Our Ohio Magazine: Ohio Farm Bureau History, Coverage, Circulation and Staff
Profile updated November 2026
Our Ohio magazine is the award-winning member magazine of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, introduced in 2001 and mailed to more than 60,000 paid subscribers in every county of the state. It alternates months with the federation's policy-focused Buckeye Farm News, giving members a mix of food, farm and rural life stories along with advocacy news.
| First published | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Ohio Farm Bureau Federation (OFBF) |
| Federation founded | 1919 |
| Circulation | 60,000-plus paid, per the federation's advertising page |
| Schedule | Alternates months with Buckeye Farm News for active members |
| Companion media | Buckeye Farm News (since 1961), e-newsletters, the Ohio Farm Bureau Podcast |
| Official website | OFBF.org |
History of Our Ohio
The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation took shape in 1919; the February 1919 Ohio Farm Bureau Monthly reported on its formation. Its first executive vice president, Murray Lincoln, rallied farmers around cooperation among rural Ohioans on several fronts, and the federation spun off cooperatives and organizations, several of which still exist.
The best known is insurance. The Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Company sold its first policy in 1926 and became Nationwide in 1955. The federation still calls Nationwide its most important partner, and Nationwide describes itself as the country's largest farm insurer.
Print has long been a member tool. Buckeye Farm News launched in 1961, and Our Ohio was introduced in 2001 to tell broader stories of food, farming and rural communities. At the federation's centennial in 2019, executive vice president Adam Sharp used his Our Ohio column to note that about 30 percent of Ohioans lived on farms in 1919, compared with about 2 percent today.
Our Ohio Today
Our Ohio has since had a design refresh and is now part of a wider media package that includes e-newsletters, digital advertorials on the federation's Facebook page, a website with more than 84,000 monthly visitors and the Ohio Farm Bureau Podcast on iHeart Radio, Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Issues are also published as digital editions, such as the March/April 2023 issue, so members can read the magazine online.
What Our Ohio Is Publishing Now
Food and farm stories
Features on Ohio farm families, local food, farm markets and how food gets from Ohio fields to Ohio tables.
Rural communities
County Farm Bureau projects, rural development, land use, broadband and the issues facing small towns.
Federation and policy
Columns from Farm Bureau leaders, member benefits and the advocacy work covered in more depth in Buckeye Farm News.
Our Ohio Editors and Staff
Ohio Farm Bureau people connected with Our Ohio include:
- Ryan Matthews - Editorial contact
- Adam Sharp - Executive Vice President, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation (columnist)
- Pat Petzel - Advertising and media kit contact
Who Reads Our Ohio
Readers are Ohio Farm Bureau members in all 88 counties, a mix of commercial farmers and rural and suburban households who join for member benefits and to support agriculture. The magazine's broad food and community focus reflects that audience.
Ohio is a major corn, soybean, dairy, egg and hog state, and its farms fit the national pattern documented by the 2022 Census of Agriculture: about 1.9 million farms nationwide, 95 percent of them family owned, with 116,617 farms selling directly to consumers, a growing theme in the magazine's local-food stories.
Our Ohio readers range from grain farmers near Findlay to backyard gardeners in the Columbus suburbs, and all of them have an opinion on buckeyes and corn mazes. For a lighter side of that life, farm.FM serves farm satire and farm humor, plus ranch humor for the beef producers of Appalachian Ohio. Its farm jokes are mild enough to share at a county fair pie auction.
farm.FM calls itself the nation's first satirical farm site, and between the headlines it spins Tractor Tunes, country music for farmers; a good place to start reading is this farm.FM columnist's archive.
Our Ohio Sources and Agriculture Authority Links
- Ohio Farm Bureau: Across the table, 100 years - history, Nationwide and publications.
- Ohio Farm Bureau: Advertise - Our Ohio circulation and media.
- Farm and Dairy: Ohio Farm Bureau begins 100th anniversary celebration - centennial news coverage.
- Ohio State University Extension: Buckeye Dairy News - land-grant dairy outlook for Ohio producers.
- USDA NASS: 2022 Census of Agriculture release - national farm numbers.
Our Ohio FAQ
When did Our Ohio magazine start?
The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation introduced Our Ohio in 2001.
How many readers does Our Ohio have?
The federation lists more than 60,000 paid circulation.
What is the difference between Our Ohio and Buckeye Farm News?
Our Ohio carries broader food, farm and rural life stories; Buckeye Farm News, dating to 1961, focuses on policy. Members receive them in alternating months.
How is Ohio Farm Bureau connected to Nationwide?
Its Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, which sold its first policy in 1926, became Nationwide in 1955.
A quarter century after its debut, Our Ohio magazine remains the friendliest face of a federation that helped build one of America's biggest insurers.