Ty Higgins - Oct. 9
The Ohio Department of Agriculture and the Ohio AgriBusiness Association are joining forces to streamline the approval process of Voluntary Nutrient Management Plans for farmers participating in the state’s H2Ohio water quality initiative to reduce phosphorus runoff into Lake Erie. …
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - May 19
After a lot of anxiety about whether the launch of Gov. Mike DeWine’s H2Ohio water quality initiative would need to be delayed a year or cut due to the coronavirus pandemic, farmers in northwest Ohio recently received some good news…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - March 31
In the latest episode of Field Day with Jordan Hoewischer, Ohio Farm Bureau’s Director of Media Relations Ty Higgins interviews Hoewischer about the H2Ohio program and the Ohio Agriculture Conservation Initiative Farmer Certification program. Higgins and Hoewischer discuss how the…
Ty Higgins - March 30
The deadline for farmers to submit applications for the H2Ohio program is moving back to the original date of March 31, 2020. Gov. Mike DeWine strongly believes in the H2Ohio water quality initiative and farmers have shown overwhelming interest to…
Ty Higgins - March 16
On this episode of Our Ohio Weekly: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Dorothy Pelanda announced earlier this year that $30 million in H2Ohio funding will be available for Ohio farmers in more than a dozen…
Ty Higgins - Feb. 11
More than 1,500 northwest Ohio farmers have attended the four meetings held so far to learn more about Gov. DeWine’s H2Ohio program and the $30 million funding available to farmers and landowners within the Maumee River watershed. At the beginning…
Ty Higgins - Feb. 6At the beginning of 2019, a group of Ohio agricultural organizations, including Farm Bureau, along with conservation and academia groups, met with environmental group leaders to form the Ohio Agriculture Conservation Initiative. The goal of this unique collaboration is to…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - Jan. 28
Beginning in February, funding for farmers interested in incentives for implementing approved nutrient management practices will be available through the state’s H2Ohio initiative in the 14 counties of the Maumee River Watershed. Those counties are Allen, Auglaize, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock,…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - Nov. 15, 2019Nov. 14, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine unveiled H2Ohio, a comprehensive, data-driven water quality plan to reduce harmful algal blooms, improve wastewater infrastructure, and prevent lead contamination. “We have a moral obligation to preserve and protect our natural resources,” DeWine said…
