Ohio Farm Bureau is calling on policymakers to work with us to implement an agenda to help revitalize Ohio agriculture and its rural communities.

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 2020 was determined by delegates to the annual meeting. American Farm Bureau’s 2021 polices are available to download.
Ohio Farm Bureau is calling on policymakers to work with us to implement an agenda to help revitalize Ohio agriculture and its rural communities.
Members nationwide are serving on American Farm Bureau issue advisory committees to help the organization understand what they are experiencing at the local level.
During Ag Week, the Ohio Agriculture and Rural Communities Action Plan will be unveiled, laying out the major policy concerns Ohio Farm Bureau members have.
DeWine’s 2022-2023 budget proposal highlights some of the most important issues facing rural Ohio.
Ohio Residential Broadband Expansion Grant Program will allow internet service providers to apply for grants to help fund the infrastructure needed to provide faster internet access to underserved rural communities.
Ohio Farm Bureau supported the case of Mark Drewes against the Lake Erie Bill of Rights.
What does the vaccine rollout for Ohio look like, when will the farm and food sector have access to the vaccine, and will there be workplace vaccine requirements?
The cases revolve around expanded transmission line easements being sought by Ohio Power (AEP), including on land owned by county Farm Bureau members.
Bills related to water quality and drainage petition regulations passed at the state level. Beneficial funding was included in the federal COVID relief bill.
Rural broadband, meat processing, water quality efforts, timber management and wildlife management were among the priorities set by delegates at Ohio Farm Bureau’s 102nd annual meeting. The approved policies set the direction for the organization’s activities in the coming year….