly (four times a year)
Fulton, Williams, Defiance and Henry Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Kristen Dickey, [email protected]
Facebook Page: Fulton, Williams, Henry Defiance Farm Bureau YAPs
Meets quarterly (four times a year)
Gallia County Young Ag Professionals***
Contact: Ashley Kasler, [email protected]
Meets quarterly (four times a year)
Geauga County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Meghan O’Reilly, [email protected]
Meets quarterly (four times a year)
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: Kelly Mader, [email protected]
Meets quarterly (four times a year)
Marion County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Jonathan Zucker, [email protected]
Facebook Page: Marion County Young Farmers
Meets quarterly (four times a year)
Montgomery County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Jen Starcher, [email protected]
Meets once a year
Morgan County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Andrea Kackley/Levi Morrow, [email protected]
Meets twice a year
Morrow County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Leila Bucher
Facebook Page: Morrow County Young Ag Professionals
Meets monthly, bi-monthly
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: Loren Hulit, [email protected]
Meets once a year
Ross, Hocking, Pickaway and Fairfield County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Ivory Harlow, [email protected]
Trumbull County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Callae Moody, [email protected]
Meets quarterly (four times a year)
Tuscarawas County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Eric Prysi, [email protected]
Facebook Page: Tuscarawas County Young Agricultural Professionals
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)
Stark County Young Ag Professionals
Contact: Bill Brown, [email protected]
***Emerging YAP Groups
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Knowing that horticulture is under the agriculture umbrella and having Farm Bureau supporting horticulture like it does the rest of ag is very important.
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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