Myers elected trustee of Ohio Farm Bureau Week Of 12/20/2021

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Bill Myers, of Oregon, has been elected District 2 trustee for the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation. His election took place during the organization’s 103rd annual meeting.
He will represent Farm Bureau members from Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky and Wood counties.
Myers is a 24-year member of the Lucas County Farm Bureau and has served as president.
He farms with his brother, Bob, and his son and daughter. The farm produces corn, soybeans,
wheat and hay. He is also president of the Lake Erie Waterkeeper Association.
Myers joins 25 other farmers on the Farm Bureau board who govern the state’s largest farm and food organization.

Policies discussed
Landowner rights, energy development and the Ohio State Fair were among the topics discussed by delegates at Farm Bureau’s annual meeting. A record 385 delegates representing all county Farm Bureaus participated in the debate and discussion.
Members supported transparency for landowner energy lease holders, including notification of lease transfers and a requirement of well inspection reports to landowners. Delegates also voted in favor of protecting the Ohio State Fair. They encouraged a strategic review to enhance the fair as an event, as well as protecting the current location and addressing the needs of the facilities of the Ohio Exposition Center.
“The policy work that our delegates do during our annual meeting is what being a grassroots organization is all about,” said Jack Irvin, Ohio Farm Bureau’s vice president of public policy. “Now that their work is done, our work begins with lawmakers in Columbus and Washington, D.C. as we continue to act on the issues important to our members and all of Ohio agriculture.”
Ohio’s hunger challenges also were addressed as members agreed to support government incentives for producers who distribute surplus and cosmetically imperfect produce to local food banks.
Members also favored requests for roundabouts to be engineered and constructed to accommodate modern farm equipment and tractor trailers and use graduated curbing where possible.
Other policy votes addressed recognizing the importance and promotion of urban agriculture and enhancing the process and notification procedures when rivers are designated by the state as wild or scenic rivers.
More than 800 members and guests attended the meeting in Columbus Dec. 9-10.

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