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Poultry Producers Need to be on High Alert
In the last major outbreak of avian influenza in U.S. commercial poultry seven years ago, “Producers lost more than $1.6 billion and more than...
BASF Says Plenty of Soybean Seed and New Varieties for 2022
Soybean seed supply should be ample for the coming year. Although there were some challenging times during the year and some areas that will...
USDA Announces Plan to Integrate Climate Adaptation into its Missions, Programs
As part of President Biden's whole-of-government approach to confronting the climate crisis, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its climate adaptation and resilience...
Groups Ask Lowe’s, Home Depot to Pull Roundup from Shelves
A coalition of consumer, health and environmental groups call on Lowe’s and Home Depot to remove Roundup from store shelves. The groups, including Friend...
Michigan Wheat Conditions Deteriorate, Corn and Soybeans Improve with Rain
Field Crops
Twenty two percent of Michigan remained in severe drought condition despite heavy rains across most areas, according to Marlo D. Johnson, Director of...
How Michigan Sugar Takes Sugarbeet Seed From Trials to the Fields
The Michigan Ag Today Sugarbeet Planting Report is made possible from Betaseed: where research breeds confidence.
All of the sugarbeet varieties that are grown in...
Grain Markets Await Next Week’s USDA Reports
USDA will release a couple of important reports next week that could shake the grain markets. The Prospective Plantings report and the Grain Stocks...
Industry Groups Raise the Alarm on U.S.-Mexico Trade Relationship
27 leading food and agriculture associations have sent a letter communicating growing concerns over the rapid deterioration of the U.S.-Mexico trade relationship to Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack...
“Oppressive” Heat to End the Week, Start the Next Will Be...
Headed into the overnight on Wednesday, Michigan will remain dry. Areas south of I-96 could pick up from a tenth of rain to a...
Dairy Farmers Donate Milk and Cheese to Michigan Food Banks
The Mideast area of DFA Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) has donated over 50,000 gallons of milk and 25,000 pounds of cheddar cheese to...
