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MFB’s most member-focused publication lays out some goals and ambitions for 2022, which has GOT to be better than last year… Or the year before…

MFB’s “Year of the County Farm Bureau” has been fruitful, but we’re heading into year no. 2 with plenty still to accomplish.

It's a question that's been asked of ages 2 to 22 for centuries — and agriculture has plenty of great answers for it.

With the new year comes reshuffling across the Farm Bureau leadership spectrum. In our first issue of 2022, Farm Gate looks at changes on the state Promotion & Education committee.

The farm’s been in her family almost 120 years, but she and Bob only jumped in and started working it about 17 years ago when her mom’s health declined. Continuing her family’s legacy on the land eventually connected her with an ambitious venture looking to tap a valuable resource beneath it.

A January article in The Land Report indicated Bill and Melinda Gates were now America’s top farmland owners with over 242,000 acres spanning 19 states, including Michigan. Their primary investment firm is Cascade Investment, LLC. 

Today all of Michigan’s Electoral College votes go toward the winner of the popular vote in a winner-take-all system. A proposal introduced in the Michigan Legislature would allocate one elector based on the popular vote for each congressional district. The winner of the state’s popular vote would win the other two at-large electors.

A proposal to combine Michigan’s May and August elections into a single election on the third Tuesday in June has bipartisan support among legislators and from the Secretary of State. Organizations representing local clerks also support the legislation.

In ordinary situations, no one branch of government or single official can unilaterally create laws. The legislative process allows for public involvement as bills move through committees, the Michigan House of Representatives and Senate and ultimately to the governor. Once signed into law, the Michigan Administrative Procedures Act (APA) then provides for the ways in which agencies can promulgate, including impact statements, public comment and review.

Climate change is a hot  topic, nationally and globally. Farmers are seeing increased precipitation and severe weather events impacting their operations.