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2012 Should See a Revamped Ohio Grain Indemnity Law

January 4, 2012 By Ron Sylvester Leave a Comment

A successful farmer-funded Ohio Department of Agriculture program will see its first changes in more than a decade during the first half of 2012 according to the ODA official who administers it.

The Ohio Grain Indemnity Fund, which protects producers from losing everything in grain elevator failures, is on track for a legislative overhaul sometime in the first quarter of 2012 according to the fund’s administrator, David Simmons.

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: David Simmons, Family Farmers, Linda Borton, Ohio Dept. of Agriculture, Ohio Grain Indemnity Fund, Roger Wise, Ron Sylvester

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