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Kasich signs Legislation Creating
Agriculture Week
COLUMBUS – Today Gov. John R. Kasich signed House Bill 89 (Derickson)
to designate the second full week of March as “Ohio Agriculture
Week.” Gov. Kasich was joined by bill sponsor Rep. Timothy
Derickson (R-Oxford), Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee Rep.
David Hall (R-Killbuck), Director of the Department of Agriculture Jim
Zehringer, and representatives from the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation and
Future Farmers of America (FFA).
Regarding agriculture, Kasich said in his State of the State
address: “Here’s the thing about agriculture, it’s not your old
man’s tractor anymore. It’s technology. It’s GPS. It’s weather
patterns. It’s you’re your own boss and you fall in love with the
good earth. There’s something about it that’s soulful and
spiritual. And we need to recognize our farmers for the great work they
have done.”
House Bill 89 was passed unanimously by the General Assembly and is
intended to increase public recognition of the vitally important role
agriculture plays in Ohio. Generating $98 billion per year and
employing one out of every seven Ohioans, agriculture is the state’s
leading industry. The 1,100 processing facilities across the
state employ more than 60,000 workers, and each family farm in Ohio
indirectly creates job opportunities for neighbors in and around their
communities.
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