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Learn How Keeping the Stubble Can Help Your Farm Throughout No-Till November 2023

By Brandon O’Connor Public Affairs Specialist This November, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is again playing off the popular awareness campaign, "No-Shave November” with our...

Michigan Farmers Asked to Help Determine Cost to Pollinate Crops

On October 27, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will mail the Cost of Pollination Survey to Michigan crop producers. The survey will be...

Agriculture Across Michigan

September 1 Grain Stocks On September 1, 2023, Michigan corn stocks totaled 40.5 million bushels, 3 percent higher than a year earlier. About 57 percent...

USDA Announces October 2023 Lending Rates for Agricultural Producers

 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced loan interest rates for October 2023, which are effective Oct. 2, 2023. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA)...

Dairy Margin Coverage Program Provides Critical Support for Dairy Operations

 The August milk margin triggered the eighth consecutive payment for dairy producers who obtained Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) for the 2023 program year. August’s...

Farm

September Hogs and Pigs Michigan's total hog and pig inventory on September 1 was estimated at 1.25 million head, up 50,000 head from a year...

Michigan Crop Weather

Field Crops Mild weather with minimal rainfall returned to Michigan last week, according to Marlo D. Johnson, Director of the Great Lakes Regional Office of...

Simple safety protocols that can protect hunters

 Hunting is big business in North America. In 2017, more than 15 million people hunted in the United States. The National Shooting Sports Foundation...

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Alma Man Sentenced in Salon Stabbing Homicide

Michael MacDonald Herald Editor An Alma man was sentenced last Tuesday to 20 to 40 years in prison for the 2025...
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Businesses Question Communication

Chris Boshoven Herald Correspondent An unexpected water shutoff last Thursday in downtown Alma added to frustration for business owners already dealing...

Gratiot Airport Lands $1.3M for New Terminal

Rosemary Horvath Herald Correspondent The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded the Gratiot Community Airport a $1,289,000 grant to reconstruct the existing...

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