farming

State officials want hunters to shoot more deer in northeastern lower Michigan.Infected deer in the area spread a disease called bovine tuberculosis. It…

President Trump has throttled back on travel and trade with Cuba. "Therefore, effective immediately, I am cancelling the last administration's completely…

The Next IdeaWhat would it mean for smaller farmers and growers to sell their crops to big distributors or for consumers to know that the head of lettuce…

In this all-too-fast-paced era we live in, it's comforting to see something that's managed to stick around for 225 years – the Old Farmer’s Almanac.What…

An E. coli outbreak that's already sickened seven people is being tied to a dairy farm near Grand Rapids.Grassfields Cheese is a family-owned, organic…

There's an ancient variety of squash that was largely forgotten about. But it’s been rediscovered.Tribes around the Great Lakes region are sharing the…

Fruit growers have a new problem: they can’t buy enough young trees to plant in their orchards.This is especially true for cherry farmers in Michigan who…

It’s called a "discussion meet," and the Farm Bureau’s been doing it for decades. It's a way to bring young farmers together to talk about the challenges…

I have a little bit of good news to start the week. The United States managed, barely, to avoid crippling sanctions that would have cost Michigan farmers…

Thanks in part to Donald Trump, terrorism and pit bulls, here’s a story you may not have heard about, but which could have a major negative impact on our…