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…
The Michigan Conservation Stewards Program offers eight weeks of instruction this fall. The program will include weekly online course content, in-person lectures, field instruction and more. Michigan State University Extension’s Conservation Stewards Program (CSP) is now enrolling participants for the eight-week program, which runs from September to November. In 2025, CSP will be offered across six cohort locations, including one…
SHELBY — Are you ready to whip up some hometown fun and to maybe win a trophy or two? Become a part of a sweet new tradition. The Shelby Fruit Festival Pie Contest and Auction is set for Saturday, Aug. 16, at 2 p.m. Submit your homemade pie in one of three categories: apple, cherry or other. Trophies will be…
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