Ohio Farm Bureau is requesting members send a note to U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives and ask for them to move a farm bill forward before the end of the year.
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Friend of Agriculture candidates fare well in 2018 election
Voter turnout for a midterm election soared to its highest percentage since 1994 as 54 percent of Ohio residents cast ballots in this crucial election. A contentious statewide ballot issue, five statewide offices, two seats on the Ohio Supreme Court…
Numerous questions surround Kasich executive order
Gov. John Kasich issued an executive order that could place greater than 2 million acres under new regulations established by a Watershed in Distress designation for eight separate watersheds in the Maumee River Basin. Named in the governor’s executive order…
Lynn Snyder - July 11, 2018
Farm Bureau critical of Kasich executive order
Gov. John Kasich abandoned one of his most basic principles by announcing unilateral regulation of farming practices in an attempt to improve Lake Erie water quality. With no conversation with Ohio’s agriculture community, the Kasich executive order would include regulation…
Across the Table – Government rule book is growing
$14,666 a year is a lot of money to cover in the family budget. It’s more than the average household spends on food, transportation, health care, clothes or any other expenditure other than housing. It’s almost 20 percent more than…
Clean Lake 2020 Plan gets unanimous support in Senate
Proposed legislation that helps farmers help water quality passed 33-0 in the Ohio Senate on Wednesday following Ohio Farm Bureau declaring the measure a “Key Vote.”
Farm Bureau presidents pen letter to Washington about trade tariffs
State Farm Bureau presidents urge U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Perdue to work with President Trump to end the escalation of trade disputes with China.
Farm bill voted out of House agriculture committee
With the current farm bill set of expire in September, it is an encouraging sign that new legislation has passed through the House Committee on Agriculture in less than a week. The vote moves to the full U.S. House of Representatives soon, but the legislation still has a long way to go before it becomes law.
OFBF supports Issue 1 on the state’s primary ballot
The Ohio Farm Bureau state board of trustees voted at its April meeting to support the passage of Issue 1 on the state’s primary ballot. The primary is May 8. Passage of Issue 1 would amend Ohio’s Constitution to reform…
Budget bill a win for farmers
The passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 signed into law by President Trump March 23 was a win for farmers. Along with clarifying requirements on electronic logging devices and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), the budget…