Agricultural retailers, researchers, farmers and others were in attendance to discuss the latest research on nutrient management, water quality, conservation efforts, and experience field demonstrations. Ohio Farm Bureau was a sponsor of the event.
Soil and Water Conservation Commission delays implementation of executive order
Ohio Farm Bureau, including 7,000 farmers who would be directly impacted by an executive order signed by Gov. John Kasich last week, will finally have their voices heard in the process, thanks in large part to the efforts of Farm…
Soil and Water Conservation Commission action
Editors: The following is Ohio Farm Bureau’s statement following today’s action by the Ohio Soil and Water Conservation Commission. The commission referred to subcommittee the governor’s request that portions of the Western Lake Erie Basin watershed be declared “in distress.”…
Joe Cornely - July 18
General Assembly, farmers call for transparent, inclusive regulatory process
The Ohio General Assembly is calling on Gov. John Kasich to rescind his executive order that gives state government control over farming practices for 7,000 farmers and 2 million acres of northwest Ohio farmland. Ohio House Agriculture Committee Chairman…
2018 algal bloom forecast projected below 2017 levels
NOAA and its research partners predict that western Lake Erie will experience a harmful algal bloom (HAB) of cyanobacteria this summer that is smaller than in 2017 but larger than the mild bloom in 2016. Scientists expect this year’s bloom…
Numerous questions surround Kasich executive order
Gov. John Kasich issued an executive order that could place greater than 2 million acres under new regulations established by a Watershed in Distress designation for eight separate watersheds in the Maumee River Basin. Named in the governor’s executive order…
Lynn Snyder - July 11Farm Bureau critical of Kasich executive order
Gov. John Kasich abandoned one of his most basic principles by announcing unilateral regulation of farming practices in an attempt to improve Lake Erie water quality. With no conversation with Ohio’s agriculture community, the Kasich executive order would include regulation…
New No-Till Drill coming soon
Gallia County Farm Bureau and the Gallia County Soil and Water Conservation District have partnered to take part in the 2018 Water Quality Grant opportunity through the Ohio Farm Bureau. With this grant they will purchase a new 7 foot…
Joe Cornely - June 29
Battle over water reaching boiling point
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants to classify commercial fertilizer as an agricultural pollutant. Gov. Kasich appears primed to use executive orders to regulate farmers. A federal judge has threatened to assume authority over farming practices. Toledo’s mayor says Farm Bureau…
Amy Beth Graves - June 27
Water Quality Status Report, 5th edition
The Water Quality Status Report is the fifth in a series of reports Ohio Farm Bureau has produced to show the strides farmers have made in improving and protecting one of the state’s most valuable resources. Farm Bureau also has established statewide partnerships…