WEARE TOWNSHIP — Do you have a desire to start a small-scale orchard in your backyard or have established trees and want to learn more about how to care for them? Join a hands-on fruit tree pruning workshop at the West Central Michigan Research and Extension Center, at 5185 N. Oceana Dr. Saturday, March 21, from 1-3 p.m. The program…
WEARE TOWNSHIP — Michigan State University Extension will host the 2026 West Central Spring Horticulture Meeting Wednesday, March 25, at the West Central Michigan Research and Extension Center, at 5185 N. Oceana Dr. The full-day program will bring together MSU Extension educators, university specialists and industry partners to provide the latest updates and research related to commercial tree fruit production.…
HART — Applications to be the next asparagus queen are now open, and applications are due by midnight April 1. Click here for application and eligibility requirements. The 2026 National Asparagus Festival is set for June 12-14. Previous queens throughout the history of the National Asparagus Festival: Asparagus Queen 2025 — Shelby Purdy Asparagus Queen 2023 — Emma Woller Asparagus…
NEW ERA — Michigan State University Extension and asparagus industry partners will host Oceana Asparagus Day, providing Michigan asparagus growers with a full day of educational programming focused on markets, labor, and production challenges Thursday, March 5, at New Era Reformed Church. Registration is from 8–9 a.m., and the program will run from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Oceana Asparagus…
LANSING — Congressman John Moolenaar (R-Midland) recently introduced the “Freeze AEWR and Restore Monetary Sense (FARMS) Act “to provide certainty to Michigan farmers struggling to make ends meet,” states press release from his office. “The bill comes as the Department of Labor is currently unable to properly calculate the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) for 2026, which dictates the wages of…
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