When John Kehn drives down the road, he tends to take a look at the trees along the way — not in the same manner a layman would, but from the perspective of a forester. As miles and miles of…
Protecting Property Rights
Policy issues set by Farm Bureau delegates
Water quality efforts, transportation and infrastructure, and wildlife management were among the priorities set by delegates at Ohio Farm Bureau’s 101st annual meeting. The approved policies set the direction for the organization’s activities in the coming year. A record 381…
Legal with Leah: Farm Bureau Legal Fund
For 100 years, people have turned to Ohio Farm Bureau to help them in the legislative arena at the state and national level. More and more these days, members are relying on Farm Bureau in the legal world as well. Many…
Joe Cornely - Aug. 7, 2019
Farmland tax valuations down, going lower
Ohio farmland tax valuations continue to decline across the state according to a new study from Ohio State University. The study shows tax valuations have dropped by one third since the Current Agricultural Use Value formula was changed by the…
Legal with Leah: Supreme Court agrees with OFBF on eminent domain
On this episode of Legal with Leah, Ty Higgins visits with Ohio Farm Bureau Policy Counsel Leah Curtis about a recent Supreme Court decision regarding eminent domain, the topic of the first Supreme Court case that Ohio Farm Bureau has…
Joe Cornely - March 27, 2019
Ohio Farm Bureau fights expanded eminent domain authority
The fight to protect landowners from expanded eminent domain authority continues. Ohio Farm Bureau successfully prevented an expansion of takings authority in the Senate’s version of the transportation budget, but it could return. Legislators from both chambers must reconcile their…
A Look Back at 2018: Advocacy
Farm Bureau continued to fight for members’ rights and interests on several fronts in 2018. Water quality and how to help ensure a cleaner Lake Erie while continuing to defend members’ right to farm remained a top priority for Farm…
Amanda Kolitsos - Oct. 11, 2018Legal With Leah: U.S. Supreme Court recap
Ohioans have to endure one of the toughest situations in the country when the government takes their land but refuses to acknowledge it. Protecting landowners from punitive state eminent domain laws is the goal of an Ohio Farm Bureau legal…
Amy Beth Graves - June 21, 2018
OFBF engaged in Stark County rails-to-trails case
Ohio Farm Bureau is helping members protect their landowner rights by becoming involved in a rails-to-trails court case. A Stark County Farm Bureau family is challenging a park district’s attempts to convert former railroad property into a trail. The Dickerhoof…
Ohio Farm Bureau defends property rights in brief to U.S. Supreme Court
Protecting landowners from punitive state eminent domain laws is the goal of an Ohio Farm Bureau legal brief recently submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States. Ohio is one of only three states in which landowners are forced…