Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - Sept. 15, 2020
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 606 into law, ensuring civil immunity to individuals, schools, health care providers, businesses and other entities from lawsuits arising from exposure, transmission or contraction of COVID-19, or any mutation of the virus, as…
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…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - July 28, 2020
On Tuesday, Gov. Mike DeWine announced that the remaining county and independent fairs set to take place in Ohio in 2020 will be ordered to run as junior fairs only. Read the order “We laid down some very specific guidelines…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - July 24, 2020
For a while in late spring, there was a significant slowdown in meat production. Food chain disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in meat processing bottlenecks. Grocery and food pantry refrigerators and freezers were running low or on empty,…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - July 22, 2020
As Gov. Mike DeWine laid out orders for Ohio’s county and independent fairs to operate amid COVID-19, his goal was to try to provide an outlet for young people who participate in 4-H and FFA to do so safely during…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - July 16, 2020
In early July, a public health order was put into effect mandating face coverings in public in all Ohio counties that have reached the designation of Red Alert Level 3 Public Health Emergency or a Purple Alert Level 4 Public…
Adam Sharp - July 14, 2020
After the challenges members faced with a relentless wet spring, trade disputes and continued low commodity prices in 2019, many thought 2020 couldn’t be worse. Yet, here we are. There wasn’t much time for any of us to prepare for…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - June 11, 2020
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, 2020
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, 2020
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…
