Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - April 6, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic began to unfold and Gov. Mike DeWine issued stay-at-home orders, many essential items typically easy to find at the grocery store were quickly in limited supply. It didn’t take long for retailers to place limits on…
Brian Williams - July 11, 2018
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…
Amanda Bush - May 7, 2018
The American Farm Bureau Federation, in cooperation with American Farm Bureau Insurance Services, has developed a new risk management insurance product for dairy farmers. Approved by the Agriculture Department’s Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, “Dairy Revenue Protection” insurance will provide dairy…
Kelli Milligan Stammen - June 28, 2017Supply and demand are to blame for the scramble some independent milk producers find themselves in the middle of to find a new marketing mechanism for their dairy product. In the last several months, the Dairy Farmers of America’s Dairy…
Amy Beth Graves - Feb. 24, 2017
Ohio Farm Bureau is part of an effort examining ways to secure the state’s milk supply in the event of an outbreak of the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease. Under the national Secure Milk Supply Plan, if foot-and-mouth disease is diagnosed…
Kelli Milligan Stammen - Jan. 27, 2016
Davidson Dairy and their “robot milkers” are the subject of this recent segment of the Our Ohio TV series.
Marilou Suszko - May 1, 2015
At 27, Karl Wedemeyer is considered young in the agricultural community but he’s known for his lifetime that production agriculture was his future.
Seth Teter - Feb. 25, 2014
Meeting this farm family showed us how a grocery store staple has roots in local agriculture
Seth Teter - Jan. 29, 2013
Farm family invites public to come and see how milk is made
This simple soup can be made with fresh, frozen or canned corn. For an even richer texture, substitute ½ cup of heavy cream for the whole milk.
