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Michigan Insurance company joins with City of Troy to cut ribbon on new southeast region agent development hub.

Ghosts of war, pain and hunger at the hands of Russian aggressors are haunting Ukraine again. Michigan Farm Bureau President Carl Bednarski discussed the realities of farming during wartime when recently met with Ukraine's Ambassador to the U.S. at the Ukrainian embassy while attending MFB’s Washington Legislative Seminar.

Mexico’s decree banning biotech corn, Canada’s refusal to play by dariy import rules, and emerging trade markets offering vast untapped potential for American farmers. They’re massive topics, and just a few of the things Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative Doug McKalip has on his plate right now. From the sounds of it, he’s digging in.

Congress is hashing out the 2023 Farm Bill, and Senate Ag Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow gave MFB members a detailed update on where things stand during the recent Washington Legislative Seminar (WLS) in Washington, DC.

As the focus heightens on drafting the 2023 farm bill, educating 260 new members of Congress creates challenges and opportunities for producers to ensure the vital farm safety net programs not only remain intact, but receive additional funding and needed revisions.

As a risk-management program, crop insurance touched more farmers and acres than any other single farm program, covering an estimated 487 million acres of cropland pasture range and forest land in 2022.

There was no shortage of current issues on the table for discussion at Bay County’s sixth annual legislative breakfast and committee day.

As some Michigan Farm Bureau members recently learned during MFB’s Washington Legislative Seminar, federal regulators want to hear from you — and there are people in USDA and EPA who are working to make sure farmers are represented in decision making processes.

By March 22, county Farm Bureaus will receive a list of all high school FFA members within their county who were recognized at the recent Michigan FFA State Convention.

Emma Barnum represented Michigan with excellence at the recent national-level Collegiate Discussion Meet.