Michigan agriculture

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared a disaster in Michigan’s cherry growing country. Bad weather, bugs, and disease wiped out roughly 75 percent of the state’s sweet cherry crop this year

The state awarded nearly $340,000 to seven food and agriculture businesses in Michigan underserved communities, one of them in Muskegon County

The MDARD has launched a new online system aimed at helping food and agriculture business owners easily apply for grants

The bill would allow farmers to claim tax credits in exchange for keeping their land in agricultural production

The “Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development” is launching a new grant program to help agriculture businesses comply with environmental regulations

The state’s top federal agriculture official will join Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s cabinet to lead the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Lessons in agriscience and farming grew into a hydroponic and microgreen business for a busy Lowell High School senior with the help of his teacher and FFA advisor

The Grand Rapids City Commission has approved a new major forestry initiative they say will improve public safety. Grand Rapids forestry officials are set…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering grants of up to $75,000 for innovative approaches and technologies to improve conservation on farmland and…

Plans call for a new soybean processing plant in mid-Michigan, with construction starting this year.Zeeland Farm Services' affiliate ZFS Ithaca on…