January 1st 2011 Issue

Specialty crops will be on center stage

Fruit growers likely to get a lot of attention in the 2012 Farm Bill debate.

David Schweikhardt predicts a lively specialty-crops– centered Farm Bill debate will start in Congress soon. Specialty crops growers, who were pleased that they got “their own title” in the 2008 Farm Bill, will be even more the focus of attention as the new 112th Congress turns to composing a new Farm Bill for 2012. And they may not like the attention. That’s the assessment of Dr. David Schweikhardt, a Michigan State University agricultural economist and farm policy expert. He spoke to about 50 Michigan specialty crops growers during the Michigan Farm Bureau annual convention December 1. Among the possible outcomes […]

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January 1, 2011

Legal & Regulatory, News, Richard Lehnert

Richard Lehnert

After growing up on a Michigan dairy farm, Richard Lehnert began writing about farming in 1962, while still a junior studying journalism at Michigan State University. He worked at newspapers for a year before joining the staff of Michigan Farmer, where he spent 26 years, the last 15 as chief editor. He was a member of the staff of Good Fruit Grower from 2010 until 2015. Read his stories: Story Index

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