Michigan agriculture

Extreme weather patterns, fruit flies, and decay have impacted Michigan's sweet cherry crop this year. Governor Gretchen Whitmer sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture asking them to declare a federal disaster for the region, which would make emergency funding available for the state's cherry farmers.

Experts say labor costs and competition from imports are causing specialty crop growers—including apple and cherry producers—to sell their farms or switch to other crops.

On today’s program, environmental concerns over legislation to bring big data centers to Michigan. Then, a ballast water balancing act between U.S. and Canadian regulations for freighters on the Great Lakes. And, what you need to know about Bird Flu spreading to humans in our state.

What Michigan farmers are up against in the changing climate and growing seasons. Also today, what’s wrong with Michigan’s housing stock. A discussion on a new study of statewide housing needs. Growing interest in native plants. Then, a short history of Gerrymandering in the United States and Michigan lessons about reclaiming representation.

On today's Stateside, what to know about avian flu, how Ann Arbor Public Schools administrators plan to handle the budget deficit, and a new Detroit art installation tackles environmental racism.

Analyzing Michigan's "Uncommitted" vote from this week's presidential primary, new ways to connect small farms to city consumers, and celebrating Grand Rapids' Latino history.

A preview of Governor Whitmer's State of the State address tonight, Wayne County's new mobile mental health units, and how farmers can manage their soil to capture carbon.

Where do guns go after being "bought back?," twins brothers on decades of performing together for children, and the on-going abuse of migrant laborers.

Fouls odors continue around the Stellantis Mack Avenue Assembly Plant in Detroit, Black farmers on the importance of growing your own food, and cruise lines launching “citizen based science” expeditions in the Great Lakes.

Plaintiffs say First Pick Farms provided substandard housing and pay to migrant workers illegally moved to Michigan.