Recent months have seen a pair of newcomers join MFB’s staff, and a pair of other vacancies filled by regional managers coming to Lansing from the north and Saginaw Valley.
Bill Wheeler, who spent more than three decades teaching FFA students in Webberville, died June 29, 2021, at his home following a bout with cancer. He was 82.
A new Senate bill backed by the American Farm Bureau Federation, along with more than 80 other organizations, would ensure farmers and countless others who rely on GPS would not have to pay to fix interference issues created by Ligado Networks’ operation on the broadband spectrum.
The Federal Crop Insurance Corp. (FCIC) has rescinded it previous harvest date of Nov. 1 for cover crops planted on prevent plant acres as it relates to haying, grazing, or cutting for silage, haylage, or baleage, effective for the 2021 and succeeding crop years.
The Biden administration rolled out a broad executive order aimed at increasing competition in the American economy, including “right to repair” considerations that could affect the nation’s agricultural community.
The newly formed Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission will be meeting every Tuesday and Thursday through July 1 to seek public comment on the redistricting process.
Farm Bureau is in the fight against farm stress and the too-long-overlooked challenges to farmers’ mental health. We’re sharing resources with every available audience because you never know when you’ll have an opportunity to help someone through a tough spot.