The Ohio Agriculture and Rural Communities 2025 Action Plan
The plan provides a blueprint for policymakers and Ohio Farm Bureau members to bolster Ohio’s agriculture industry and our rural communities.
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Healthy 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. As natural stewards of soil and water, farmers across Ohio know they play a significant role in protecting water resources for Ohio’s families, schools, businesses and communities. Ohio Farm Bureau, along with our agriculture partners, will continue to work together to find tangible solutions to the state’s water quality challenges and demonstrate how Ohio can simultaneously maintain clean water and productive farming.
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Watershed moments for water quality
A proactive approach to water quality in Ohio is getting results without burdensome regulations.
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Ohio Farm Bureau Podcast: OACI Scioto Watershed Assessment Report
In this Ohio Farm Bureau Podcast, key findings of the latest Ohio Agriculture Conservation Initiative Assessment Report are unveiled.
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Legal with Leah: Ohio agriculture involved in TMDL lawsuit
A group of 11 ag coalition partners, including Ohio Farm Bureau, has its own counsel and will be advocating, accurately representing agriculture and what is actually happening in Ohio in terms of water quality.
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Ohio agriculture coalition defends farmers in TMDL lawsuit
With this action, the agricultural organizations are rising to the defense of Ohio farmers, who have long been a legal target of the ELPC, an anti-agriculture activist group.
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Top 10 Ohio water quality stories
This year marks the 10 year anniversary of the Toledo water crisis. Here is a Top 10 list of water quality stories that shine a light on the progress Ohio’s agriculture community is making.
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Farmers changing course of water quality in Lake Erie
Learn about farmers’ best management efforts for water quality and hear from a Lake Erie charter captain about what he is seeing on the lake when it comes to algal blooms and the fishing industry.
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Forecast for 2024 Lake Erie algal bloom released
The mainly wet weather pattern in early spring caused the flow of water systems within the Western Lake Erie Basin to be above normal, creating what is considered a ‘mildly severe’ algal bloom forecast by NOAA.
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2024 Water Quality Status Report highlights farm-level efforts, research
The report showcases the impacts being made by Ohio farmers who are taking measures to ensure clean water through voluntary efforts that are being done on a large scale with measurable results.
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Ohio Farm Bureau Podcast: Health Care Options for Farmers and 10 Years of 4R
The Ohio Farm Bureau Health Benefits Plan has been updated to give sole proprietors access to more rate stability and a smart solution that offers potential savings on health care.
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