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The Federal Crop Insurance Corp. (FCIC) has rescinded it previous harvest date restriction of Nov. 1 for cover crops planted on prevent plant acres as it relates to haying, grazing, or cutting for silage, haylage,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.

Work with your County Administrative Manager to submit your nominations for MFB’s 2022-23 state-level advisory committees by the Aug. 6 deadline.

New ‘Farm State of Mind’ postcards are aimed at raising mental health awareness

The inaugural Picnic in the Park event invited all Wexford members to celebrate summer and a return to some sense of normalcy, while also asking questions of county Farm Bureau leadership and local Farm Bureau Insurance agents.

A bill recently introduced by the Michigan Legislature supports the state’s land and water resources through the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program.

MAEAP is an innovative, proactive program that for more than 20 years has helped farms of all sizes and commodities voluntarily reduce agricultural pollution risks. Approximately 3,500 Michigan farms have completed nearly 6,000 on-farm verifications through MAEAP.

The Senate Agriculture Committee this week kicked off the Legislature’s consideration of Senate Bill 494, legislation to continue the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP) and renew the fees paid by farmers and agribusinesses to support the program.

Michigan Farm Bureau is asking farmers, agribusinesses, conservationists and all Michiganders to show support for continuing the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP).

Don’t miss your opportunity to share your best #MIBurger and win!

Farm Bureau members across the Thumb and beyond are encouraged to block off some time on their calendars this month to join AgriStrategies President Steve Kluemper as he walks farmers through some tough questions they should be asking and answering in preparing their farms for the future. Hosted by Distict 6, the series will take place via Zoom and so is open to anyone — even non-Thumbers — interested in the material.