The American Farm Bureau Federation has opened online applications for its third Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge. Entrepreneurs will compete for $145,000 in startup funds. Applications are due June 30.
Lynn Snyder - May 1
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Amy Graves - April 17
Livestock farmers seek consistent processing rules
As a livestock producer who grew up helping out at the family’s small meat processing facility, Nate Like tends to hear stories about problems at the facilities. And increasingly, the Henry County Farm Bureau president has been hearing the same…
Lynn Snyder - March 1
State, federal priority issues established for 2017
Ohio Farm Bureau has set its state and federal policy priority issues for the year. The organization’s grassroots policy process surfaces and determines areas that have a significant impact on production agriculture, the food system and rural communities. These priorities are…
Amy Graves - Jan. 12
Experts to explain food transport, catering requirements
Food transport, service and catering requirements will be the topic of discussion at a seminar hosted by the Center for Innovative Food Technology (CIFT). Four experts, who specialize in working closely with mobile food companies, food service operations, caterers and…
WOTUS rule argued by Ohio, AFBF in court
Merit briefs were filed by opponents of the Waters of the United States rule, including American Farm Bureau Federation and the state of Ohio, at the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Nov.1. These briefs present the arguments which the court will…
Across the table with Adam Sharp: Keeping food safe
When I first met Jeff Zellers, he was facing the prospect that his family’s 70-year legacy of growing fresh produce was about to be regulated into submission. Today, the farm’s still in business, thanks to Jeff’s determination and Farm Bureau’s…
Joe Cornely - Oct. 31, 2016
Engage Cuba on ‘Town Hall Ohio’
Since 1960 it’s been pretty much illegal for Americans to have much at all to do with the nation of Cuba. But the relationship is beginning to warm up and for lots of Americans, and Cubans, that could be very…
Lynn Snyder - Oct. 21, 2016
Members: Urge Congress to pass Trans-Pacific Partnership
Farm Bureau leaders throughout America have joined together and are strongly urging every Farm Bureau member to contact their members of Congress and urge them to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a 12-nation trade deal to remove trade barriers and…
Amy Graves - Oct. 5, 2016
Ohio company reaches Top 10 in Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge
A Union County company will receive $10,000 for reaching the semifinals of American Farm Bureau’s 2017 Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge.
Amy Graves - Sept. 28, 201611 Ohio businesses compete in Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge
Eleven Ohioans are competing for $145,000 in startup funds for their businesses in American Farm Bureau’s Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge. The third annual contest had more than 350 applications, more than double the number last year. The contest is the first…