**UPDATE: The Ohio Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Lake Erie Bill of Rights appearing on the Toledo special election ballot Feb. 26. Here is a Jan. 29 Legal with Leah update from Leah Curtis. You could be sued by…
A Look Back at 2018: Advocacy
Farm Bureau continued to fight for members’ rights and interests on several fronts in 2018. Water quality and how to help ensure a cleaner Lake Erie while continuing to defend members’ right to farm remained a top priority for Farm…
Kaptur lauds farmers efforts in water quality
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, D-9th District, visited Stateler Family Farms, a Blanchard River Demonstration Farms Network participant in October. Kaptur, whose congressional district is north of the demo farms project, expressed her appreciation for farmers’ conservation practice efforts in the watersheds…
Field Day with Jordan Hoewischer: Water quality in Michigan
In the latest episode of Field Day with Jordan Hoewischer, Ohio Farm Bureau’s Director of Water Quality and Research talks with a representative from our neighbors up north, Laura Campbell. Campbell manages the agricultural ecology department for Michigan Farm Bureau….
Discussions continue on enhancing use of nutrient management plans, soil testing
Recently Ohio Farm Bureau hosted representatives from various agriculture organizations to discuss the development of a soil testing education curriculum for farmers to have a basic understanding of soil testing and determine a checklist of materials needed to complete a…
Joe Cornely - Oct. 25, 2018
Update: Fate of watershed rules still up in the air
The Ohio Soil and Water Conservation Commission will meet at 10 a.m. Nov. 1, and likely decide whether to designate eight watersheds in northwest Ohio as “distressed.” While Farm Bureau does not believe the public will have an opportunity to…
Joe Cornely - Oct. 18, 2018
Science at forefront of water quality discussions
Science has moved to the forefront in the ongoing discussion of how agriculture can best protect water quality, but politics and angry activists have not disappeared. Legislators and public officials at two separate meetings recently heard about the state of…
Amanda Domsitz - Oct. 15, 2018
Legal With Leah: Lake Erie Rights Court Ruling
Two wins occurred on the legal front for farmers who faced potentially troubling rulings dealing with agriculture and water quality. Farm Bureau policy counsel Leah Curtis shares the good news. Some excerpts: Joe Cornely: There have been two recent developments…
Efforts to sustain water quality take time to work
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…