We have a limited amount of 2025 Farm Science Review tickets available for purchase at the Lorain County Extension office. Advanced sale tickets are $10 and will be sold through September 15th or until supplies runs out. After September 15th, tickets can be purchased online or at the gate for $15. Contact our office for advanced sale tickets and save yourself some money! Our office is located at 42110 Russia Road, Elyria, OH 44035 or you can contact us at 440-326-5851.
A research team from OSU (Extension, ATI, and AEDE) is conducting a survey on the role just-in-time or “gig” workers could play in the agricultural labor force across Ohio. If you operate a farm in Ohio, please consider filling out this survey.
If you are not a farm operator, but would still like to contribute, there is a separate survey for potential just-in-time agricultural employees, found here.
Regardless of which survey you complete, your responses will contribute valuable insights into this ongoing issue in the state’s farm economy. Both surveys are confidential and should take no more than 10-15 minutes. Thank you!
Guest author: Carl Zulauf, Emeritus Professor, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, Ohio State University
Note: The 2025 Reconcilation Bill (known “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”) was signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 4, 2025. We thank our guest author and Farm Bill expert, Dr. Carl Zulauf, for his analysis of the key farm bill provisions of this legislation.
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP)
Specifies household size adjustment factors relative to 4-person size used for Thrifty Food Plan.
Requires that updates of the Thrifty Food Plan be cost neutral.
Cost of the Thrifty Food Plan is indexed for CPI inflation.
Work requirements are increased, including that able-bodied individuals work through age 64. Curtails Secretary of Agriculture’s discretion to issue work requirement waivers.
Limits placed on some expenses and government payments used in determining SNAP eligibility.
If a state’s SNAP error rate exceeds 6%, requires a state matching share of 5% to 15% depending on the error rate. (Assessment: reduces Federal spending without reducing benefits.)
Reduces Federal share of administering SNAP from 50% to 25% starting FY (Fiscal Year) 2027.
Eliminates National Education and Obesity Prevention Grant Program ($550 million / year).
Reduces access to SNAP by non-US citizens by specifying groups that have access. Continue reading 2025 Reconciliation Farm Bill – Summary Overview