The Ohio Farmers Union Summer Picnic will be held on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at the WR Hunt Club in Clyde, Ohio. Our summer picnic is the time each year to enjoy great fellowship with Farmers Union members and family and communicate in-person with OFU leadership. Please save the date and additional information will be forthcoming.
Oppose Korean Free Trade Deal says NFU
As our nation focuses on a tremendous deficit situation and the reauthorization of the farm bill in 2012, it is clear that the KORUS agreement and its negative impacts is not the right direction. Please contact your Representative today and urge them to demonstrate their support for rural America, farmers and ranchers, and solid fiscal decisions by voting no on KORUS.
The Ohio Farmers Union encourages you to take action and let Congress know this is a bad deal for family farms.
NFU President Johnson testifies before Congress on pending Free Trade Agreements
WASHINGTON (May 12, 2011) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture on the pending free trade agreements (FTAs) with Korea, Colombia, and Panama.
NFU has historically opposed free trade agreements on the basis that the agreements were more likely to increase imports rather than open new markets to U.S. goods, as claimed by proponents. Vague promises of “market access” have been too often empty and factually inaccurate.
NFU Supports Reapportionment of the Cattlemen’s Beef Research and Promotion Board
WASHINGTON – National Farmers Union (NFU) and the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service in support of the proposed rule to reduce the number of board members from 106 to 103.
NFU: Oil Subsidies Must End
WASHINGTON – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson sent a letter to U.S. Senate and House of Representatives leadership today urging elimination of tax subsidies for the oil industry.
2011 OFU Poster Contest Winners
The Ohio Farmers Union recently awarded U.S. Savings Bonds to several youthful artists who won or were runners-up in their divisions in our annual Kids’ Poster Contest.
The theme for this year’s contest was “Farmers Help the Environment.”
Contest winners and runners-up are:
- Will Seedorf of Patrick Henry School District, Rachel Herring and Abigail Leuthold of Upper Sandusky Exempted Village School District were winners in their respective grade divisions and received a $75 U.S. Savings Bond.
- Haley Cole and Emma Burkey of Patrick Henry School District and Tiffani Watkins of Upper Sandusky Exempted Village School District were runners-up and each received a $50 savings bond.
- Abigail Leuthold and Tiffani Watkins for grades five and six; Rachael Herring for grades three and four.
Emma Burkey
Will Seedorf and Haley Cole
Abigail Leuthold, Tiffani Watkins, Rachael Herring
