It’s been 23 years since I’ve visited our nation’s capital. At that time, I was an excited 8th grader eagerly anticipating four days without parents in a faraway city. This trip was completely different. Earlier this month Ohio Farm Bureau’s…
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All issues are local: AgriPOWER Session 3 blog
Our third session of AgriPOWER was a jam packed three-day trip to Washington D.C. where we focused on learning about federal policies and how they impact us locally. This trip also gave us the opportunity to connect and “take on…
2019 Washington, D.C. Leadership Experience
Ohio Farm Bureau’s AgriPOWER Class IX and Young Ag Professionals group spent an educational three days in Washington, D.C. Sept. 10-12. The trip provided our current and future leaders the opportunity to share their ideas with members of Congress, to…
Farmers annual trip to Washington, D.C.
Ohio Farm Bureau’s farmer leaders, members of the media and select staff will be in Washington, D.C. March 12-14, 2019 for the 73rd annual County Presidents’ Trip. While there, they will hear from American Farm Bureau public policy staff members,…
Farm Bureau leans on its grassroots expertise
As a true grassroots organization, Farm Bureau draws its strength, passion, direction and authority directly from its membership base. Nowhere is this more obvious, or more exciting, than in late February when Farm Bureau members from all over the nation…
Members, legislators talk issues at 2019 Ag Day at the Capital
Braving ice and snow, hundreds of Farm Bureau members gathered in downtown Columbus to meet one-on-one with their state senators and representatives during Ohio Farm Bureau’s annual Ag Day at the Capital Feb. 20. Ohio Farm Bureau priority issues such as the biennial state…
Washington, D.C. Leadership Experience recap
Every year, a Young Agricultural Professional (YAP) from Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake or Trumbull County, depending on the rotation, is chosen to attend the Washington, D.C. Leadership Experience in September. This year, Daniel Bancroft from Trumbull County attended and here is…
2018 Washington, D.C. Leadership Experience
Ohio Farm Bureau’s AgriPOWER Class IX and Young Ag Professionals group spent an educational three days in Washington, D.C. Sept. 11-13. The purpose of the trip was to share their ideas with members of Congress and to learn about international…
Farm Bureau members are true policy experts
Have you ever seen a movie or TV show that depicts a quick work trip to a big city? The main character packs an overnight bag, rolls into town late at night, wakes up and gets some important work done….
RECAP: 72nd Annual County Presidents’ Trip
“We are a true grassroots organization, not just a hashtag.” Those words from OFBF Executive Vice President Adam Sharp to county presidents as they gathered in Washington, D.C. couldn’t have rung more true. The decades-old relationship between Ohio Farm Bureau…