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Rep. Creech’s farm bill passes house committee
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COLUMBUS, Ohio State Rep. Rodney Creech (R-West Alexandria) announced Tuesday the House Agriculture and Conservation Committee has approved House Bill 239, his legislation expanding opportunities within the Ohio State University’s Farm Financial Management Institute.
The Institute trains interested and qualified individuals to assist farmers needing help with farm financial management problems. The purpose of the Farm Financial Management Institute is to help farmers with budget, finance, production, marketing, and policy issues.
H.B. 239 expands the scope of the Institute to include “farm owners and managers” to the priority list for participation in the program and appropriates $250,000 per year for fiscal years 2022 and 2023. The bill also renames the Institute to the “OSU Farm Production, Policy, and Financial Management Institute” to better reflect the vision of goals of the institution.
By Dusty Sonnenberg, CCA, Ohio Field Leader, a project of the Ohio Soybean Council and soybean check-off.
Working together, collecting data, and setting measurable goals were common themes in testimony given by the Ohio Agriculture Conservation Initiative (OACI) before the Ohio House Agriculture and Conservation Committee on Tuesday. Several representatives from the various organizations that make up OACI shared details of the individual aspects of the OACI and explained specific research being conducted and on-farm examples.
Scott Higgins, CEO of the Ohio Dairy Producers Association, and Heather Taylor-Miesle, Executive Director of the Ohio Environmental Council jointly testified to explain the cooperation between the agriculture and environmental communities to come together and form the OACI. “On behalf of the agriculture, conservation and environmental community, we stand before you demonstrating unity in a proactive and collaborative approach to improving Ohio’s waterways
By Kolt Buchenroth, Ohio Ag NetThere’s been a major milestone reached in Ohio’s crusade to expand rural broadband access. Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 2 in May that provides $20 million this fiscal year to expand access and created the Ohio Broadband Expansion Program.“Internet service providers can start connecting households that weren’t economically viable to connect previously,” said Jenna Reese, director of state policy with the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation.
Matt, Dusty and Kolt are joined by Ty Higgins of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation to talk about Mental Health Month. Ty and Kolt both completed Mental Health First Aid training and discuss how that is beneficial to agriculture. Plus, Dusty catches up with David Myerholtz in the first installment of the Ohio Field Leader Roadshow and Kolt visits with Coy Patton of Bane Welker Equipment discussing the parts shortage. All of that and more powered by AgriGold! Share