Ohio Department of Agriculture

Ohio’s top conservation farmers honored

The Weller Family, Putnam County; Workman Family, Ashland County; Hodge Family, Muskingum County; Mehl Family, Butler County; and the Jepsen Family, Fairfield County were honored.

New Ohio Hay Directory and additional drought resources

Listed are links to the latest news and ways members can access assistance should they need it, including a new Ohio Hay Directory created by the Ohio Department of Agriculture.

Baldridge nominated as Ohio Department of Agriculture director

Gov. Mike DeWine announced he will nominate Brian Baldridge of Winchester to be the next director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture.

ODA seeks qualifying financial management courses for new Beginning Farmer Tax Credit program

ODA is in the process of creating a new Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Program and is seeking qualifying financial management courses for farmers to take as part of the program.

Our Ohio Weekly: Ohio Department of Agriculture update

Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Dorothy Pelanda discusses the success of H2Ohio in northwest Ohio and how her agency has helped farmers through the challenges of Ohio’s food supply chain.

Our Ohio Weekly: Cattle Market Volatility

Learn about the issues involving cattle marketing and what is being done in Washington D.C. to give livestock producers a more fair market in the future.

Our Ohio Weekly: Ohio’s meat processing industry

We have finally turned the calendar to 2021 and although the challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic all still with us,…

Our Ohio Weekly – H2Ohio has Ohio farmers’ attention

On this episode of Our Ohio Weekly: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Dorothy Pelanda announced…

Our Ohio Weekly – What Ohio Farmers Should Know About Hemp

On this episode of Our Ohio Weekly: Shortly after the 2018 Farm Bill legalized industrial hemp, many states ramped up…