After heavy rain events fell on northwest Ohio throughout the spring and early summer, it wasn’t surprising that a significant algal bloom would surface on the Western Lake Erie Basin. When it did, Henry County Farm Bureau member and farmer…
Field Day with Jordan Hoewischer: The Nature Conservancy
Ohio Farm Bureau’s Director of Water Quality and Research Jordan Hoewischer talked with Dr. Jessica D’Ambrosio of The Nature Conservancy earlier this summer. On this edition of Field Day, Hoewischer and D’Ambrosio discussed the role of The Nature Conservancy and how the…
Joe Cornely - Sept. 6, 2018
Farm Bureau fights for inclusion on water quality decisions
Farm Bureau and others have successfully pushed back against Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s attempt to exclude agriculture from the water quality conversation. On July 11, Kasich issued an executive order that asked the Ohio Soil and Water Conservation Commission to…
Joe Cornely - Aug. 31, 2018
Radio panel shows challenge of talking about water issues
As Lake Erie water issues escalated this summer, strident environmental activists made it increasingly difficult to have a rational discussion about the issue and science-based solutions. Ann Arbor’s public radio station invited Ohio Farm Bureau to participate in a panel…
Innovation, research take center stage at 2018 4R Technology Review Field Day
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, 2018
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…