On the latest edition of Field Day, Ohio Farm Bureau’s Director of Water Quality and Research Jordan Hoewischer talks with Barry Ward, assistant professor with OSU Extension, leader production business management and director of OSU income tax schools, as well…
Amy Beth Graves - Oct. 5, 2017
Farmers in central Ohio are welcoming the expansion of POET Biorefining, saying it will increase demand for local grains, create new jobs and stimulate the overall economy in rural Ohio. In August, POET broke ground on a $120 million expansion…
Lynn Snyder - May 1, 2017
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.
Amy Beth Graves - April 17, 2017
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, 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 Beth Graves - Jan. 12, 2017
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…
Fulton County Farm Bureau member Paul Barnaby can’t hold back the pride he feels when he passes the new NatureFresh Farms facility being built in his county. “You’re impressed every time you go down (State) Route 108,” he said. “I’ve…
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…
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
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…
