Lynn Snyder - Nov. 3, 2020
The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service have signed a new, five-year agreement to continue research for the Blanchard River Demonstration Farms Network project.
Ty Higgins - Oct. 9, 2020
The Ohio Department of Agriculture and the Ohio AgriBusiness Association are joining forces to streamline the approval process of Voluntary Nutrient Management Plans for farmers participating in the state’s H2Ohio water quality initiative to reduce phosphorus runoff into Lake Erie. …
Ty Higgins - Oct. 1, 2020
Keeping up with the ever-changing technology being used in agriculture to protect valuable natural resources, the Blanchard River Demonstration Farms Network has added some new research efforts to keep the soil healthy and water clean. Kurt Farms, a 460 acre…
Ty Higgins - Sept. 29, 2020
Earlier this summer, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration pegged the severity of the 2020 algal blooms on Lake Erie at a 4.5 on a scale of 10, one of the smaller forecasts in recent years. Final data to calculate…
Kelli Milligan Stammen - Sept. 11, 2020
Conversations with farmers have historically revolved around two things — weather and markets. Yet in the winter months leading up to spring 2020, Kris Swartz noticed a change in the conversation. Conservation practices were a hot topic when farmers came…
Lynn Snyder - July 21, 2020
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler recently visited the Blanchard River Demonstration Farms in northwest Ohio. Administrator Wheeler learned about all of the testing being done to improve water quality for the Western Lake Erie Basin and all of…
Ty Higgins - July 9, 2020
This Water Quality Status Report, the sixth in a series, shows the strides farmers have made in improving and protecting one of the state’s most valuable resources and that clean water and productive farming can coexist.
Ty Higgins - June 4, 2020
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced Ohio Farm Bureau Senior Director of Policy Development and Environmental Policy Dr. Larry Antosch as a member of the Great Lakes Advisory Board, an EPA federal advisory committee. Administrator Wheeler re-established the…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - May 19, 2020
After a lot of anxiety about whether the launch of Gov. Mike DeWine’s H2Ohio water quality initiative would need to be delayed a year or cut due to the coronavirus pandemic, farmers in northwest Ohio recently received some good news…
Ty Higgins - May 8, 2020
Toledo voters passed the Lake Erie Bill of Rights in 2019, giving Toledoans the legal right to sue anyone accused of violating the lake’s right under LEBOR to “exist, flourish and naturally evolve.” The very next day, a lawsuit challenging…
