How one Michigan farmer is navigating ‘skyrocketing prices’ | The Metro
Farmers growing corn and soybeans are getting more for their crop than they did a year ago, but farm bankruptcies...
How one Michigan farmer is navigating ‘skyrocketing prices’ | The Metro
Farmers growing corn and soybeans are getting more for their crop than they did a year ago, but farm bankruptcies...
Michigan State Fair returns Labor Day weekend
The Michigan State Fair comes to the Vibe Credit Union Showplace in Novi on September 3, 2026.It's a smaller event...
Detroit Evening Report: Survey finds that Michigan farmworkers fear ICE raids, deportation
The United Farm Workers Foundation, which advocates for farm workers and immigrants in the U.S., recently released a survey finding...
Michigan farmers face uncertainties despite bailout, union says
The Trump administration recently announced $12 billion in bailout money in an effort to prop up the farming industry. That...
The Metro: What urban farmers need from Detroit’s next mayor
There are about 2,200 urban gardens across Detroit. In a place with a lot of empty tracts, that can be...
Farmworkers say they’re struggling to get bird flu testing, PPE
Some dairy farmworkers say they’re struggling to get basic resources like PPE, testing, and flu shots needed to protect themselves...
DNR says avian flu kills wild birds as well as poultry
A backyard poultry farm in Monroe County is the latest Michigan flock hit by the highly pathogenic Avian influenza. Hundreds of...
MichMash: The environmental dilemma of Michigan’s ‘low carbon fuel standard’ bill
A transportation bill introduced last year to encourage the use of "clean fuels" has environmental and animal activists concerned about...
Sour weather bites Michigan’s sweet cherry growers
Bad weather battered Michigan's cherry industry in 2024. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development estimates sweet cherry growers...
Apple growers wallop averages for the third year in a row. What does that mean for the industry?
Michigan growers are on track for a big apple harvest this year for the third year in a row. But...
Michigan wine grapes benefit from hot, dry weather
This warm, dry weather isn’t great for a lot of fruit and vegetable crops. But wine grapes are one exception.Typically,...
Michigan should have plenty of apples this fall
It's apple season in Michigan, and farmers across the state are ready for another good harvest.The Michigan Apple Committee says...