What does the vaccine rollout for Ohio look like, when will the farm and food sector have access to the vaccine, and will there be workplace vaccine requirements?
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - Jan. 22
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Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - Jan. 22 Ty Higgins - Jan. 12
Paycheck Protection Program opens Round 2
The new COVID-19 relief package that Congress passed at the end of 2020 included a second allocation of funds for the Paycheck Protection Program totaling $284 billion. “The thought process behind the PPP is to assist businesses that had to…
Ty Higgins - Oct. 28, 2020
DeWine requests $5 billion dividend to Ohio employers
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine was joined by Lt. Gov. Jon Husted Wednesday to request the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation send up to $5 billion in dividends to Ohio employers to ease the continued financial impact from the COVID-19 pandemic….
Ty Higgins - Sept. 29, 2020
Duvall talks about COVID-19 impact on nation’s farmers
Our Ohio Weekly recently visited with American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall to talk about the impact the coronavirus has had on the agriculture industry and AFBF’s response to it. The interview started off on a personal note as Duvall…
How the food supply chain weathered the COVID-19 storm
Full stop. The first case of COVID-19 was officially diagnosed in Ohio March 9, and the Ohio Department of Health ordered everyone to stay at home beginning March 23. Suddenly, schools across Ohio closed. Downtown office buildings emptied. Grocery stores…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - Sept. 15, 2020
House Bill 606 brings certainty as Ohio rebuilds
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
H2Ohio funding on track for water quality initiatives
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…
Michael Stewart Leach - Sept. 1, 2020
Brannon farm changes gears during pandemic
Hard work, dedication and concern for others aren’t quaint concepts at Olde Tyme Farms. These principles helped the 20-acre chicken, egg and organic vegetable operation quickly pivot and keep moving, despite the COVID-19 shutdown. “We changed from mostly wholesale to…
Kayla Jones - Aug. 10, 2020
Pork to Pantry a 5,000 pound success
In an effort to address the surging community food bank need due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the economy, Farm Bureaus in Carroll, Holmes, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit and Wayne counties collaborated in a Pork to Pantry project which…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - July 28, 2020
DeWine limits remaining fairs to junior fairs
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…