The Ottawa County Farm Bureau hosted its first ever Project RED — or rural education day — event on March 15, where more than 200 students were able to see local agriculture in action at Zeeland’s Visser Farms.
Michigan Farm Bureau and the American Farm Bureau Federation are pushing back on a proposal by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to increase filing fees for H-2A and H-2B petitions.
Several county Farm Bureau member leaders were recently selected by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to serve on the Michigan Cherry Committee and the Michigan Tree Fruit Commission.
Three Farm Bureau members joined MSU directors before the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee, speaking in support of a funding request to enhance education, outreach, and research efforts to continue deployment of technologies that promote environmental sustainability.