Agricultural retailers, researchers, farmers and others were in attendance to discuss the latest research on nutrient management, water quality, conservation efforts, and experience field demonstrations. Ohio Farm Bureau was a sponsor of the event.
water quality
Soil and Water Conservation Commission delays implementation of executive order
Ohio Farm Bureau, including 7,000 farmers who would be directly impacted by an executive order signed by Gov. John Kasich last week, will finally have their voices heard in the process, thanks in large part to the efforts of Farm…
Soil and Water Conservation Commission action
Editors: The following is Ohio Farm Bureau’s statement following today’s action by the Ohio Soil and Water Conservation Commission. The commission referred to subcommittee the governor’s request that portions of the Western Lake Erie Basin watershed be declared “in distress.”…
2018 algal bloom forecast projected below 2017 levels
NOAA and its research partners predict that western Lake Erie will experience a harmful algal bloom (HAB) of cyanobacteria this summer that is smaller than in 2017 but larger than the mild bloom in 2016. Scientists expect this year’s bloom…
Numerous questions surround Kasich executive order
Gov. John Kasich issued an executive order that could place greater than 2 million acres under new regulations established by a Watershed in Distress designation for eight separate watersheds in the Maumee River Basin. Named in the governor’s executive order…
Lynn Snyder - July 11Farm Bureau critical of Kasich executive order
Gov. John Kasich abandoned one of his most basic principles by announcing unilateral regulation of farming practices in an attempt to improve Lake Erie water quality. With no conversation with Ohio’s agriculture community, the Kasich executive order would include regulation…
Joe Cornely - June 29
Battle over water reaching boiling point
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants to classify commercial fertilizer as an agricultural pollutant. Gov. Kasich appears primed to use executive orders to regulate farmers. A federal judge has threatened to assume authority over farming practices. Toledo’s mayor says Farm Bureau…
Amy Graves - June 27
Water Quality Status Report, 5th edition
The Water Quality Status Report is the fifth in a series of reports Ohio Farm Bureau has produced to show the strides farmers have made in improving and protecting one of the state’s most valuable resources. Farm Bureau also has established statewide partnerships…
Lynn Snyder - June 27
Interpreting well water test results
Over the last several months, Farm Bureau members throughout Ohio have been participating in well water testing. Ohio Farm Bureau provided each county Farm Bureau 25 testing kits for members to use and then send to Heidelberg University’s National Center…
Lynn Snyder - June 22
Field Day with Jordan Hoewischer: Water Quality
On the latest edition of Field Day, Ohio Farm Bureau’s Director of Water Quality and Research Jordan Hoewischer talks with Dr. Larry Antosch, senior director, policy development and environmental policy for Ohio Farm Bureau. Antosch gives an overview of the state of water…