Since Farm Bureau’s inception, the organization’s policy positions have grown from seeds of ideas that are planted between neighbors talking to neighbors, over the fence post and in living rooms. Never is the influence of those grassroots beginnings more apparent…
At the end of August, FERC approved the permit to begin building the high-pressure NEXUS pipeline that will carry natural gas across northern Ohio, into Michigan and on to Canada.
Amy Beth Graves - Oct. 5, 2017
Farmers in central Ohio are welcoming the expansion of POET Biorefining, saying it will increase demand for local grains, create new jobs and stimulate the overall economy in rural Ohio. In August, POET broke ground on a $120 million expansion…
The deadline has passed for those farmers who are required to complete fertilizer certification by Sept. 30. With the passage of Senate Bill 150 in 2014, Ohio became the first state to require anybody who applies commercial fertilizer to more…
Tilling good earth or tending to animals may seem like an ideal way of life to many young farmers. But when commodity prices plunge, or if treacherous weather wipes out a field of crops, where do you turn when your…
Little did Mercer County’s Gerald Vian know how valuable his Farm Bureau membership would be when he became a new, active member of Farm Bureau through a group membership with Kalmbach Feeds. When Vian, part-owner of Blue Ribbon Feed Mill…
Lynn Snyder - Sept. 25, 2017
Planning for the future of your farm can be complicated enough without the bumps in the road life tends to produce. Now imagine that bump being a roadblock. There is, however, planning that can still be done for those instances….
Amy Beth Graves - Sept. 25, 2017The Internal Revenue Service has started a pilot program for auditing expenses farmers claim on Form 1040, Schedule F, which is used to report farm income and expenditures. The IRS said the pilot auditing program, which runs from April 2017…
Amy Beth Graves - Sept. 25, 2017
When counties in Ohio look for ways to become efficient, some consider county charter governments. Under the Ohio Constitution, counties can set up a charter government, giving them “home rule” authority. This allows them to design a government and adopt…
