As a Paulding County farmer for 25 years, a former Paulding County commissioner, and now the director of operations for the Ohio Conservative Energy Forum, I have seen firsthand how Ohio’s farmers are struggling with rising costs, low commodity prices, and the added pressures of state policies that limit their ability to stabilize their operations through renewable energy development.

The economic struggle in Ohio’s agricultural community is real — and getting worse every day.

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The cost of farm inputs, the essential supplies needed to grow our food, has skyrocketed over the past two decades.

U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates show that production costs have increased by more than 220 percent during that period.

At the same time, commodity prices — th

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