The Ohio Farm Bureau has named the members of its 2023 Policy Development Committee. The committee is responsible for collecting and organizing public policy recommendations from county Farm Bureaus and presenting the final policy suggestions to be voted on by Ohio Farm Bureau's delegates during the state annual meeting in December.
The committee is chaired by Ohio Farm Bureau First Vice President Cy Prettyman of New Bloomington and includes OFBF President Bill Patterson of Chesterland and Treasurer Chris Weaver of Lyons. State trustees on the committee are Matt Aultman of Greenville, Wyatt Bates of Wheelersburg, John Bolte of Tiffin, Adele Flynn of Wellington, Al Miller of Marietta, Bill Myers of Oregon and Mike Videkovich of Ashville.
County Farm Bureau representatives are Kyle Brown of Wyandot County, RJ Heins of Delaware County, Sarah Hunker of Sandusky County, Steven Kacerski of Trumbull County, Olivia Krumwiede of Erie County, Krysti Morrow of Morgan County, Scott Seim of Montgomery County, Kyle Sharp of Fairfield County, Kelly Tennant of Morrow County and Christy Wilhelm of Champaign County.
In its initial session, the committee heard from government leaders, subject matter experts and Farm Bureau staff on topics such as:
- CAUV and property taxes
- farmland preservation and local development planning
- feral swine
- ballot initiatives on minimum wage, clean water programs and marijuana
- artificial intelligence
- solar
- Endangered Species Act
- U.S. EPA pesticide rules and insurance risk management
- future casting due to climate factors
The committee's recommendations will be presented to Ohio Farm Bureau's delegates during the state annual meeting in December.
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