After traveling to every county across Michigan over the past four months, Michigan State University Extension director Jeff Dwyer says there’s hardly a square mile unaffected by the difficult growing season.
“There is not a commodity group or region of the state, in other forums I’ve said I don’t even think there’s a square mile, that is unaffected by the perfect storm of specific conditions facing farmers and the entire industry in 2019.”
He says the complexity of the challenges should be recognized,
and when possible intervene, to support an industry that is critical to put
food on the table and support diverse economies.
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