LANSING (March 13, 2020) — U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, introduced new bipartisan legislation to ensure that farmers can plant beneficial cover crops without facing crop insurance penalties when bad weather prevents them from planting their crops for the season.
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LANSING (March 10, 2020) — The Michigan Agri-Business Association was invited this week to testify before the Michigan House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture and Rural Development. MABA president Chuck Lippstreu discussed a range of issues facing Michigan agriculture, including extreme weather impacting the industry, and the association’s priorities for this year and beyond.
March 7, 2020 — Michigan Radio’s Stateside this week hosted a wide-ranging interview with MABA president Chuck Lippstreu on the state of Michigan’s agricultural economy, the impact of extreme weather, the importance of ag tech and beyond. You can listen to the interview on Stateside’s website, at this link.
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March 2, 2020 — In an interview with West Michigan’s MiBiz, Michigan Agri-Business Assocation president Chuck Lippstreu discussed the importance of Congressional oversight over payment rates for the Market Facilitation Program.
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