On this episode of Our Ohio Weekly: The air we breathe, the water we drink and the ground we walk on are some things that many of us take for granted. Clear air, clean water and food are vital for…
Ty Higgins - July 27, 2020
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Water quality is a Farm Bureau priority issue
This Water Quality Status Report, the sixth in a series, shows the strides farmers have made in improving and protecting one of the state’s most valuable resources and that clean water and productive farming can coexist.
Ty Higgins - June 4, 2020
Antosch selected for Great Lakes Advisory Board
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced Ohio Farm Bureau Senior Director of Policy Development and Environmental Policy Dr. Larry Antosch as a member of the Great Lakes Advisory Board, an EPA federal advisory committee. Administrator Wheeler re-established the…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - May 19, 2020
H2Ohio moves forward
After a lot of anxiety about whether the launch of Gov. Mike DeWine’s H2Ohio water quality initiative would need to be delayed a year or cut due to the coronavirus pandemic, farmers in northwest Ohio recently received some good news…
Ty Higgins - May 8, 2020
City of Toledo LEBOR appeal dismissed
Toledo voters passed the Lake Erie Bill of Rights in 2019, giving Toledoans the legal right to sue anyone accused of violating the lake’s right under LEBOR to “exist, flourish and naturally evolve.” The very next day, a lawsuit challenging…
Ty Higgins - March 30, 2020
H2Ohio deadline for accepting applications moved to March 31
The deadline for farmers to submit applications for the H2Ohio program is moving back to the original date of March 31, 2020. Gov. Mike DeWine strongly believes in the H2Ohio water quality initiative and farmers have shown overwhelming interest to…
Ty Higgins - Feb. 11, 2020
Farmers eager to learn about H2Ohio
More than 1,500 northwest Ohio farmers have attended the four meetings held so far to learn more about Gov. DeWine’s H2Ohio program and the $30 million funding available to farmers and landowners within the Maumee River watershed. At the beginning…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - Jan. 28, 2020
Meetings offered to learn about H2Ohio funding
Beginning in February, funding for farmers interested in incentives for implementing approved nutrient management practices will be available through the state’s H2Ohio initiative in the 14 counties of the Maumee River Watershed. Those counties are Allen, Auglaize, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock,…
Lynn Snyder - Jan. 15, 2020$30 million available for farmers through DeWine’s H2Ohio Plan
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Dorothy Pelanda announced Jan. 15 that $30 million in H2Ohio funding will be available for Ohio farmers in more than a dozen counties beginning next month. The funds will be…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - Oct. 24, 2019
Blanchard River Demonstration Farms video series
The Blanchard River Demonstration Farms Network project is a five-year initiative, showcasing and demonstrating conservation practices that will help improve agriculture’s impact on downstream water quality. This video series highlights the efforts being made on three northwest Ohio farms to…