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OABA and More Than 360 Organizations Voice Support for FIFRA Labeling Related to Interior Appropriations Sec. 461
02/16/2024
The Ohio AgriBusiness Association recently joined more than 360 organizations in a letter sent to members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Appropriations that voices support for FIFRA Labeling Related to Interior Appropriations Sec. 461
View ResponsesOABA Signs Letter of Support for Amendments to Occupational Licensing Reform Bill
02/13/2024
The Ohio AgriBusiness Association recently worked in conjunction with other Ohio agriculture organizations to ensure a credible grain grading program remains in Ohio.
View ResponsesOABA and More Than 200 Organizations Voice Concern for Draft Herbicide Strategy Framework
10/25/2023
The Ohio AgriBusiness Association, along with 225 other organizations, recently signed a letter voicing concern to the U.S. EPA regarding the Draft Herbicide Strategy Framework to reduce exposure of federally listed endangered and threatened species and designated critical habitats from the use of conventional agricultural herbicides.
View ResponsesOABA and More Than 200 Organizations Voice Concern for EPA Vulnerable Species Pilot Project
08/11/2023
The Ohio AgriBusiness Association, along with 206 other organizations, recently signed a letter voicing concern to the U.S. EPA regarding the agency's Vulnerable Species Pilot Project.
View ResponsesSupport for H.R.4288: The Agricultural Labeling Uniformity Act
07/30/2023
The Agricultural Labeling Uniformity Act provides legislative clarity that while states have every right to build on the federal government's baseline regulations, they should not have the ability to contradict the scientific findings of EPA. The act provides certainty that the tools supporting modern agriculture and the supply chain will remain safe and available.
View ResponsesOhio AgriBusiness Association Endorses Ohio Issue 1
07/07/2023
The Ohio AgriBusiness Association supports Ohio Issue 1, an important initiative meant to elevate the standards by which the Constitution of the State of Ohio may be amended.
View ResponsesOABA Signs Letter of Support for Main Street Tax Certainty Act of 2023
07/06/2023
The Ohio AgriBusiness Association recently signed a letter of support for the Main Street Tax Certainty Act of 2023 to make permanent the 20-percent deduction for small- and individually-owned businesses (Section 199A), providing certainty to the millions of S corporations, partnerships and sole proprietorships that rely on the Section 199A deduction to remain competitive both here and overseas.
View ResponsesOABA Attends National Grain & Feed Association Fly-In
06/23/2023
This past week Ohio AgriBusiness Association leaders participated in a congressional fly in with our national partner, the National Grain and Feed Association. While in Washington DC, our delegation visited several of our Members of Congress and networked with other agriculture organizations in attendance.
View ResponsesOABA Signs Letter of Support for Agricultural Labeling Uniformity Act
06/23/2023
The Ohio AgriBusiness Association recently signed a letter of support for the Agricultural Labeling Uniformity Act, expressing concern with recent misinterpretations of long-standing policy regarding the regulation and labeling of pesticide products, as some states have begun to regulate pesticides in a manner contradicting decades of scientific guidance from the Environmental Protection Agency.
View ResponsesOABA and More Than 120 Organizations Voice Support for Innovative FEED Act
06/13/2023
The Ohio AgriBusiness Association, along with 127 other organizations, recently signed a letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions supporting the Innovative Feed Enhancement and Economic Development Act of 2023.
View ResponsesOABA Signs Letter to Ohio State House Leadership Regarding Budget Priorities
06/12/2023
The Ohio AgriBusiness Association recently signed a letter to Ohio State House leadership regarding budget items important to the agriculture community, including property taxes, Ohio State Fair 2050 Expo Fund, the H2Ohio program, and Ohio State University's Multi-Species Animal Learning Center and Farm Financial Management and Policy Institute.
View ResponsesOABA Supports Bills to Improve Trucking Transportation
05/23/2023
The Ohio AgriBusiness Association recently signed a letter sent to House leadership from the Agricultural Transportation Working Group in support bills to improve trucking transportation, increasing trucking capacity and allowing more flexibility to address the shortage of truck drivers.
View ResponsesOABA Signs Letter of Support for Proposed Rule to Modify U.S. Standards for Soybeans
05/03/2023
The Ohio AgriBusiness Association recently signed comments submitted to FGIS on the proposal to revise the U.S. Standards for Soybeans by removing SBOC as an official grading factor and revising the table of Grade Limits and Breakpoints for Soybeans. Overall, 43 national and regional/state affiliate organizations signed the letter.
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