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ODA Director requests help from Ag Secretary Perdue for Ohio farmers

Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Dorothy Pelanda sent a letter to Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue today, supporting Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s request for a Secretarial disaster designation.

The ODA says record rainfall has devastated Ohio farmers and is crippling the state’s agriculture economy.

DeWine and Pelanda have been meeting with farmers across the state. As a result of those conversations, Pelanda is asking Perdue to consider providing certain exemptions in policies regarding prevent plant acres and cover crops, changing policies for beginning farmers, and providing assistance for planting of cover crops for erosion control and reduced weed pressure.