Michigan Farm News http://www.michiganfarmnews.com/ Selected stories from Michigan Farm News en-us Copyright 1999-2008 Michigan Farm Bureau mfbinfo@michfb.com (Michigan Farm Bureau Information & Public Relations Division) mfbwebmaster@michfb.com (Michigan Farm Bureau Web Administrator) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sunday Saturday Superfruit survives chips of Kryptonite The Grabemeyer brothers know all about the Concord grape's faults, but they think it's super anyway. http://www.michiganfarmbureau.com/farmnews/transform.php?xml=20081030/cover.xml http://www.michiganfarmbureau.com/farmnews/transform.php?xml=20081030/cover.xml 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. http://www.michiganfarmbureau.com/farmnews/transform.php?xml=20081030/survey.xml http://www.michiganfarmbureau.com/farmnews/transform.php?xml=20081030/survey.xml 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. http://www.michiganfarmbureau.com/farmnews/transform.php?xml=20081030/foodconf.xml http://www.michiganfarmbureau.com/farmnews/transform.php?xml=20081030/foodconf.xml 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. http://www.michiganfarmbureau.com/farmnews/transform.php?xml=20081030/ffa.xml http://www.michiganfarmbureau.com/farmnews/transform.php?xml=20081030/ffa.xml 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. http://www.michiganfarmbureau.com/farmnews/transform.php?xml=20081030/windmills.xml http://www.michiganfarmbureau.com/farmnews/transform.php?xml=20081030/windmills.xml 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. http://www.michiganfarmbureau.com/farmnews/transform.php?xml=20081030/food.xml http://www.michiganfarmbureau.com/farmnews/transform.php?xml=20081030/food.xml 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. http://www.michiganfarmbureau.com/farmnews/transform.php?xml=20081030/biotech.xml http://www.michiganfarmbureau.com/farmnews/transform.php?xml=20081030/biotech.xml 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. http://www.michiganfarmbureau.com/farmnews/transform.php?xml=20081030/sugarbeets.xml http://www.michiganfarmbureau.com/farmnews/transform.php?xml=20081030/sugarbeets.xml