After 14 meetings spanning over six months, the 590 Task Force made some minor changes to the endpoints for the four levels of phosphorus loss risk.
Ty Higgins - March 10
water quality
Ty Higgins - March 10 Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - March 2
Blanchard River Demonstration Farms Network: Reducing nutrient and sediment loss
This is the first in a four-part series examining the conservation practices of farmers participating in the Blanchard River Demonstration Farms Network.
Ty Higgins - Feb. 18
Enroll now in OACI’s Farmer Certification Program
Farmers participating in the H2Ohio program must be enrolled in the OACI program by March 31, 2021.
Ty Higgins - Feb. 10
New state budget funds H2Ohio, broadband expansion, ODA
DeWine’s 2022-2023 budget proposal highlights some of the most important issues facing rural Ohio.
Ty Higgins - Jan. 29
Ohio Farm Bureau had integral impact on LEBOR defeat
Ohio Farm Bureau supported the case of Mark Drewes against the Lake Erie Bill of Rights.
Amy Beth Graves - Jan. 29
OFBF worked to modernize ditch petition processes
HB 340 modernizes the process and improves the state’s water quality.
Ty Higgins - Jan. 8
HB7 signed, creates important water quality program
Statewide Watershed Planning and Management Program allows for the development of more localized watershed plans.
Ty Higgins - Jan. 4
Our Ohio Weekly: Ohio’s water quality research
What does water quality research look like in northwest Ohio and how will initiatives like H2Ohio impact the future severity of algal blooms?
Kelli Milligan Stammen - Dec. 28, 2020
Farm Bureau-supported legislation passes at the end of 2020
Bills related to water quality and drainage petition regulations passed at the state level. Beneficial funding was included in the federal COVID relief bill.
Ty Higgins - Dec. 21, 2020
Early H2Ohio success could lead to program expansion
As 2020 came to a close, the directors of all of the state agencies involved in the H2Ohio program gave an update on the initial rollout and implementation.