The expansion of the H2Ohio initiative, created to ensure safe and clean water for all Ohioans, now includes Crawford, Erie, Huron, Marion, Ottawa, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, Shelby and Wyandot counties.
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - Aug. 25
Water Quality
Clean water is our state’s most important natural resource and Ohio’s farmers care deeply about protecting it. Across Ohio, farmers are taking up the call to work together to improve our water quality. Ohio farmers are natural stewards of soil and water. We know we play a significant role in protecting Ohio’s water resources for Ohio’s families, schools, businesses and communities. Because we take this responsibility seriously, Ohio Farm Bureau helps farmers proactively step-up their historic efforts to improve and protect water quality for the good of all. Ohio Farm Bureau and the agriculture community continue their commitment to maintaining safe and healthy water for our state.
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - Aug. 25 Kelli Milligan Stammen - Aug. 5
In-person meetings held for expanded H2Ohio program
The Ohio Agriculture Conservation Initiative (OACI), in which Ohio Farm Bureau is a member, welcomes the recent expansion of the H2Ohio farmer incentive program into 10 additional Western Lake Erie Basin counties, including Seneca, Huron, Erie, Wyandot, Richland, Shelby, Sandusky,…
Lynn Snyder - July 29
Blanchard River Demo Farms Network launches new website
One of the biggest enhancements to the new website is a resources section, where search results are aggregated based on specific practice or topic.
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - July 13
City of Maumee caught after 20 years of sewage dumping
Maumee, Ohio has been adding as much as 150 million gallons of sewage into the Maumee River for each of the past 20 years.
Kelli Milligan Stammen - July 7
10 more counties eligible for H2Ohio program
H2Ohio is now open to farmers in Crawford, Erie, Huron, Marion, Ottawa, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, Shelby and Wyandot counties.
Ty Higgins - July 1
Several Farm Bureau ‘wins’ in Ohio’s new budget
Rural broadband, local meat processing capacity, H2Ohio, the Ohio Department of Agriculture and Ohio State among budget winners.
Ty Higgins - June 30
Another mild algal bloom expected for Lake Erie in 2021
If realized, this will be the fourth year out of the past six that the algal bloom will be rated less than 4 on a scale of 1 (mild) to 10 (severe).
Ty Higgins - June 28
Our Ohio Weekly: Western Lake Erie Collaborative Agreement
In 2015, the state of Ohio committed to reducing nutrient loading into Lake Erie by 40% by 2025. This commitment was made as part of the Western Lake Erie Collaborative agreement, which includes similar pledges from Michigan and Ontario, Canada….
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - June 23
MythBusters Week tackles water quality misinformation
The week is being held in anticipation of the release of the NOAA and the National Center for Water Quality Research official Lake Erie algal bloom forecast.
Ty Higgins - June 21
Midway through international agreement, are nutrient reduction goals in reach?
Hoewischer said he is confident that the trends being seen in dissolved reactive phosphorus will help Ohio reach the 40% reduction goal by 2025.