Category: Midwest
Michigan offers $3.6 million to fight invasive species
Michigan’s Invasive Species Grant Program is now accepting proposals for the 2023 funding cycle, with an anticipated $3.6 million available to applicants.
Food Export Association of the Midwest offers funding
Food Export Association of the Midwest USA Food Export–Midwest exports
Registration opens for MSU organic farmer training program
MSU Organic Farmer Training Program Michigan State University Department of Horticulture soil health water pests disease
Wolverine State growers pressed by AEWR, labor challenges
Adverse Effect Wage Rate AEWR labor farm labor farmworkers Michigan Farm Bureau labor
GL EXPO: ‘Fancy Lady Cowgirl’ and the digital market space
To maintain a thriving business, growers and farm marketers have a number of resources available to them: social media, trade shows, trade publications and — especially — fellow growers.
Comparing nitrogen management technologies
Nitrogen is the nutrient most likely to rob high demand vegetables of yield. Learn how excess application can also reduce produce quality.
Michigan lawmakers seeking public comment on ag management practices
Right to Farm Michigan Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development MDARD Generally Accepted Agricultural and Management Practices GAAMPs
Drone tech company relocates headquarters to Michigan State
Aerial Vantage MSU Michigan State University Technology Innovation Center drones technology UAVs unmanned aerial vehicles
Michigan asparagus group counts 2023 season successes
As the Michigan asparagus season ends, retail promotions, a new website, social promotions and a giveaway collaboration mark key highlights of the 2023 season, according to the Michigan Asparagus Advisory Board (MAAB).
Farmers advocate for urban ag, climate programs
The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) and farmers from six states met with Congressional leaders and USDA officials to advocate for climate solutions and other issues in the 2023 Farm Bill.
Valent BioSciences highlights sustainability projects
Valent BioSciences LLC dedicated a new prairie park and solar field adjacent to its manufacturing facility in Osage, Iowa.
MSU AgBioResearch names assistant director
Michigan State University MSU AgBioResearch
Water quality expert appointed Purdue ag college dean
Purdue agriculture research water quality pesticide spray drift ag department
GFVGA comments on FDA salmonella report, recommendations
A recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report on a summer 2022 outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to cantaloupe illustrates the agency’s disconnect with its food safety mission, according to the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association.
Ohio grower finds direct sales financially, personally satisfying
A grain grower is finding success with marketing fresh produce directly to consumers after deciding to stop selling wholesale to retailers.
Frey Farms’ Sarah Frey appointed to advise House Committee on Agriculture
Frey Farms Sarah Frey House Committee on Agriculture
BRANDT to build Nebraska production facility
BRANDT, a retailer of agronomic services and manufacturer of specialty ag input products, plans to start construction on a production facility in Aurora, Nebraska, this summer.
Kurt Dramm, horticultural supply industry figure, dies
Kurt Dramm horticultural supply industry
MSU offering free ag drone training course
Michigan State University MSU drones