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October 30, 2008
Concord Grapes
Before pure Concord grape juice is made, farmers such as Don Grabemeyer nurture the vines carefully and submit to the whims of nature. But at the end of the season, the superfruit makes superjuice. How much and how sweet is the deciding factor between profit and loss.

Superfruit survives chips of Kryptonite

The Grabemeyer brothers know all about the Concord grape's faults, but they think it's super anyway. Click here for full story.

Survey contest winners named

Forget a penny for your thoughts. The Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB) is giving four winners prizes valued at more than $8,400 for completing a survey that asked MFB members how they best utilize the many valuable benefits and services that come with Farm Bureau membership. Click here for full story.

November conference to inspire food entrepreneurs

The Making it in Michigan conference might be the final ingredient to making your small business idea into a recipe for success. Click here for full story.

Michigan FFA team finishes first, 4-H team second at all-American dairy cattle judging competition

This year's Michigan FFA dairy cattle judging team was a team of "firsts" - first place overall, first place in oral reasons, and first place as a team in the Ayrshire, Holstein and Jersey breeds at the 40th annual Invitational Youth Dairy Cattle Judging Contest. Click here for full story.

Windmills OK on P.A. 116 property

Farmers who worried that they'd have to give up their P.A. 116 contracts to sign a windmill contract agreement can toss those worries to the wind. Click here for full story.

High energy costs continues toll on food prices

Retail food prices at the supermarket increased in the third quarter of 2008 primarily due to the long-term effects of high energy prices. That's the finding and analysis of the American Farm Bureau Federation's (AFBF) newest Marketbasket Survey. Click here for full story.

Study: Biotechnology reduces carbon footprint of milk by 9 percent

Recently at the World Dairy Expo, dairy farmers - often overlooked as environmentalists - learned how biotechnology is maximizing their focus on resource conservation and making the dairy industry even greener. Click here for full story.

Sugar beet crop expected to beat all records

Today, Michigan Sugar Co. has accepted the fact that this year's growing conditions were so sweet that beets are flirting with double the tonnage seen 11 years ago. Embracing that yield is another matter. Click here for full story.