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Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - June 11
Your Farm Bureau has been hard at work helping our members and all of Ohio agriculture, which includes the food supply system. Since mid- March, we have supported the following critical actions: 1. AG IS ESSENTIAL: We worked closely with…
Ty Higgins - June 5
According to the Farm, Food and Agribusiness COVID-19 Impact Survey created by Ohio Farm Bureau, 65% of those involved in Ohio’s food supply system have been negatively or very negatively impacted by the global pandemic. The survey also shows that…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - May 28
UPDATE: On June 16, Gov. Mike DeWine issued an Ohio Department of Health order regarding county fairs. The order aligned with the guidelines issued late last month (below), with the clarification that animal exhibitions on county fairgrounds are permitted. Today, after…
Ty Higgins - May 26
On this edition of Our Ohio Weekly: Over the past two months, as farmers and those along Ohio’s food supply system have continued their essential work, Ohio Farm Bureau has been hard at work as well, advocating and educating to…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - May 22
The question of whether the state fair would go forward was answered earlier this week when the Ohio Expositions Commission announced the fair’s cancellation: The Ohio State Fair’s management team, as well as the Ohio Expositions Commission, have been carefully…
Ty Higgins - May 21
To provide immediate financial assistance to farmers impacted by COVID-19, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act provided the Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue with an immediate $9.5 billion and the Commodity Credit Corporation with a $14 billion replenishment. Combining existing CCC…
Kelli Milligan Stammen - May 19
While the Ohio State Fair has been canceled, several county fairs are still hosting Junior Fair events. The Ohio protocols surrounding social distancing and gathering in large groups to combat COVID-19 is having a profound effect on fair season. Soon Gov….
Ty Higgins - May 11On this week’s Our Ohio Weekly: A new study titled Eating 2020: How COVID-19 Will Change Consumer Engagement With Food, surveyed more than 1,800 participants and looked at purchasing trends before, during and after the COVID-19 stay-at-home restrictions. 00:00 –…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - May 8
As some phases of Ohio’s reopening have begun, there has been very little information divulged by the DeWine administration about a plan to reopen restaurants. Those details were introduced during the governor’s May 7 news conference. Restaurants across the state…
Kelli Milligan Stammen - May 7
It has been six weeks since the Ohio General Assembly convened to pass HB 197, which contained several emergency protocols for the COVID-19 crisis including the March 17, 2020 primary. Both chambers were in session this week, however, again working…
