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New farmers markets in low-income, urban areas of Michigan face challenges in recruiting and retaining vendors, a new study finds. Farmers motivated by their love of gardening or the desire to build community are least likely to drop out of those urban markets, the study concludes.
Results from a nearly 30-year ongoing study published by researchers at Michigan State University’s Kellogg Biological Station show that over the long-term, no-till agriculture produces improved crop yields.
As smaller dairy farms are sold to larger operations, fish farmers are finding use for their old manure lagoons.
A million-dollar grant to study aquaculture aims to boost the number of fish farms in the Great Lakes region.
Some farmers, environmentalist and lawmakers would like to ban sky lanterns increasingly used to celebrate Independence Day and other events.
It’s a top crop of one of the state’s top industries.
Fostering its production could help fight climate change by making it easier to produce alternatives to fossil fuels.
State now ranks fourth in producing important beer ingredient.
The map uses Michigan as the model for other states.