December 7, 1999
Rural residents of Mecosta County have argued for two years that massive hog operations, which moved to the Barryton area in 1997, are infringing on their
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December 1, 1999
Harold Howard is a lifelong Isabella County resident and farmer. He's raised hogs, cattle, and grain, and currently dedicates his 1,500 acres near Remus to
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December 1, 1999
No Pollution Proofing Required Even more daunting to rural residents than the prospect of yet more and larger "hog hotels," however, is the fact that
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December 1, 1999
Another dozen files exhibit the same pattern in the Michigan Department of Agriculture's Right to Farm complaint response program: Dismiss concrete evidence,
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December 1, 1999
Not long ago, the total amount of livestock in the United States was largely spread out over small, independently-operated farms that dotted the countryside.
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December 1, 1999
According to field reports DEQ biologists visited the site in March 1997, when 18 inches of water covered the ground and aquatic plants and animals thrived.
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November 25, 1999
It was a long night in Lansing Wednesday, Dec. 8, for all sides involved in the debate over Senate Bill 205, legislation that prohibits communities from
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May 1, 1999
Why is it so difficult to find locally grown cherries in northern Michigan supermarkets, or a Key lime in Key West, Florida? Strangely, in a country founded on
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May 1, 1999
Control, not competition, is the ruling business principle today as cartels of related companies undercut independent producers in every market from genetic
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February 11, 1999
BENZONIA — A three-month investigation of a state Agriculture Department program to prevent pollution from large livestock operations reveals a clear
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