https://www.wcmu.org/tags/michigan-farm-bureau Michigan Farm Bureau en-US Copyright Wed, 11 May 2022 02:43:11 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-05-19/rising-fertilizer-prices-costing-michigan-farmers State lawmakers will spend time Wednesday discussing resolutions asking for the federal government’s help to ease soaring fertilizer prices. Wed, 11 May 2022 02:43:11 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-05-19/rising-fertilizer-prices-costing-michigan-farmers Steve Carmody https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2020-10-23/agriculture-secretary-sonny-perdue-visits-michigan-farmers At a town-hall-style listening session with US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, Michigan farmers praised federal support of farmers during the… Fri, 23 Oct 2020 20:22:26 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2020-10-23/agriculture-secretary-sonny-perdue-visits-michigan-farmers https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2019-12-10/michigan-farm-bureau-claims-changes-to-cafo-permit-could-put-some-farmers-out-of-business The Michigan Farm Bureau said it is worried changes to a permit for Confined Animal Feeding Operations, or CAFOs, being considered by the Department of… Tue, 10 Dec 2019 22:48:26 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2019-12-10/michigan-farm-bureau-claims-changes-to-cafo-permit-could-put-some-farmers-out-of-business https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2019-10-15/michigan-farmers-face-significant-declines-in-crop-production-according-to-usda Michigan farmers are expected to see significant declines in crop production after a wet spring left thousands of acres unplanted.According to a report… Tue, 15 Oct 2019 18:27:08 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2019-10-15/michigan-farmers-face-significant-declines-in-crop-production-according-to-usda https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2019-06-03/michigan-farm-bureau-says-corn-and-soybean-farmers-are-having-the-toughest-year-ever A wet fall and cold spring have delayed the planting of both corn and soybeans in Michigan. Officials say this is the slowest corn planting season on… Mon, 03 Jun 2019 20:45:44 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2019-06-03/michigan-farm-bureau-says-corn-and-soybean-farmers-are-having-the-toughest-year-ever https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2019-02-08/michigan-farm-bureau-and-msu-extension-to-host-seminar-series-on-agritourism With many small farms struggling to make ends meet, agritourism offers a solution. The Michigan Farm Bureau is partnering with Michigan State University… Fri, 08 Feb 2019 17:57:20 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2019-02-08/michigan-farm-bureau-and-msu-extension-to-host-seminar-series-on-agritourism