U.S. Congressman Max Miller, R-Rocky River, announced the members of his Agriculture Advisory Council. The council’s membership is made up of farmers, livestock producers, agribusiness people and representatives of other agriculture-related enterprises from Ohio. They will communicate regularly with Miller, who serves on the House Agriculture Committee that will oversee the writing of the 2023 Farm Bill.

“The Farm Bill is critical to the success of American agriculture. The members of this advisory council bring decades of collective experience that will be invaluable to writing this legislation,” Miller said. “I appreciate their willingness to share their expertise with me so that I can better serve my district and Ohio in Congress.”

Members of Miller’s agriculture advisory council are:

• Former Congressman Bob Gibbs, a past member of the House Agriculture Committee

• Jimmy Croskey, Ohio Farm Bureau – Holmes County

• Kurt Steiner, Ohio Farm Bureau – Wayne County

• Dave Shoup, pork producer Dave Dotterer, soybean producer

• Jean Bratton, Ohio AgriBusiness Association

• Pam Haley, livestock producer

• Roger Maurer, corn farmer

• Mark Dotterer, dairy farmer

• Becca Winker, dairy farmer

• Tom Demaline, nursery operator

• Roger Baker, Ohio Farm Bureau, district-wide representative

• Bill Simmons, Ohio Farm Bureau – Medina County

This article originally appeared on The Daily Record: Wayne, Holmes residents selected for Agriculture Advisory Council