Just about everything that could go wrong did when it came to crop production in 2019. How did a rough growing season and a tough trade year impact Ohio farmers? Ty Higgins visits with two farmer leaders to find out….
Lynn Snyder - Jan. 6, 2020
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Ohio Farm Bureau is working closely with the DeWine administration, as well as state and national agencies, to determine what options may be available for farmers to lessen the blows of this catastrophic growing season.
Lynn Snyder - Jan. 6, 2020
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - Oct. 17, 2019
OFBF Podcast: Farm Bill programs, ‘top-up’ payments
The enrollment period is now open for the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs. But should you sign up your acres for these programs right away or wait? And what exactly are these “top-up” payments?…
Ty Higgins - Oct. 11, 2019
All 88 Ohio counties officially declared disaster areas
From a polar vortex to tornados to excessive rain and flooding, Ohio has seen just about every challenge that Mother Nature can offer in 2019. Now farmers in all 88 counties of the state can sign up for disaster assistance…
Ty Higgins - Sept. 6, 2019
Bringing mental health to the forefront
With the kickoff of the #gotyourback campaign, the Ohio Department of Agriculture is moving the topic of mental health on the farm forward. The initiative, of which Ohio Farm Bureau is a proud partner, was created to let farmers know…
Adam Sharp - Sept. 6, 2019
Across the Table: Farmers don’t quit
They say rain makes grain. Well, that certainly wasn’t the case this spring. Nonstop, heavy rains kept many corn, soybean, fruit and vegetable farmers out of their tractors and only about half of the state’s crops were actually planted. I…
Kelli Milligan Stammen - Aug. 14, 2019
More than half the state designated an ag disaster area
Farmers in more than half the counties in Ohio are eligible to apply for emergency loans following a series of natural disasters since November 2018, culminating in a disastrous planting season this spring. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue granted…
Ty Higgins - July 22, 2019
Specialty growers not as dampened by spring rains
The impact of a rainy spring can be pretty easy to spot when hundreds of thousands of acres that should be lush, green fields are instead dirt brown and riddled with weeds. Corn and soybean farmers across Ohio will tell…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - July 9, 2019
Legal with Leah: Prevent plant and CAUV implications
On this episode of Legal with Leah, Senior Director of Corporate Communications Joe Cornely discusses what farmers and landowners should do if they have taken prevent plant payments and their land is in the Current Agriculture Use Value program. Complete…
Joe Cornely - July 1, 2019
#NoPlant19 on Town Hall Ohio
No one remembers it ever being like this. Too much rain, falling far too often, has created an unprecedented situation for farmers in Ohio and across much of the nation. There have been years when some of the crop didn’t…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - June 28, 2019
Ohio NRCS announces disaster recovery funding to plant cover crops on flooded cropland acreage
Extreme weather conditions like the recent excessive rains and tornadoes have negatively impacted Ohio farmers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service will invest $4 million to help Ohio agricultural producers recover. Technical and financial assistance is now…