American Farm Bureau is encouraging farmers and ranchers across the country to “take a stand” with John Duarte, a fourth-generation California farmer and Farm Bureau member. Duarte is in a legal battle with federal regulators over whether he violated the…
Amy Beth Graves - Oct. 24, 2016
Ohio Farm Bureau has been working to show how much of the tax burden has been shifted to agriculture and how any decrease in agricultural taxes would be spread out over the significantly larger non-agricultural taxpayer group.
Amy Beth Graves - June 27, 2016
New bill addresses zoning, liability and tax concerns
Carol Teter and John Lovejoy are fighting a pipeline’s proposal to take their land by eminent domain.
Amy Beth Graves - March 24, 2016
Ohio Farm Bureau members’ concerns about a pipeline that will cross 18 Ohio counties are addressed in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s draft rule.
Ohio’s county Farm Bureau presidents are taking their annual trip to Washington, D.C. March 15-17. Check here for the latest updates from Ohio Farm Bureau, media across the state and the farmers while on the ground on Capitol Hill.
Amy Beth Graves - March 16, 2016
If you’ve cleared or drained land over the last couple of years, Ohio Farm Bureau needs your help as it works to improve the accuracy of the Current Agricultural Use Value (CAUV) formula.
Amanda Domsitz - March 7, 2016
One of the many really smart things America’s founding fathers did was to be guided by the concept of property rights: the ability of individuals to own things and determine how they’re used. Of course, with rights come responsibilities. Today on…
Lynn Snyder - March 2, 2016
Changes need to be made now to the Current Agricultural Use Value (CAUV) formula to make it more accurate. This is the message that Ohio Farm Bureau members, commodity groups and others have increasingly been expressing to legislators and the…
Lynn Snyder - March 2, 2016
Water quality and Current Agricultural Use Value (CAUV) were the main topics of discussion during Ohio Farm Bureau’s annual Ag Day at the Capital. Hundreds of Farm Bureau members from around the state gathered Feb. 9 in downtown Columbus to…
