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As the first year of hemp farming in Michigan ends, industry leaders say they hope to make plastics and wood from the plant’s fiber — once they hurdle the obstacles to market expansion.
The heavy rain in recent years has left farmers with dangerously high levels of stress.
The state’s regulators are weighing the environmental consequences of an expected expansion of marijuana production.
Michigan’s wine industry is thriving.
Now is the most crucial time to ensure a productive strawberry crop, experts say. Precautions are needed to avoid misshapen berries with poor color that could allow large strawberry-producing states to displace the market for local fruit.
Lake Superior State University is offering two degrees in cannabis studies—a business degree and a chemistry degree—designed to fill jobs now required by the legalization of pot.
A temperature change of 3 to 4 degrees is also big enough to push back annual events, such as bird migrations and the developmental stages of plants, experts say.
Indiana recently granted a permit to build a large organic dairy about an hour south of Lake Michigan. Local environmental groups are skeptical and fear the potential for groundwater contamination.
Part two in a series of podcasts looking at sustainability in Michigan’s dairy industry.
The first in a two-part podcast series looking at sustainability in the Michigan dairy industry.