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
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…
$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…
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.”
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.
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.
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…
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…
Hundreds of Farm Bureau members gathered in downtown Columbus to meet one-on-one with their state senators and representatives during Ohio Farm Bureau’s annual Ag Day at the Capital Feb. 28. Ohio Farm Bureau priority issues such as water quality, economic development, energy…
At its January board meeting, the state board of trustees examined the policies delegates finalized during the annual meeting and prioritized them into 2018 state and federal priority issues. State Priority Issues WATER QUALITY Leading statewide agricultural efforts to reduce…
