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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a new program today aimed at reducing agricultural runoff responsible for large cyanobacterial blooms, like the annual bloom on Lake Erie.
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Wineries and vineyards cannot make wine fast enough to keep up with the high demand the summer tourism season is bringing to Traverse City.
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After going 30 days without any positive cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in domesticated poultry, state officials have lifted the stoppage of all poultry and water fowl exhibitions.
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Nikki Rothwell of Michigan State University Extension shares how the growing season has been going for fruit producers in northwest lower Michigan.
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A recent 40-acre farmland sale in Gratiot County shocked the farming community. However, economists saw this coming, as farmland prices have never been higher.
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The state's recent pause of all poultry and waterfowl exhibitions may not impact too many county fairs. However, the Marion fair in Osceola county, the first fair in the state, is June 12.
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The announcement comes on the same day the state confirmed its first bird flu outbreak at a commercial poultry farm in Muskegon County.
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State lawmakers will spend time Wednesday discussing resolutions asking for the federal government’s help to ease soaring fertilizer prices.
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A domesticated white-tail deer in Mecosta County has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease.
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Michigan farmers and small business leaders were the first to offer public input on the 2023 Farm Bill. The legislation is responsible for billions in federal funding for agricultural assistance, forestry programs and food security initiatives.