Ohio Department of Agriculture

The Ohio Department of Agriculture is aimed at getting more out of the agricultural processes for both the producers and consumers. The Ohio Department of Agriculture is basically responsible of enhancing the produce from cultivation in Ohio by providing protection to the landowners and farmers under the state regulations. The protection of agriculture based industries as well as the consumers of agricultural products are a responsibility of the Ohio Department of Agriculture.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture is a body which is responsible for assisting the cultivation procedures by making arrangements for good quality seeds, pest control measures, protection against loss of agricultural produce, agricultural loans to farmers, sales and marketing of the agricultural products as well as protecting the consumers of the Ohio agricultural yields.

The mailing address of the Ohio Department of Agriculture is given below :

Ohio Department of Agriculture,
8995 East Main Street,
Reynoldsburg,
OH 43068-3399.

Though the state of Ohio is a distant 35th in terms of land area, the Ohio Department of Agriculture is so efficient and ranks just outside the top ten states of the U.S. in terms of net income earned from agriculture. Corns and Soybeans are the major agriculture export items out of Ohio. Ohio is home to numerous food processing companies which are in fact backed by the high agricultural yields of Ohio.

The livestock farming of Ohio is also assisted by the Ohio Department of Agriculture, and the livestock slaughtering and flesh processing farms are present in large numbers in Ohio. The additional products which are got from livestock farming such as milk and milk products, eggs, wool etc. have added significantly to the net income of the state.

Agricultural fairs are held throughout the state of Ohio under the supervision of the Ohio Department of Agriculture to promote agriculture in the state.