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Mike Heffelfinger

member, Ohio Soybean Council Board of Trustees

Mike knows a lot about: farming, soybeans, Van Wert County

Mike Heffelfinger of Van Wert County raises over 900 acres of soybeans, corn and wheat. He also raises a small calf herd with his son. Mike is a board member on the Ohio Soybean Council Board of Trustees. He previously served on the board of the Ohio Soybean Association. Mike is also a member of Ohio Farm Bureau and the Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association. He is a member of the Ohio City Methodist Church and and the Van Wert Farm Focus committee.

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