The Michigan Supreme Court upheld the state's ability to announce stricter permit conditions for factory farms than outlined in the department’s formal rules.
An $82.5 billion budget bill signed this week by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is heavily focused on investing in smaller, rural communities across Michigan.
Job opportunities in small towns across Michigan are set to multiply this year amid efforts to connect rural communities with more federal resources.
Republicans moved their long-awaited new farm bill through the US House Agriculture Committee this week, despite opposition from most Democrats that could stall further advancement of the bill.
A motley crew of Michiganders is behind the latest efforts to improve air quality across the state.
The US House Agriculture Committee Friday released the draft bill text of the long-awaited $1.5 trillion farm bill, which is likely to face opposition in the Senate from Democrats due to disagreements over federal anti-hunger programs and climate change requirements.
Ex-President Donald Trump sided with big meatpacking companies over local, family-owned farms. But under President Joe Biden, federal policies are changing.
A state grant awarded to a nonprofit organization in Pontiac will help launch the first new grocery store to open in the city in about the last 10 years.
Several lawmakers think tax incentives from the Inflation Reduction Act should support local farmers—not industrial, pollution-causing mega-farms.
State regulators want to crack down on pollution at livestock farms to protect water, but farmers think regulators are overstepping their authority.
