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Agriculture

All stories related to farming, including urban agriculture.

Agriculture

Lantern litter threatens livestock, wildlife, environment

By Carin Tunney | June 23, 2017

Some farmers, environmentalist and lawmakers would like to ban sky lanterns increasingly used to celebrate Independence Day and other events.

Agriculture

It’s not about the money: Farmers uninterested in renting land for bioenergy crops

By Jack Nissen | April 27, 2017

A recent survey showed few farmers were interested in a hypothetical offer to rent land bioenergy crops, even at asking prices far exceeding the typical rental rate of one acre.

Agriculture

Some farm equipment too heavy for soil

By Karen Hopper Usher | April 20, 2017

We gotta be nicer to the planet’s dirt.

Agriculture

New computer model seeks to optimize Michigan dairy farms

By Ian Wendrow | April 14, 2017

Michigan State University faculty and Kellogg Biological Station researchers have created a model to help dairy farmers achieve maximum production while remaining environmentally sustainable.

Agriculture

Cows, deer sharing salt, passing disease

By Ben Muir | April 7, 2017

Deer may be sharing salt blocks licked by tuberculosis-infected cattle, causing the disease to spread.

Agriculture

Warm weather raises concern among Great Lakes maple syrup producers

By Ian Wendrow | March 14, 2017

Warmer temperatures has forced maple syrup farmers to adapt to a changing climate and worry about the future of their industry.

Agriculture

Fluctuating weather complicates harvesting for Michigan farmers

By Laura Bohannon | March 10, 2017

While it may be too early to tell the full extent of changes in the weather on farmers and their crops, it could pose a problem for farmers in the coming months if the weather continues to fluctuate.

Agriculture

Man spent federal crop loan on boat, Mexican vacation

By Karen Hopper Usher | January 30, 2017

A $210,000 federal crop loan wasn’t a big deal at first. Now a former Wisconsinite is on probation.

Climate

Enzyme makes producing biofuels easier

By Chao Yan | November 29, 2016

Fostering its production could help fight climate change by making it easier to produce alternatives to fossil fuels.

Agriculture

Converting invasive plants to power plants

By Sam Corden | October 27, 2016

Removing the plants also removes excess nutrients that can be applied directly to crops as fertilizer.

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Environmental news of the Great Lakes region from the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University.

  • Michigan’s water infrastructure sees improvements, work still needs to be done

    By Clara Lincolnhol The U.S. would need to invest nearly $3.4 trillion over the next 20 years to fix and update drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, says researchers from The Value of Water Campaign. Much of that infrastructure was built 40 to 50 years ago and shows its age. Michigan’s is no exception. The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the state a D+ for its drinking water infrastructure, a D in storm water management and a C for its wastewater infrastructure. Funding is a major problem. Proposed data centers would put more stress on the infrastructure.

  • Mussels in a green net.
    Endangered spectaclecase mussels reintroduced into the Chippewa River

    By Ada Tussing To combat the population loss of spectaclecase mussels, researchers with both the Minnesota and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released over 177 mussels into the Chippewa River in Northwest Wisconsin.

  • Michigan allocates $77 million to clean thousands of contaminated sites

    By Clara Lincolnhol Michigan is pouring $77 million into clean-up of contaminated abandoned real estate such as former factories. The director of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy says the goal is to make the cleaned-up sites safe for housing, commercial developments and other uses.

  • Winter makes curved roads dangerous; researchers seek solutions

    By Eric Freedman Flashing light on warning signs near curves can slow drivers and reduce the odds of a crash during winter weather conditions, says a new study by Michigan State University engineers.

  • The cover of “Dead Moose on Isle Royale: Off Trail with the Citizen Scientists of the Wolf-Moose Project." The cover is moose antlers on the ground.
    Great Lakes books for your holiday gift list 

    By Eric Freedman   Looking for a holiday gift for a reader who loves the Great Lakes? Here are five prospects to consider – and what our reporters learned from interviewing their authors this year.

  • A side-by-side of the historic Portage Canal and modern Portage Canal from an aerial view.
    Restoration of historical site improves quality of life for Portage, Wisconsin residents

    By Joshua Kim Following the completion of segments 1 and 2 of the Portage Canal, local residents and visitors can use the historic site and its amenities following years of disrepair.

  • What herring gulls tell us about plastic pollution

    By Victoria Witke Christina Petalas, a doctoral student McGill University, studies herring gulls to learn about plastic pollution near the St. Lawrence River. Across two studies, she found plastic additives in every bird sampled, which could have human health consequences.

  • Scientists update geological map of northern Wisconsin, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula 

    By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva The U.S. Geological Survey has began large-scale low-level airplane flights over Michigan's Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin to obtain high-resolution data on subsurface mineral structures and bedrock composition. The data will be used to create two- and three-dimensional maps to better understand the geological structure at depths of about 10,000 feet.

  • ‘Refusal is insisting on your own terms’: Indigenous activism in the Midwest

    By Isabella Figueroa Nogueira “Indigenous Activism in the Midwest: Refusal, Resurgence and Resisting Settler Colonialism” explores how Dakota and Anishinaabe communities in Minnesota continue their relationships to the land and challenge dominant settler narratives about ownership, belonging and identity.

  • Cannabis workers are developing job-related asthma and some have died, study says

    By Clara Lincolnhol New research says workers picking, grinding and packaging cannabis are developing workplace-related asthma, and two deaths have occurred so far.

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