It looks like fruit growers dodged major damage from a hard freeze Sunday night. A moderating breeze off Lake Michigan kept the temperature above the danger point in many...
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Wine tasting would be allowed at Michigan farmers markets under bills approved Tuesday in the state Senate. The measures head next to the House.
The change...
By Bob Allen
A Benzie County fruit grower isn’t waiting any longer for the Village of Elberta to issue him a permit. Over the weekend he moved a few seasonal workers into a vacant motel he’s been renovating on the edge of the town...
Many restaurants up north are using local produce to include on their menus. And a few breweries are following suit and buying their hops locally. But one brew master is going all the way with the farm to mug style brewery.
John...
A farmer from Leelanau County will take a seat on a national board that oversees federal crop insurance, even as the tart cherry industry is trying to get federal insurance...
Record temperatures and ongoing drought conditions across northern Michigan are bringing crops in early. One might be a little too early: pumpkins...
New research is aimed to find out if a new food industry will work in Michigan.
MSU Extension wants to sign up 20 farmers in the northwestern part of the state this...
It seems like agriculture in Michigan just can't catch a break. First the drought, now a growing labor shortage.
The industry is desperately...
Fruit growers in Michigan will receive some help from the federal government this year in the form of low-interest loans. The U.S. Department of Agriculture made the...
By Tom Carr
Sweet corn seems to be beating the odds this year. After strange spring weather devastated cherries and many other crops, it’s one of the few...
