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Avatar Rita Hechmer - Sept. 10, 2019

2019 Washington, D.C. Leadership Experience

Ohio Farm Bureau’s AgriPOWER Class IX and Young Ag Professionals group spent an educational three days in Washington, D.C. Sept. 10-12. The trip provided our current and future leaders the opportunity to share their ideas with members of Congress, to…

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Lynn Snyder Lynn Snyder - Aug. 13, 2019
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Legal with Leah: Ohio’s Gas Tax

In this Legal with Leah, Ty Higgins, Ohio Farm Bureau’s director of media relations, visits with Ohio Farm Bureau Policy Counsel Leah Curtis about the reasons for Ohio’s tax hike on gas, how those funds will be used and how…

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Avatar Kelli Milligan Stammen - July 18, 2019

State budget includes initiatives for agriculture

The state’s main operating budget for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 was signed into law by Gov. Mike DeWine after being passed by the Ohio Legislature July 17, two and a half weeks later than its June 30 deadline.  “Farm…

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Avatar Kelli Milligan Stammen - July 18, 2019
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Hemp legislation passes, rules are next

Growing hemp in Ohio got a big push from the state legislature July 17 as the General Assembly sent Senate Bill 57 to Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk for his signature. SB 57 creates a hemp cultivator license as well as…

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Avatar Jenna Beadle - June 5, 2019

Ohio legislators considering comprehensive energy bill

An energy bill currently making its way through the Ohio Legislature will impact Farm Bureau members. House Bill 6 is a comprehensive energy bill that currently addresses many topics, but it would predominantly create the Ohio Clean Air Program offering…

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Avatar Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - May 3, 2019

Transportation budget passed

Ohio lawmakers missed the deadline by a few days, but passed a transportation budget that was signed by Gov. Mike DeWine in early April. A compromise was reached through House Bill 62, which was swiftly passed by both legislative bodies…

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Avatar Kelli Milligan Stammen - April 11, 2019

Beginning farmer incentives take shape in Ohio House

A bipartisan effort in the Ohio House gives beginning farmers financial incentive to establish themselves in the state’s agricultural industry. Co-sponsored by Rep. John Patterson (D-99th District) and Rep. Susan Manchester (R-84th District), House Bill 183 would authorize a nonrefundable income…

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Joe Cornely Joe Cornely - March 27, 2019

Ohio Farm Bureau fights expanded eminent domain authority

The fight to protect landowners from expanded eminent domain authority continues.  Ohio Farm Bureau successfully prevented an expansion of takings authority in the Senate’s version of the transportation budget, but it could return.  Legislators from both chambers must reconcile their…

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Avatar Kelli Milligan Stammen - Feb. 28, 2019

$23.5 million headed to Lake Erie water quality efforts

On the same day Toledoans passed the Lake Erie Bill of Rights that may make it harder for farmers to focus on nutrient runoff over frivolous lawsuits, the Ohio Department of Agriculture announced new assistance programs to help producers achieve…

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Joe Cornely Joe Cornely - Feb. 25, 2019

Gov. Mike DeWine on Town Hall Ohio

If you ever wanted to see grassroots political action in action, you’d have been impressed by this past week’s Ohio Farm Bureau Ag Day at the Capital. Farmers from all corners of the state battled Level 2 snow emergencies to…

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