Watershed-wide limits on water pollution could lead to water quality credit trading, something that has been legal in Michigan for 10 years. However, there has been little encouragement of the practice, and not a single farmer has signed up to trade his conservation practices on the open market. - Grand Traverse County Watershed photo: Courtesy of NRCS
Pollution on the open market: Who will pay to play?
Watershed-wide limits on water pollution could lead to water quality credit trading. Click here for full story.MFB named one of best state Farm Bureaus in nation
Michigan Farm Bureau has earned the Pinnacle Award for the second consecutive year. Click here for full story.Climate change not likely to harm ag
Record yields seem to contradict fears that ag will be negatively affected by increasing climate temperatures Click here for full story.State of the State message shows ag moving forward
Gov. Rick Snyder's State of the State address was very encouraging to the ag industry. Click here for full story.Forage varieties for Michigan in 2012
Michigan State University has established a total of 79 variety trials since 2000 to evaluate alfalfa, clovers, and cool-season grasses in an unbiased manner. Click here for full story.Michigan farmers help forage national Farm Bureau policy
The American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting helped forge Farm Bureau policy on a host of issues ranging from the farm bill to immigration reform and animal antibiotics. Click here for full story.
