Invite Your Farmer Customers to H2Ohio Meetings, Hosted by ODA & SWCDs

The Ohio Department of Agriculture, in partnership with local Soil and Water Conservation Districts and the Ohio Agriculture Conservation Initiative, will host informational meetings next month to outline the application process, explain the H2Ohio certification process, and answer questions. OABA members in the 14 counties are asked to share the following meeting dates with their farmer customers, and encourage participation in the new program. 

During the meetings, farmers will also learn about OACI, a partnership between agriculture, conservation, environmental, and research communities to recognize farmers for their dedication to utilize established methods to improve water quality in Ohio and to increase the number of best management practices being implemented on farms. OACI will offer resources and education that farmers need to implement science-based practices on their farms and better show how those efforts are improving water quality over time. OABA is proud to be a partner organization of OACI.  

Governor Mike DeWine and the Ohio Department of Agriculture recently announced that more than $30 million in H2Ohio funding will be made available to farmers next month. Farmers living in the following 14 northwest Ohio counties will be eligible to apply for funds at their local Soil and Water Conservation Districts starting on February 1, 2020: Allen, Auglaize, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Lucas, Mercer, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert, Williams, and Wood.