Amy Graves - March 29, 2017
Looking for contact information for the legislators who represent you at the state and national levels, or how to be an effective advocate? Look no further than Ohio Farm Bureau’s redesigned Farm Votes Matter website, farmvotesmatter.org. The website has a…
Joe Cornely - March 28, 2017
In 19 years of answering reporters’ questions about farming, I’ve had some doozies. A favorite: the young reporter who was certain he had a scoop on a horrible “crop disaster.” The lush, green cornfields he’d seen in July had mysteriously…
Amy Graves - March 28, 2017
Ohio Farm Bureau is continuing to work proactively to ensure the state has both clean water and productive farming. Over the past 2½ years, OFBF has invested more than $2 million in its comprehensive Water Quality Action Plan. Farm Bureau…
Amy Graves - March 28, 2017
Spring and summer are prime times for tours at the Blanchard River Demonstration Farms. The three farms in the Western Lake Erie Basin are testing various conservation methods to help reduce nutrient runoff and better protect water quality. The results…
Members of AgriPOWER Class VIII traveled to Georgia Feb. 23-25 for the sixth session of their yearlong leadership program. Beginning in Atlanta, delegates traveled with Ohio and Georgia Farm Bureau staff across the state to learn more about the diversity…
As the 2017 membership campaign wound down in March, several membership volunteers had success with a new approach to membership: they reached out to those with jobs that support agriculture in their communities. Belmont County member Carman Mengon talked to…
Keeping in constant contact with state legislators is the main motivation for Ohio Farm Bureau’s Adopt a Legislator program that kicked off at Ag Day at the Capital in February. Farm Bureau members are assigned to those legislators who are…
Ohio Farm Bureau is pushing to include two proposed amendments that would clarify transportation issues relative to farm and farm-related equipment in the Ohio Senate’s version of the state’s transportation budget. The first amendment clarifies the law by allowing a person…
Lynn Snyder - March 28, 2017
As a farmer, you should consider four primary areas of liability: Premises liability You may be held responsible if someone is injured or sustains property damage as a result of the physical condition of your farm or ranch. A common…
