It's difficult to beat the Hispanic work ethic, but if there is a shortage of farm labor this year, Mack McCrary believes he has the answer. He's founded the Urban Farm Workers Network to provide farmers with workers from the inner city, and to give the workers more opportunity to become skilled farm laborers.
The bridge to somewhere starts here
To help reconcile the American farmer and the unemployed Michigan urbanite, Mack McCrary has formed the Urban Farm Workers Network, and has become a licensed farm labor contractor. Click here for full story.Time is ripe for farm bill, policy analyst says
If Congress fails to finalize a farm bill in the near future, farmers and ranchers could see the programs they depend on pushed to the back of a long and difficult policy to-do list. Click here for full story.Farm Emergency Preparedness Series offers several seminars
Twelve safety seminars have been scheduled in various parts of Michigan by Michigan Farm Bureau's Regulatory Compliance Assistance Program (RCAP). Click here for full story.Weaning off rbST? Try silage with higher fiber digestibility
Just as farmers were warned when rbST came on the market in the 1980s that its use would require careful herd management, easing the transition away from it will require management skill as well. Click here for full story.Court ruling sides with Sierra Club, farmers may see little impact
A recent Appeals Court ruling that sided with the Sierra Club won't have much impact on farmers, according to an attorney familiar with the issue and a Farm Bureau official. The impact has already been felt for nearly three years. Click here for full story.Farmers asked to carry the water on pending legislation
Water use legislation being considered in the state House and Senate could alter Michigan's approach to water use, and farmers - whether their farms are large or small - must remain vigilant in protecting agriculture's interests and their own, according to a Michigan Farm Bureau lobbyist and an ecology expert. Click here for full story.