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Former U.S. congressman Dan Benishek, who represented Michigan’s 1st house district spanning northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula for six years, died Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. He was 69.

Earlier this month, the National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) mailed out its 2021 Ag Labor Survey to more than 300 farmers and ranchers across Michigan.

Michigan Farm News spoke with the two lead researchers who recently made a significant development in the future of a vaccine for African swine fever.

Michigan pumpkins generate almost $10 million from the 79 million pounds produced, with a majority going for fresh market use, according to the Michigan Ag Council. Oceana and Monroe counties are the top two producing areas in the state, but pumpkins are grown across Michigan, with famers growing up to 20,000 pounds of pumpkins per acre.

The Senate Appropriations Committee this week passed Senate Bill 494, legislation to continue the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP) and renew the fertilizer and pesticide fees paid by farmers and agribusinesses to support the program.

An OSHA vaccine mandate impacting more than 84 million workers is now set to take effect on Jan. 4, 2022.

At stake is Michigan’s “split state” status, which allows for a vast majority of the state to be considered nearly free of TB, while a zone of four counties — Montmorency, Alpena, Oscoda and Alcona — and the seven counties surrounding them to be subject to additional testing for TB in deer.

The state board of canvassers recently approved summary language for a ballot initiative that would add Michigan to a coalition of states that want to send their electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate receives the most votes nationally.

The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) on Nov. 12 published 15 additional draft federal and state legislative district maps. The new draft maps are available for public comment through Dec. 27.