Last year, the program collected nearly 200,000 pounds of empty, properly-cleaned containers
Michigan’s Pesticide Container Recycling Program provides cost-free recycling opportunities for pesticide users to properly and safely dispose of containers. The program is a partnership between the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program, the Michigan Agri-Business Association, the Ag Container Recycling Council and pesticide users across Michigan. The program ensures that plastics are recycled or converted to other beneficial uses instead of taking up landfill space and decreases the likeliness that unclean or improperly stored contents will leach pesticide residue into the environment.
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LANSING, Mich. (May 9, 2023) – In a letter to the Michigan State University (MSU) Board of Trustees, Michigan Agri-Business Association President Chuck Lippstreu today called on the Board to address the lack of agricultural representation on the MSU Presidential Search Committee.
With spring upon us, or at least trying to arrive, MABA continued our advocacy and education efforts throughout April. We also brought together the Michigan CCA Board together for its first 2023 meeting and launched a series of “CCA Spotlight” profiles. We are looking ahead to events throughout the summer and into late 2023, and we hope you’ll take a moment to review some of these here! As always, we appreciate the partnership of our members and Michigan agriculture colleagues!
As we head into spring planting season, it’s a good time to review best practices for use of crop nutrients – and one of the best tools farmers and agricultural retail advisors have at their fingertips is the weather forecast.
That information can help avoid surface applications that are likely to be subjected to heavy rainfall events. The heaviest rainfall events are the main culprits driving nutrient losses from fields, and care should be taken to avoid them. Proper timing of fertilizer applications in light of the prevailing and forecast conditions is a critical element to avoid nutrient losses that contribute to water pollution, particularly in sloping fields where runoff can be exacerbated.
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