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Adam Sharp - Jan. 5
Across the Table
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Across the Table: 2020 annual meeting going remote
I think I speak for many Ohio Farm Bureau members when I say that our annual meeting is one of my favorite events. It is a culmination of a lot of hard work, dedication and successes over the past year…
Adam Sharp - Sept. 9, 2020
Across the Table: No normal years
There is no such thing as a normal year in agriculture. From weather to markets to crop conditions, farmers have become accustomed to making adjustments on the fly to make the best of situations that are constantly changing. This year,…
Adam Sharp - July 14, 2020
Across the Table with Adam Sharp: COVID-19 Updates
After the challenges members faced with a relentless wet spring, trade disputes and continued low commodity prices in 2019, many thought 2020 couldn’t be worse. Yet, here we are. There wasn’t much time for any of us to prepare for…
Adam Sharp - March 10, 2020
Across the Table: H2Ohio
When farmers see an opportunity, we take it. If there is a narrow window to plant, we head to the field. When the price of soybeans or corn jumps, we haul a truckload to the elevator. In 2020, an opportunity…
Adam Sharp - Feb. 18, 2020
Across the Table: 2017 Census of Ohio Agriculture
If you’re not changing, you’re not growing. When I started in my new capacity at Ohio Farm Bureau three years ago, it was easy to see that the demographics we serve were evolving. The latest numbers from the 2017 Census…
Adam Sharp - Sept. 6, 2019
Across the Table: Farmers don’t quit
They say rain makes grain. Well, that certainly wasn’t the case this spring. Nonstop, heavy rains kept many corn, soybean, fruit and vegetable farmers out of their tractors and only about half of the state’s crops were actually planted. I…
Adam Sharp - July 5, 2019
Across the Table: It’s not an ending. It’s a new beginning.
For the past several years, Farm Bureau members have been hearing of changes coming in our relationship with our greatest partner, Nationwide. And if you know anything about the incredible importance of that relationship, change is naturally a scary proposition….
Adam Sharp - April 26, 2019
Across the Table: A small group of Toledoans just changed the world. Maybe.
Fewer than 9 percent of a city’s registered voters just passed the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, which declares that Toledoans have legal authority over some 5 million Ohioans, more than 430,000 businesses, thousands of local governments and tens of…
Adam Sharp - March 8, 2019
Across the Table: Key insights from two years on the road
Grassroots is a term we use regularly in Farm Bureau. It’s shorthand for saying that everything we do is from the bottom up, not top down. From defining our values to developing our policies to recruiting new members, everything starts…