The impact of a rainy spring can be pretty easy to spot when hundreds of thousands of acres that should be lush, green fields are instead dirt brown and riddled with weeds. Corn and soybean farmers across Ohio will tell…
Ty Higgins - July 22, 2019
Ty Higgins - July 22, 2019 Kelli Milligan Stammen - April 2, 2019
Ellingtons work to bond with consumers
“We are very transparent. We do what we do because it’s important that people understand where their food comes from.” – Casey Ellington Bellamy Ellington has no fear, according to her mother, Casey. The toddler has been known to stroll headfirst…
How consumer demand has an impact on farmers
Consumer demand is a loud drum that can be heard beating from the smallest freezer beef operation in southern Ohio to the offices of Wendy’s corporate headquarters in Dublin. When Wendy’s, the second largest fast food hamburger chain in the…
Connie Lechleitner - Nov. 13, 2018
Success for Sugar Valley Farms
For Joe McLead and Bill Walters, the Little Brown Jug is the result of more than six years of planning to bring their Standardbred stallion station, Sugar Valley Farm, to fruition.
Haley Reese - Oct. 16, 2018Meet a Board Trustee: Robert Imbody
Welcome to Marion County Farm Bureau’s member spotlight blog! Every month, Marion County will feature a spotlight blog on a board member so you can get to know him or her a little better. Our monthly spotlight blog features Marion…
Eileen Eisenhauer - Oct. 16, 2018
Neff inducted into Crawford County Agricultural Hall of Fame
James Neff was inducted into the inaugural Crawford County Agricultural Hall of Fame, a recognition for outstanding contributions by an individual to agriculture.
Michael Stewart Leach - Sept. 20, 2018
Uncorking Ohio wine
Ohio wineries were as rare as soy lattes in 1975, when 13 wine producers decided to form an association to promote their product. The initial kitty was $750. Had you told them that by 2018 some of Ohio’s 285 wineries…
Brian Williams - July 11, 2018
Dairy at the crossroads
Grim Dairy sounds like a metaphor for the multiyear downturn in milk prices and the struggles of many farms in Ohio and other states. But Eric Grim, who grazes and milks 70 Jersey and Guernsey cows (and one Ayrshire), in…
Melissa Kossler Dutton - July 4, 2018
Families launch Buckeye Valley Beef Cooperative
Families come together to establish co-op in Brown County, Ohio.
Melissa Kossler Dutton - May 18, 2018
Southern Ohio farm grows bright blueberries next to green turf
When Angela Allan first heard that Pickaway County Farm Bureau members Daniel and Jamie Huggett intended to grow blueberries on their sod farm in South Bloomfield, their longtime family friend couldn’t help but wonder if the venture would be fruitful….