Ty Higgins
Ty Higgins joins the Ohio Ag Net as a Farm Broadcaster and director of broadcast operations. He brings a farm background, on air radio personality and farm broadcasting experience to the company. Higgins anchors the new afternoon programs for the Ohio Ag Net.
He was born and raised on a dairy farm in Croton, Ohio. He graduated from Johnstown Monroe High School in 1996 and went on to The Ohio State University to study broadcast journalism. Along the way, he was given the opportunity to start his career as a farm broadcaster at AM880 WRFD. From there, Higgins spent over 12 years at WHOK-FM.
Higgins enjoys golf, cooking and time with his family. He and his wife Angela reside in Powell with their two children, Paige and Calvin.
Taking the “Subway” approach to farming
By Ty Higgins, Ohio Ag Net What is it about heading to your favorite restaurant with your family for a bite to eat? For some, it is the atmosphere, for others it is the food and for many it is the fact that their kitchen can stay spic and span for more than an hour [...]
HSUS: Lawyers in Cages
What is in a name? Nothing if you are the Humane Society of The United States. They only pass along 1% of donations to pet shelters. Where does the other 99% go? This video sums it up. Love the guy on the couch! Nicely done Humane Watch.
Sharing the debt
By Ty Higgins, Ohio Ag Net Look at everything happening in D.C. lately. Almost every day there is a bill sent to the House or Senate floors that go absolutely no further by design. All of these bills are built to make the other party look pitiful when they fail and sway the voters one [...]
A farmer’s silent partner
By Ty Higgins, Ohio Ag Net He may look all alone In the middle of his field All he sees is all he owns Where a silent partnership is sealed. He’s not talking to himself And he’s not praying to The Devine. It’s a conversation with the land That has his future on [...]
Who’s Keeping Score?
If you’ve read enough of my blogs, you know that my favorite thing to do is to be a Dad. There is nothing else like it. I made a promise to myself when my daughter Paige was born almost 8 years ago to never look back and wonder where the time went. To me, that [...]
Why it’s ethical to eat meat
I happened upon a New York Times article that kicked off a “contest” to make the strongest possible case for this most basic of daily practices…consuming meat. Here is just some of the article. Ethically speaking, vegetables get all the glory. In recent years, vegetarians — and to an even greater degree vegans, their hard-core [...]
Not a Picasso in Town
By Ty Higgins, Ohio Ag Net This week I traveled to Washington D.C. with The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation County Presidents. Every year they make the journey to lobby on behalf of Ohio agriculture as they visit with their district’s Congressmen and women. The attitude toward our Nation’s Capital is far from favorable and no [...]
Well Done Dr. Forshey
By Ty Higgins As you have probably heard by now, The Ohio Department of Agriculture has a new leader at the helm. His name is David Daniels and he makes his way to ODA via the Statehouse where he served as a State Senator for Ohio’s 17th District for four terms. For the past 3 months, [...]
Cow Cam
Now I have seen it all! I recently discovered the first video filmed by cattle. This, of course, raised a few poignant questions, like did the Director use a bull horn? Is this just a “trailer” for the full length moovie? When a cow messed up a line, did someone yell “Cud, Cud”? I doubt [...]
Heads Up Ohio Agriculture
By Ty Higgins As if feeding the World wasn’t enough to keep you busy, Ohio Agriculture, wait until you see everything else you need to concern yourself with in 2012. This realization came to me last week as I travelled to a couple of speaking engagements centered around crop insurance. I was very fortunate to [...]
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