ItfleHleAN ,,- FARItf BUREAU July 15, 1997 Vol. 74, No. 12 ICMPAsells Kalamazoo plant, makes marketing arrangement with MMI Butter and powder plant dosing July 15 I nlate June, the 700-member Independent Co- op Milk Producers Association (lCMPA) and 7,SOO-member Milk Marketing Inc. (MMI) of Strongsville, Ohio, announced an arrangement that includes a milk supply agreement and the sale of ICMPXs Kalamazoo Creamery Company operations and assets to MMI. According to ICMPAGeneral Manager Charles Courtade, the sale and agreement with MMI boiled down to dollars and cents. "It will be more income on their milk, and rather than going through the butter powder plant, there's better returns going down to fluid markets in Indiana and Ohio. Some of it is still going to go to the butter powder plant in Goshen, but a lot of it will be filling the needs in Ohio where they've been short every year. " "It's clearly that the co-ops is trying to maxi- mize the amount of money they can get for their members," explains Michigan State University Ag Economics Chairperson Wry Hamm. "We've had a On June 24, during the recent Ag Expo, farmers, industry leaders and elected officials gathered at the site of the newly big increase in production in the west, particularly opened Anthony Hall to celebrate their combined efforts in securing the Livestock Initiative. At the same time, Michigan California, as you've 'hollowed out' milk production Department of Agriculture Director Dan Wyant (left), MSU Board of Trustee Dee Cook (center) and MFB President Jack Lau- in many traditional dairy regions in the country as rie unveiled the plaque that will commemorate the site where the former livestock pavilion once stood. production has shifted west You've left milk plains sitting with less than optimum volume tl)ey neeQ to be fully profitaije and in the area in Michigan and Indiana, we essentially had three plants doing about the same thing - the Independent plant in Kalama- Ottawa County judge rules in zoo, the Michigan Milk Producers plant in Constan- tine and the MMI plant in Gaihen, Ind " favor of preserving farmland from "After thoroughly studying the situation, ICMPXsboard of directors unanimously agreed to this long-term relationship" says Courtade. Under development the arrangement, ICMPAand MMIwill work together on milk supply needs, mutually strengthen the ability I lnate June, an Ottawa County judge ruled in favor of residents within a rural Ottawa Coun- ty township's farmland preservation, curtailing ing township west of Grand Rapids overwhelmingly rejected the zoning change sending the developer, Phillip rorner, to the Ottawa County Circuit Court. that without any concern about compatibility between the two uses. Now, you put a residential development next to a high-intensity agricultural to efficiently balance supplies when there's too much milk in the marketplace, reduce the costly overhead the development of a major subdivision with a "This is a landmark case for Michigan," ex- operation, you're going to have conflict. And we of running two balancing facilities in the same market large turkey farm owned by Harley Sietsema as plains Dr. David Skjaerlund, executive director for certainly addressed those conflicts with this case." area, and help to stabilize member incomes. its neighbbr. the Rural Development Council of Michigan. "It . 'The ruling by the judge further proves the According to Courtade, the Kalamazoo plant It is repeated many times throughout the state proves that individuals, farmers and the community point that local communities are willing to go the accounted for 193 million pounds of milk, 20 per- - residential interests pitted against the long-stand- have the right to decide what type of development extra step in preserving farmland in Michigan," cent of the co-op's total amount of milk marketed ing agricultural base in the township. What makes should occur in their township." adds MFB Legislative Counsel Scott Everett. "The "\le'll still continue to supply everybody we had, this conflict unique is that the Allendale Township "Forner then sued the township claiming a growth of residential property in Ottawa County is including Country Fresh and Bareman Dairy. It is Planning Commission originally approved the re- taking and that his constitutional rights were violat- very similar to other parts of the country and each just the surplus milk we had that was going to quest to rerone the 37 acres needed for the com- ed," Beelen adds. township needs to evaluate how they are going to Kalamazoo that we're selling to MMI now." plete subdivision and the township board subse- "They claimed that our zoning of the property handle residential growth." Don Schriver, executive vice president and quently approved the request. essentially rendered it valueless," explained Jim To assist the township in better handling the chief executive officer, MMI, agrees that the rela- "At that time, the planning commission did Nelson, the attorney who represented Allendale conflicts which arise in a generally agricultural tionship will be beneficial to the farmer-members give him (Forner) the wning change and were Township. "And we should therefore compensate area, the township has organized a committee of both of&3Jlizations. aware of Mr. Sietsema's concerns and put in some them for the lost value of the property. So our de- comprised of their planning and wning adminis- "This is a win-win situation for the members requirements in the approval of the plan that they fense was to claim first under the due process trator, a township board member and three farm- of both dairy cooperatives," says Schriver. "MMI and thought might help at least control some of the claim, they essentially have to demonstrate that the ers. We organized this committee "to look at our Continued on page 1 anticipated problems that might occur between the zoning of this property is not reasonable." wning ordinances and see once if we can't come two different uses," explains Township Supervisor That's when the township called in experts on up with better ways of dealing with these situa- Jim Beelen. "They had a buffer strip, including a land values, MSU crop and soil scientists, and tions where you do have residential use butting berm with some plantings on it, and they also re- Skjaerlund to testify on the validity of the zoning up to farming interests," Beelen adds. quired a statement in the deed that this subdivision ordinance. "I think prior to the formation of this com- was located next to a farming operation and they "This case was on the cutting edge of zoning mittee," he states. "We have a commitment to were protected by the Right-to-Farm Act." issues," Nelson adds, "because more and more we preserving farmland. It's how do we deal with the It wasn't until Ottawa County Farm Bureau are faced with the urban sprawl into agricultural residentially zoned areas that are going to be adja- member Harley Sietsema, the owner of the large areas. And more and more we are beginning to cent to farmland. You're always going to have that turkey farm, began a petition drive in the spring of realize that it does cause a conflict. It used to be if line somewhere. And that's where this situation 1995 that the ruling granting the subdivision WdS you develop out in the country somewhere, there was. It was right at that line of residential and overturned. In August of that year, voters in the grow- was no problem doing that. And people would do agricultural." • : INSIDE THIS ISSUE OF THE MICHIGAN FARM NEWS : News in Brief 2 Market Outlook 6 MCA welcomes new executive vice Capitol Corner 3 EEEActive Surveillance Program begins president '0 House voting record for new season 7 Long-distance savings with The Farm Win one year's use of a New Holland Bureau Connection " Land Division Act 4 MSU's Dairy Expo is intended for the Genesis tractor 8 Discussion Topic '3 entire dairy family 5 Precision Agriculture 9 Weather Outlook '6 Sell products and services in the Michigan Farm News classifieds-Page 14 or dirt, which would later be entrained into the atmosphere by cars or trucks on paved roads). Campaign management workshop helps to win Just by updating the EP~s estimates with an election current acreage information for each crop and sing. It will provide useful information and op- correcting the number of passes per acre for till- age implements, the agricultural emission levels T he 1998 elections will provide opponunities for candidates to seek election to many town- ship, county, state and federal public offices. These ponunities for hands-on experience in preparing an effective election campaign. Topics covered for tillage operations were reduced 30 percem. offices include township trustee, county commis- will include the formula for winning, campaign At one poim it was discussed that farms be sioner, state representative, state senator and U.S. laws and reports, selecting the right issues, rais- permitted by their local air districts. In the San representative, to mention just a few. ing money, working with the news media, orga- Joaquin Valley alone, it was speculated that over In past elections, many Farm Bureau mem- nizing the campaign, obtaining volunteers, get- 31,000 permits would need to be written for bers as well as others have been candidates for out-the-vote, etc. farms. Each silage pile, unpaved road and equip- local, state and federal public offices. Some have If you may be a candidate for any public office mem storage yard, to name a few, would have been successful while others have not. Whatever in 1998, you are encouraged to consider attending been permitted. The district estimated that it the outcome, the candidates have learned from the workshop. Also, if you know of others who may would need 70 additional permitting engineers to their experience that a well-planned and execut- be a candidate and could benefit from the Cam- From the process air quality. permits just for farms. ed election campaign is very important. They paign Management Workshop, please share this In the original EPAprojections, it was as- President sumed that all farming in California was "dryland" have also learned that because election cam- paigns require time and money, it is important to information with them in case they would like to attend. Spouses and campaign managers are en- farmed. It assumed that the land was not irrigated, begin thinking early about the effort to win. couraged to attend with the candidate. Clean air proposal out and that there was no vegetation cover, or cover To assist Farm Bureau members who are There will be a fee charged to attend of of touch with reality canopy, from the crops. Once irrigation and vege- thinking about being a candidate for any public about $95 per person to cover materials and A crucial deadline for agriculture is loom- tation cover were put imo the wind erosion equa- office in 1998, Michigan Farm Bureau will spon- meals. Persons attending must be Farm Bureau ing in Washington, D.C., regarding the tions, wind erosion was reduced an incredible 80 sor a "How to Win an Election" Campaign Man- members. To obtain an enrollment form, please Environmemal Protection Agency's percem, from 410 tons per day to 58 tons per day. agement Workshop. The workshop will be held contact the Public Affairs Division by calling 517- National Ambiem Air Quality Standards (NMQS) for Probably the most blatant example of an inaccu- September 16-17 at Farm Bureau Center in Lan- 323-6560 .• owne and particulate matter. Under the EPApro~, rate estimate, which would have cost the agricultural new air quality standards will measure average owne industry thousands of dollars, was the initial emission Piedmontese: Tomorrow~ beef today! reading; and paniculate matter (soot and dust). EPA projections used for combustion engines used to ~e Piedmontese Association of Michigan will • Wayne Schlabach will discuss Certified Beef estimates that 34.3 percem of fine particulate matter drive irrigation pumps. The EPAoriginally estimated • be sponsoring a Field Day Aug. 2, hosted by Program. can be attributed to agriculture and forestry. nitrogen oxide (NOX) emissions at 626 tons per day Red Bird Farm. This event is scheduled to begin at • Door prizes to be awarded throughout day. While the EP~s plan to improve air quality may from all the pumps in the San Joaquin Valley.This 10 a.m. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 • Come and Enjoy! have been well intentioned, the end result will be ec0- would be the highest emissions category for NOX p.m. featuring Piedmontese Beef. Scheduled Several area breeders will have their animals nomically disastrous and, ironically, will not improve air transmissions in the San Joaquin Valley,exceeding all events for the day include: on display. quality. The new air quality standards are a textbook the mobile sources induding all cars and trucks, • An embryo flushing and implanting presentation For more information or directions, call Ron example of what happens when overzealous regulators which together only emit 353 tons per day. will be given. or Sandy Mroz (810) 667-7389. fail to employ common sense and sound scientific data Driven by agricultural inquiries, a new study in their decision-making process. was commissioned that was based on actual inter- Ask fanners in California what the future holds if views with 360 farmers. The new study deter- Kellogg Biological Station field day slated for this pro~, already rubber-stamped by the Clinton mined that the NOX emission for these pumps is Aug. 6 administration, is approved by Congress. Fanners only 32 tons per day. there have been battling with EPAover the agency's use of erroneous projections for dust from various A shotgun approach will only serve to put American agriculture out of competition with other P rofitable Michigan farming in a changing envi- ronment is the theme for MSU's Kellogg Bio- logical Station (KBS) Field Day, set for Aug. 6 at the ers who have participated in on-farm research is scheduled from 5 to 6 p.m. An evening pasture walk at the KBS managed fann operations rather than conducting research and countries and put agricultural producers out of station's Farming Systems Center. rotational grazing demonstration site will run from establishing acrual emission data. A major portion of work. Because U.S. agricultural commodity prices "The goal of the field day is to highlight 7 p.m. to sunset. California's agriculture has been operating under strin- are tied to world prices, a farmer cannot simply some of the ecological research that's going on at "We are inviting Kalamazoo County grazers to gent emission standards under the 1990 Clean Air Act. "pass on" the cost of doing business to the consum- KBS and throughout the farm fields of Michigan," join the pasture walk in the evening after the pre- Here are a few examples of the absurdities er. Any increase in operational costs of farming said Dale Mutch, MSU Extension IPM agent based sentation," Mutch said. farmers in California have had to comend with. becomes significant and must be based on accurate at KBS. Families are encouraged to bring their chil- The EPA originally indicated that alfalfa was disced information that justifies the expenditures. The field day will begin at 2:30 p.m. Demon- dren for a special program led by the Kalamazoo eight times per year, rice 13 times per year and The agriculture community enjoys breathing strations will focus on nitrogen management, cover County 4-H Teen Club. rangeland twice per year. First, farmers disc and dean air as much as anybody, but it doesn't want crops, landscape-level insect management and dairy To register for the field day, call the KBS Ex- seed alfalfa, at most, once every three or more to waste money on control measures that have forage. Presentations and a poster session by farm- tension office at 1-800-521-2619 .• years, not eight per year; and farmers don't even little or no effect on cleaning up the air of this disc rice or rangeland at aU, much less 13 and two nation. It is an absolute necessity that the EPAbe times per year, respectively. held accountable and be required to use science- Strawberry company indicted he strawberry processing plant that earlier this statements and 43 counts of false claims stemming Some of the comrol measures suggested for agricultural operations induded: sprinkler irrigation based research, so that intelligent, reasonable and justifiable decisions can be made. T year sold hepatitis A-infected strawberries to the federal school lunch program was indicted re- from incidents surrounding the hepatitis outbreak that sickened nearly 200 Michigan students and on fields prior to planting water tanks moumed on Sincerely, tractors and water sprays on the back of discing equipmem, and the use of shaking equipmem to shake trucks and farm implements prior to exiting a field or unpaved road omo a paved road (this g~t~ Jack Laurie, Presidem cently for lying when company officials told Agricul- ture Department investigators that the berries were grown domestically. The Andrew & Williamson Sales Company's former president, Frederick Williamson, and the teachers in April. An A&W salesman pleaded guilty last month to three counts of misleading the government and is expected to be sentenced in August. 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Climax; 800-390-5892 AdmIt_.tJ". Director, Chuck 8uIbtt r......,and Chief RnandaI ~ Tom hrktr; SeffiOal "meat tributes to a huge fiber shortfall . It's definitely a well-rounded diet. But does b. eight group" ind~ beans. anyone have a clue about just how much food c. ten •• (a) A thick smear of pe20ut butter is about • Dairy equals one of those perfect portions? Do you know 6. An ounce-and.a-half of cheddar cheese - one two tablespoons ....which the ~rnment calls a Two to three servings a day are called for.. how your own meals are stacking up? Take the quiz serving - is the size of: third of 3 serving. Why? Nuts, (00, got lumped in We're averaging one and a half servings daily. Wom- below to check your serving-size IQ. a one domino the meat group (tl'}ey're high in protein and fat), en over 20 are averaging only one serving a day. 1. How many cherries add up to a fruit serving? b. two dominoes and expertS say your peanut butter smear counts as a. 15 c. three dominoes an ounce of meat. (Just dbo't eat too mtlCh.) • Meat poultry, "sh b.20 7. Fnough broccoli to hit your daily vegetable ideal S. (a) A third of a bottle equals two servings of Men don't exceed the five to seven ounces c.35 would fill how many cups? wine. A standard IIg1ass" b four oon~l akboogb recommended each day. Women eat four ounces 2. A serving of pasta would fill: a one some restaurant goblets hold as much as ten. That's daily. a an ke cream scoop b. one-and-a-half two servir.lgs ... and then some. b. a cereal bowl C.two 6. (c) Three dommoe&' worth of d1eese isn't a • Added suga,. and 'lla 3. A sirloin steak the size of a paperback book is lot. A typiCal dlet~ s.l~lha6~ t'(VO of)'OUf day's No more than 27 percent of calories are how many servings? du:ee ~~. Add 30Jp of yogurt m1 a cup supposed to come from these sources, but we're a two ofmiJi - one servJri8 each -2nd ~ could be over up to 40 percent. b. three dle~ c. four ~ ~((1)TWtm the daily rtUnimumd three • Inrc/ •• 4. When you spread peanut butter thickly on a slice ~~d ~ to eat jest u:up-an(k.half. One-third of men and almost half of women of bread, as in the 1V commercials, how many _~~rNlll~the~ "rarely" or "never" work up a sweat. servings is that? ~~~ """"--'--- -. Source: C 1995 HEALTH magazine HEALTH HARVEST I take a bite out of summer plans ~j Hope for snorers Angioplasty, stenting A technique that shrinks excess soft are preferred methods tissue around the upper airway (including the to open clogged tongue, roof arteries of the mouth Although new devices to open and nose) blocked coronary arteries have may eventual- grown in number, balloon angioplasty is still ly offer a new the overwhelming choice, according to a Mayo way to treat study in a recent issue of Archives of Internal sleep apnea, a disorder that Medicine. Angioplasties were used in more than Adolescent arteries 90 percent of all coronary interventions at Mayo Artery-clogging deposits that can causes people in 1995. "Angioplasty is considered at least as eventually lead to heart attacks start to stop effective as any new device, even when the pa- accumulating as early as age 15 in youths who eat breathing tient's case is complex," says Mayo cardiologist high-fat diets or smoke cigarettes. Autopsies of such T he summer season brings picnics, boating and hiking, but along with these fun activi- ties goes the danger of insect bites. Al- though most bites and stings are harmless, they can produce pain or discomfort. Here are some ways to while they sleep. In a study published in the May Chest, Stanford researchers describe how they shrunk pigs' tongues using a wandlike instrument that emits radio waves. The special needle elec- trode relays radio frequency energy to nearby Dr. David Holmes. "Newer devices may be more effective than conventional angioplasry only in very specialized cases." Devices invented since 1988 include athrec- tomies ("roto-rooter" devices), lasers that "sweep teenagers (who had died from causes other than disease) showed fatty streaks and early plaques- the beginnings of atherosclerosis - on the linings of major blood vessels. That finding adds to growing evidence that diet and lifestyle in the teen years can treat the results of an insect bite: cells, destroying them. Scar tissue created by the out" the plaque in arteries, and various types of strOngly influence health in adulthood. healed lesion takes up less space. Preliminary tests stents (devices inserted into arteries to support The mosquito bite in people suggest the method can diminish heavy the vessel's structure). Stents were used in about Most people are well aware of what a mosqui- snoring - one of the classic signs of sleep apnea - 48 percent of all coronary interventions at Mayo in to bite looks like and feels like. It is made more by shrinking tissue on the roof of the mouth. The 1995, while other new devices were used in less How much? painful, though, when the mosquito leaves in all or new method is quick, relatively painless, and than 10 percent of all procedures. (Note: Since In one year, the average American part of its stinger. doesn't require a hospital stay - unlike some treat- more than one approach may be used in any pro- consumes: ments for sleep apnea, which include cutting or cedure, the sum of all procedure types is greater 32 quarts of orange To treat a mosquito bite: burning away extra tissue with a scalpel or laser. than the total number of procedures.) juice, Further tests are under way to verify the proce- 50 quarts of milk, • Remove the stinger if possible. dure's safety and effectiveness. 4 pounds of buner, 46 quarts of popcorn, • Clean the area of the sting to prevent infection. Better bones, fewer 23 quarts of ice Ice cream headache fractures cream and 16 pounds • Apply calamine lotion or a cortisone cream to As ice cream The drug Fosamax (alendronate sodi- of chocolate. lessen the itching. lovers know, um) not only slows bone loss in wolfing down a people already diagnosed with osteoporosis, but The bee sting coneful or guz- also can be used pre- Symptoms of a bee sting may include swelling around the eyes, lips, tongue or throat; breathing zling an icy cold ventively to keep bone On the horizon drink can bring on loss and fractures from A nasal spray that wards off the com- difficulties, coughing or wheezing; and widespread a sudden, stabbing occurring in the first mon cold virushas shown promise in chimpan- numbness or cramping. Hives may appear on the pain in the head, place, the FDA ruled in zees, raising hopes that the strategy might work in skin. Speech may be slurred, and anxiety, mental usually around the late April. An ongoing humans. The spray contains a substance called in- confusion, nausea or vomiting, or unconsciousness middle of the fore- study of about 1,600 tercellular adhesion molecule-I, which fills in nasal may occur. head. These so-called ice cream headaches usually post-menopausal wom- cell receptors where rhinoviruses (including those go away within 20 seconds, though they can last en showed that Fosa- that cause colds) normally bind, thereby preventing To treat a bee sting: up to five minutes, according to a short report in max stopped bone loss them from taking hold. But several other antiviral the British Medical Journal. If you're prone to the and built additional nasal sprays that met with initial success didn't pan • Remove the stinger as quickly as you can. The problem, here's a tip: Keep cold foods and drinks bone mass, while those taking a dummy drug lost out in human tests, and it's not clear how often one longer a bee's stinger is in your skin, the more from contacting the back of the roof of your bone over a two-year period. A second, larger study would need to sniff the treatment. The researchers, you'll hurt. mouth, since that's the most sensitive area when it found that women who took Fosamax reduced their who reported their findings in the American Jour- comes to triggering these headaches, says the risk of hip and spinal fractures by about half. EstrO- nal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, say • Wash the area with soap and water. Then apply author. gen also prevents and treats osteoporosis, but Fosa- that if human tests prove successful, the spray an ice pack for 15 minutes or so to minimize max is the only non-hormone treatment available. might be used during peak cold season in those at swelling and relieve pain. risk for serious complications from colds, such as children with asthma. • See your doctor if you notice that you have de- veloped symptoms away from the sting site. Hives, itching, swelling, vomiting, dizziness, and difficulty swallowing or breathing could be signs Is eapg be~ore you '10 to sl,ep a of a life-threatening allergy that requires immedi- ate attention. The tick bite good and healthy A tick bite may manifest itself as a circular skin eruption that occurs after you have been in wa~toga;n a place where ticks live (mainly wooded areas or tall grasses). This eruption may occur even weight?. though you did not see the tick. The principal It is a myth that eating before bed risk is not from the tick bite itself but from a bacteria that is carried by the insect that can rw you gain weight. You have to look at day's food intake. weight, I estimate the number of calories they need to maintain their weight, then add at least 1,000 calories to that. A According to the "Spotlight On Freezer e" bulletin &om Michigan State Univer- sity Extension, freezing hot dogs and other lun- cause Lyme disease. When I work with people who want to gain The extra calories should be from a mix of foods, cheon meats is not a recommended practice, be- not just fatty ones. This highLLOW LABa I>IRECInlS fUI PERMIT HERBlODE off type programs are, in fact, valid under the azine-resistant varieties), com- Yet, Permit does not carry over Pennit" IS a reglSlI!Rd lI'1llIerM:t ci. and tm:! In:Ier lanse from. N"1SSlKl 01emical Induslries. lid ~ is a trademalt liCbl Crop ~ constitution," Nye said. "The Supreme Court from one season to the next. mon ragweed and sunflower. CMoosanIo Coolpany 19'1i VJl baSically said that as long as growers affirm ef per_& Unlike atrazine or Exceed, Permit these kind of programs in a majority vote, Stronger, longer degrades in both low and high which is accomplished with these kind of pro- Its unique chemistry and two-fold pH soils. It also does not pose grams before they're started, then they're valid under the constitution. Growers have, action allows Permit to move into volatility problems, eliminating for a number of years, combined their efforts both the leaves and roots of worries of damage to adjacent . HERBICIDE to pay for research, promotion, advertising labeled species, attacking weeds crops from vapor drift. immediately. Then, its residual Stronger. Longer. Safer. type programs for numerous commodities." Nye said that although the ruling dealt spe- soil activity keeps Permit working cifically with promotion programs funded under all season long. federal order programs, the decision will have an Monsanto The Agricultura1 Group impact on various state-level programs that were A Unit ci Monsanto Company also being challenged based on the free speech argument. Michigan operates several state-level commodity.checkoff programs for generic pro- motion and research, including cherries, corn and soybeans. Savage on broadleaves, "The rationale of the court ruling was that generic advertising is intended to stimu- late consumer demand for an agricultural product," Nye explained. "At least a majority of the producers in each of the markets in which such advertising was authorized must be persuaded that it is effective, or presum- ably the programs would have been discontin- ued. As long as a majority of producers af- firms the program, then they're valid under the constitution." 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For questions about animal t:Dntact We have a 24-hour, toll-free current, call1-BOO-252-B65B. number to answer your energy service questions. Plus, we've For ""'er service questions, call established a dedicated, toll-free I-BOO-477-5050. number so we can respond to your questions about animal contact current. And, with 39 Customer Service Centers state-wide, we're ready to serve you. We're also working with key agricultural organizations like Michigan State University Extension and the Michigan FFA on issues that impact your produc- tivity and profitability. DiscussioR Term limits set to take effect in the Topic '98 election year What this means for agriculture always had a chance to limit the terms of their poli- decision to run for public office in the 1998 elec- Exactly how having these brand new elected ticians - through elections. "I think there was a tions or are thinking about it," Almy said. The officials will affect the agriculture industry is yet to be feeling, however, that the power of the incumbent seminar helps them plan and carry out all aspects August 1997 A monthly resource determined. "I think that will depend, to a 1arge de- in winning re-election - because they had name of their race, including how to announce their for the Community gree, who the 65 new legislators are to replace the recognition and access to dollars to run a campaign candidacy, how to raise money, how to select the Action Groups old 65 - whom we know where they stand on issues that their challengers did not have - that it was right issues and more. of Michigan Farm and know how they're going to react," Almy said. rather difficult to replace a long-time incumbent," "When term limitation is fully implemented in Bureau Nonetheless, there will be scores of new legis- Almysaid. the year 2002, we will see the real impacts," Almy lators for farmers to build positive relationships "If there is a down side to term limitation for said. Until then, citizens must find the right candi- W hen term limits were passed by Michi- with. Almy said this will require Farm Bureau mem- agriculture - which is a minority group when look- dates to represent them fairly in Lansing. gan voters in 1992, it seemed like a bers and staff to educate the new congressmen ing at the sheer number of farmers in terms of the long way off before they would actual- about the agriculture industry. whole population - we currently have persons who Discussion Questions ly take effect. Now, with the 1998 elections not far How term limits came about are very familiar and have a strong background in 1. In your opinion, what are the most impor- away, the six-year term limits are about to open up The idea of term limitation was placed on the agriculture in our leadership positions," Almy said. tant benefits of term limitation? 65 races for Michigan's Congress. ballot and passed with a majority of "yes" votes in Term limits could mean losing some friends of 2. How will the Michigan agriculture industry, "In the 1998 election, there will be 65 mem- 1992. "A year prior to that, at our annual meeting, agriculture, such as Senate Majority Leader Dick as a whole, be affected by term limitation bers of the House of Representatives who have members adopted policy supporting term limits," Posthumus and many others who have strong farm after the 1998 election? How will it affect ag served their six years and will be ineligible for the Almyexplained. backgrounds. in the long term? election," explained Al Almy, director of Michigan " I think there was a feeling - and that same 3. What legislators from your area will be re- Surfacing good candidates Farm Bureau's Public Affairs Division. "We're going feeling exists today - that the Legislature was made In order to make sure our legislators repre- placed because of term limitation? What can to see 65 races in which there is no incumbent up of a lot of individuals who were making a long- sent our needs, many Farm Bureau members are you, as a Farm Bureau member, do to fill running. Those familiar names will not be on the time, professional living from being state politi- active in committees to surface candidates for the their seat with someone who will represent ballot. cians," Almy said. "I think there was a feeling soon-to-open positions. They strive to find electable you and your industry well? "Our Farm Bureau members are going to among our members that some of these folks were people who will represent them fairly. 4. Once the new congressmen are elected, have to take a hard look at all the candidates and simply no longer in touch with the realities of the Michigan Farm Bureau also offers a work. what can you do to see that they truly rep- decide for themselves which ones are best able world that they were supposed to be representing." shop for political candidates to learn how to run resent your area well? How can you help to understand the concerns of agriculture," he Challenges of term limitation their campaigns well. "The Campaign Managers' them learn about our industry? continued. Opponents of term limitation say voters have Workshop is for people who have either made the Michigan Farm News Classifieds ~ntedTO Buy I ~- - ,.... WANTED: ALLEGAN ANTIQUE Old motorcycles, MARKET: Sunday', July Loans For snowmobile and off 27. Rain or Shine! 300 road vehicles. 1965 exhibitors, 200 under Homeowners and older. Call JD at cover. Every type of 1-517-676-0583. antique. 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JD 318, 3-point hitch, 48" mower, 250 ALUM-LINE'S THE i~k ANGUS & GELBVlEH: 627-6587 Catey, 1-51 7 -627- 6248. Grand Ledqe. HORTONBAY LLAMAS is reducing herd size. Four bred females or Sam NEW ZEALAND white rabbits. producing breeding stock Dettmer's available. Bunny Meat 10',6" Houle manure hours. Two 300 gallon ONE! Uvestock, horse Patch. All pedigreed 1988 Blazer, runs FARMERS: CASH Breeding stock. available. Due this pump; 3750 gallon overhead fuel tanks. and combination commercial rabbits. good. NOWI Enrolled in Free delivery! spring and fall. We Calumet tank $25 each. models. Flatbed and Open 7 days per 1-616-784-2824. 1996 FAIR Act? Why Border Collie Stock also have weanling week. spreader; 100 heavy 1-616-463-6513 cargo, pickup bodies Dogs. males. Photos sent wait? Sell future Carson City, Ml duty freestalls, BEAN JIGGER: Bean and tool boxes. Call today. Production Flexibility JD 4310 beet on request. 1-517-584-3765. complete; new stoner, 40' Universal Service and rescue Bordner Farms Contract payments, harvester. UTF 4-row Jack & Barbara Danly insulmattress cow leg. May-rath 6"x40' bodies, 5th wheel and Sturgis, MI NINE REGISTERED alVpart. Cash for any beet topper. 3-point 06300 Boyne City Road mattress. 1-517-224- PTO transport auger, bumper pull. All 1~ 16-651-8353 Polled Hereford purpose. No fees! 300 gallon, 30' boom Charlevoix, MI 3839. portable steel loading aluminum, all built to breeding age bulls for Tom,1~-2274. sprayer. 3-point hitc" 49720 dock (62"x40'), order! Zandbergen sale. Optimum and 1939 AC "B" Regent. cement mixer, PTO 1-616-582-7473 Farmall 4-row bean FORAGEWAGONS; Trailer Sales ANGUS BEEF: Bulls, Rocky Banner blood Rebuilt. Good rubber. hydraulic dump. 3- Fax 1-616-582-6540 puller. 2-940, 1-960 Gehl 1~16-698-6840 heifers and cows with lines. Best offer over $1200. point hitch grass Call or fax, 1-517-879- boxes, tandem gears. calves. Performance Rye Hereford Farm Call 1-616-945-3663. seeder for lawn. F-2 LIVESTOCK TRAILER: 6994 Also Keifer built tested, semen tested. LLAMAS ARE Rogers City Rick. Gleaner parts. Call or 1986 Chamberlin gooseneck 20' Free delivery! Call GREAT, and now BRUSH HOGS, hay fax, 1-517-879-6994 cattle/hog 1-517-734-3005 stockmaster, stock anytime. they're affordable! bines, baler, rakes, combination, 48x96. REGISTERED SCOmSH BRUSH HOGS, hay trailer, deluxe model. UQUID MANURE SHAGBARK These docile, elevators, round Good condition, good HIGHLAND CATTLE, bines, balers, round 500 gallon above SPREADERS: FARMS intelligent animals balers, wagons, Swe- rubber. New brakes. breeding stock and balers, rakes, rotary ground gas tank with New and used. Balzer, Alto, Michigan make wonderful pets dish tine cultivators, 1-800-750-4754. semen for sale. hoes and cultivators. pump. 1-616-899- Better-Bilt parts. UPS 1-616-868-6040 for hiking, packing, rotary hoes, flail USED CLAY honey Visitors welcome! Call large selection of farm 2664. daily. picnicking, pulling choppers, JD lawn wagon pump, hog BEDDING: dry Kiln evenings or equipment. Call Dan Also, ~rain dryers and carts, or to just plain tractors, New Holland FORD,NEW HOLLAND feeders, Mirafount 4 sawdust shaving. 100 weekends. Reid after lpm. 1-517- handling equipment. enjoy. Their wool is bale wagon 3-point tractors and hole cattle waterer. and 120 yard loads. 1-517-543-7979. 773-5374. Hamilton Distributing valuable and they also mowers. Call Dan equipment from New Mirafount cattle Call for prices. 1-616- Charlotte, Michigan make outstanding 300 GALLON Reid after 1pm. 1-517- 773-5374. Symon's in Gaines. For 45 years your best Com;~Xo70 1-800-2 waterers, calf huts, 688-5832. guard animals. Call stainless steel milk Sioux gates and other for a visit today! REGISTERED TEXAS tank for sale. $300. deal for the long run! FOR SALE: (4) CASE IH 1250 feed FREEl 20x40 livestock equipment. 1-616-677 -3309. Longhorns. Utilized Call 517-732-522. Symon's registered purebred grinder, like new, Vestaburg silo with 1-517 -543-4315, Ron& NancyLaferriere. genetics for calving 1-517-271-8445, Hereford heifers, 1 $4500. Case disc Badger unJoader. Also, Charlotte. Laferriere Llamas ease, disease 4'X4' WOOD Gaines year old. $350 each. 15'x6", $1500. Feed for sale, DMC twin Marne, Michigan resistant, longevity and stackable Call 517-268-5795 bin, 3 1/2 and 7 1/2 auger stir rater for 20' (Just northwest of browse utilization. potato/vegetable REAR MOUNT grain bin. 1-517-832- evenings. ton. 1968lntemational Grand Rapids) Diamond 6 Ranch boxes. $25. each. 24' sprayer for JD. Hy- 7830 after 5pm. boom hydraulic-swing tandem 21' steel rack, FOR SALE: Full blood PiedmonteseCattle: 1~16-642-9042 cycle, complete with conveyor. Excellent liquid manure Beefalo herd, Lean, tender, double nozzles, floats with condition. $3000. spreader, 2300 LITTLE GIANT HIGH MOISTURE breeding stock cows, muscled, good caMng contour of row, 30' SCOTCH HIGHLAND 1-616-825-2845. gallons. elevator, 52' long, corn for sale. 22% bull, new calves. Must ease. Quality wide. $1200. For cattle, registered, 1-616-784-1676. EMD corn spout and moisture. Good have good home on registered breeding information, call Stan quality stock, all ages, hay pan. Excellent quality! Call or fax, 1- 39 acre farm. Lock, stock. Also available, Radewald. Niles, 1- various prices. Pine shape! 1-517-626- 517 -879-6994. stock and barrel! embryos and semen. 616-683-4194. Ridge Farms, posmon Opening 6534 evenings. SHELLED CORN for 1-517 -435-47 49 Redbird Farms Lapeer, Michigan Williamston, MI1-517- FOR SALE: 655-3792. Job Position:Extension IntegratedPest Management sale. Call 1-517-673- 1-810-667-7389 6098 Registered Hereford (FJeldCropsYGrollldwater StewardshipAgent TOP QUAUTY HOLSTEIN bull, 14 months old. PUREBRED BOER This is a fun-time,temporarypositionservingSaginaw breeding age bulls, $500. Call 517-268- GOATS. MlchFlock. from high producing and its surroundingcounties.It is fundedthrough 5795 evenings. StLKf Service available. cow family. Top AI September30, 2001 by the MichiganIntegratedPest ~vestoCk HEREFORD CATTLE: 612 North Madison, sires, $800-$900. Lapeer, MI48446. ManagementField Crop Alliance and the Michigan Yearlings, bred cows, 1-810-667 -0169 any Pasch Farms GroundwaterStewardshipProgram.Qualifications: REGISTERED Jersey bulls. Howell area. time. 1-517-644-3519 Bachelor'sDegree(Master's preferred)in IPM, breeding age bulls. Lawn Locust Farm TWO TEXAS agriculture,agronomy,water quality,or relatedfield. 1-517-871-9414. 1-517-546-9754 LONGHORN HEIFERS. 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All are complele with engineer 1fIP Glazier or BarbaraCampbell,ANR Human slamped pennlt drawings. 20 year roof and wall rusl war. Dick Alwood, Wick Buildings Dealer CALL ORWRITEFORFREE ranty. call us loday for a free Information packag., and a Resources,MichiganState University,113Agriculture quole on our lOp quallly buildings or building componenl ~ SAMPLE,ORDERINFO. pons. Hall, East lansing, MI48824-1039. Ph. (517) 353- 202 Pearl, Charlotte. MI 48813 ' 8696. E-mail:anrperOmsue.msu.edu.Equal Office: (517) 543.0996, Home: (616) 623-8780 . - MfM Buiding Procb:ts Corp. ~ Ii •• i "' .. I" -lie H' S,' s ••It- If •• I:..!:> Opportunity Employer. Fax: (517) 543-9475 P.O. Box 340. Coshocton, OH 43812. 800-882.ROOF ,,' , •• ,. , .. lit. ll'4. 1""'_ ..... 11.1, II " •• 1, "" ',.,',c-'dll,lcl,.:.c e'lll FARM AUC1~ION ..A...'-I. c:"'I::i.. c:> lO.. ~ ~ I.~ Having retired from dairy farming, the following wiDbe sold at public auction on the farm located 4 mi. Wof SI. Johns, MI on M-21 then 2 mi. N on loweR Rd. Real Estate .. Machinery - Dairy Cattle AUSTRAUAN CATTLE EXPERIENCED & E 112mi. to 5395 Kinley Rd. (Clinton Co.) Due to ill health, we wIJ sell the real estate, callie and machilery at ptbIIc auction located llTi. S of AND AUSTRAUAN Michigan agribusiness Thursday, August 21,1997 - 10:00 a.m. Rosebush, MI 00 MissIon Rd. (Old 27), then 2-112 ni W to 1507 E. WeIOOIanRd. (isabela Co.) SHEPHERD attorneys with farm Tractors: CasellH 7110 Osl. Tractor, 2WO, cab, air, 18.4x42R tires & duals, only 740 hrs.l; IH backgrounds. 1086 Dsl.Tractor, new; CasellH 885 Osl.Tractor,2749 hrs.; IH 584 DsI.Tractor, wt1fi 2250 Mount. Friday, August 1, 1997 - 9:00 8"m. Sharpl Mix Pups. Real Estate: This 148-acrefann wI2 homes, bams, and ~ farm land to be sold at ptdc auction. Knowledge and O.Matic hyd.loader, material bucket (sold as pkg.); IH 574 Osl. Tractor; AC CA Tractor, restored Unregistered. Wormed cond., wl2 bottom ploW;Oliver 550 Gas Tractor Combine and Heads: Claas Dominator 60 Osl. Contact Pavlik Realty at 517-463-4903 for details 9 am. - 4 p.m. daIy. HoIIlIin DaIry CatIII: 50 and First Shots. $100 experience in all fann HolsteinDairyCows, bred foryear-roood freshering, 18,886RHA, 6nSF, 595 PRO, 60% of herd 1st Com~ine, M~rcedes dsl., only 510 engine hrs.l; Claas 4-95 4-row wide com head; Claas 16' each. Call 1-517-831- areas; restructure, Aoa~ng Gram P1~tform."flheader cart Farm Machinery: White 5100 8-row hyd. fold-up planter, and 2nd lactation. breeding Info liVen sale day w/cata1ogs,herd 00 DHIA test, low somatic eotn, 3879. stray voltage, monrtor,~ry fert., insectiCIdeS;IH 5100 21 hoe grain drill, dbl. disc openers, grass seeder; IH 7x16" many Hanover 1-11da~rs, herd health by Pool DVM. (1) SprInger Heifer, (2) Short Bred Helers, (1) bankruptcy, estate 560 ~ml mtd. plows; IH 20" transport drag; Century 500 gal. tandem axle field sprayer, 45" self Service Bull, (12) BreedingAge Heifers, (16) 6 mo. to 12 mo. Open HeWers, (5) Deacon Heifers 1ft AUSTRALIAN planning. EAST SIDE: leveling boom, elee. controls; Kory 250 bu. gravity box on Kory 6072 10 ton gear; 220 bu. gravity Equipment, Feed, Equipment 150' of 2" steel hIgUle and vacuum Ine w/6 BotHnatIc niIkers and SHEPHERD PUPS: Thomas J. Budzynski, box on HO gear; 200 bu. gravi~ box on HO gear; Kewanee 11 shank 3 pt. chisel plow w/gauge line washer; MueilerSOOgaJ.bulk tank, auto wash, compressorwmew styJe refrigerart; Bou-matic 7- Born 5-6-1997, have 43777 Grosebeck wheels; Brillion 4" axle 11' cultipacker Hay, Forage and Manure Equipment: Gehl 2240 12' 112 hpvaMm ptJfTll; Vanguard120gal. alee. water heater1 yr. old; 1200bales of straw; l000~are shots and papers. Highway, Mt. haybine, hydro swing; 1992 CaseIIH 8520 new style square hay baler; Gehl1 060 automax forage bales of 1996 1st artting hay; quantity of round bales finn IIIc:hInery: Ford TW-20 2WD Os\. chopper, elec. controls, 2-row vari width com head, and a' Gehl hay pick up head (never used); Tractor; 1995J04475 0sI. Skid Steer,only 610 hrs.; 1963JD 4010 OsI.Tractor;JO 148Hyd. Loader Both parents can be Clemens, Michigan. Gehl1000 forage chopper wf7' hay pick up head and 2-row com head; (2) Gehl970 tandem axle wlmaterial bucke~ JD 3010 DsI. Tractor w/ca.rq1f, 1953FarmaD~r C Tractor; Fannal C Tractor seen.Four~es.one 48036. llachlnery: 1996JD ~112' Mow{;O haybIne, 150 acres use, ik8 newconcltion; 1995HesstooAGCO female left. Call 1-616- self unloading forage wagons 00 GehJgears; Calt.met3250 gal. tandem axle liquid manure spreader 1-81 Q-463-5253. (2 seasons old, good cond.); 1994 Houle SP 3B 8.5' pit pump, 3 pI. 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Munger, Michigan ~ July 15, 1997 '~"» o Michigan Weather Summary Temperatln GrowIng ~ys(') PredplUtion Actual NonNI Sault5te.Marie lake City Pellston Alpena Houghton Lake 63.3 4.6 65.4 1.8 64.6 3.6 65.0 2.8 65.1 1.3 484 620 580 570 596 471 717 717 681 681 1.58 2.84 0.54 0.62 1.28 3,26 3.03 3.03 2.90 2.90 Grand Rapids South Bend - Coldwater Lansing Detroit 68.5 1.4 68.9 0.5 68.3 0.3 67.0 -0.1 69.7 2.0 768 980 849 980 787 967 710 967 825 951 2.46 3.55 3.32 3.55 1.56 3.57 1.96 3.57 3.09 3.36 OIls. DIv. from Actu.I Muskegon 66.8 1.1 684 821 3.01 2.94 Flint 67.4 1.1 720 951 1.58 3.36 5/16197-6/15197 mun normaJ Aa.. Aa.. fmch) fInCh) Vestaburg 67.0 -0.1 717 875 1.97 3.36 * Growing degree day accumulationsarecalculatedwith the Houghton 64.4 5.0 525 617 1.44 3.61 Sad Axe 66.6 1.3 644 870 1.26 3.08 86150-com- method and aresummed beginningApril" 1997. Marquette 65.1 5.8 564 617 3.24 3.61 Saginaw 69.6 2.6 808 870 1.60 3.08 by Dr. Jeff Andresen, Agricultural Meteorologist, Dept. of Geography, Michigan State University S ections of Michigan were struck by two major outbreaks of severe weather during the past month. In the first event, a large area of 'training thun- derstonns' (the oIl;erved pattern of thunderstorm formation and movemem across the same areas on radar) brought torremiaJ rains of 4 to 9 inches to sec- tions of southwestern lower Michigan on the 20th and 21st The heavy rain led to flash flooding and destruc- tion of crops and cropland, especially in low-lying ar- eas. The second event was an outbreak of severe weather statewide on July 2, fueled by the rare combi- nation oflow-Ievel tropical moisture, a strong jet stream aloft, and a fast-moving cold front. Severe thun- derstorms, large hail and tornadoes were reponed statewide, although must damage was in southeastern Lower Michigan, where at least three confirmed torna- does and thunderstorm 'microbursts' (an area of in- tense straightline winds, sometimes exceeding 100 mph, flowing downward and out of a severe thunder- storm) caused at least 10 fatalities and left over 200,000 households without power. The outbreak was consid- ered the worst in decades in the Detroit metro area. More benign weather should prevail inJuly, with near equal odds ofbelow-, near-, and above- normal temperatures and predpitation forecast for Michigan by NOMs Climate Prediction Cemer. lat- est medium-range forecast guidance suggests cooler temperatures for the state in association with weak nonhwesterly flow aloft. Above-normal temperatures in late June led to great advances in crop phenology, although currem seasonal growing degree day (GOD) accumulations still lag behind normals for the date. However, instead of the 2 to 3 week or greater deviations that were common in mid-June, current deviations are now on the order of only 7 to 10 days behind normal. Such deviations could be made up quickly, as climatological monthly GOD totals are greatest duringJuly, followed closely by August.. Ag companies team up for research C ase Corporation, DowElanco and Pioneer Hi- Bred Imernational, Ine. have signed an agree- ment to collaborate on learning and determining how the interactions of various farming practices, inputs and environmental conditions can be collect- ed, processed and turned into information to help farmers make better crop production decisions. The companies will panner to study better ways to plan, plant, manage and harvest corn and soybeans in the Corn Belt. Farmer cooperators have lD¥I( Precision Nutrient "- Placement Systems been identified who will supply land for the project. The DMI yleld-dll~ system ...Helping Plants Thrive! A variety of environments across soils and maturity wnes in the Central Corn Belt will be represemed Call (309) 965-2233 in order to study a variety of farming conditions .• ..Environm~l1t(l1 Quality I'l(~ntive's Pfqg;rgftj.: • ~::' .; I> ~ ' •• ~ ....... : .... _. ~:,! .. ,:,' .', ~ ' #'. ~ ... ,....p ~ A Spe(iol Supplement to Mi(higon Form News July 15~1991 MICHIGAN FARM BIJREAU INS -- IDE 1(onsenotion Priorit, Areas Where the $$$ are in MlchJpn 4 Stort to Rnish A step-by-step guide to applying for EQIP 5 QIAEwtfyt1dn8 }'OIl always wanted to Imow about EQIP but were afraid to ask 6 Uvestoc:kProducers Spedal information fot your 6 Prove It! What MSU Extension has to say 1 locolly led (onservation is Bock A word from Conservation Districts 1 Form Bureolfs toke on IQIP With the accelerating conversion of farmland resulting from urban sprawl, it is critical to protect the farmland we now have with conserva- tion management practices. The Environmental Quality Incentives Program is designed to make the adoption of conservation measures easy 8 The Rest of tbe Story Other farm bill programs and financially feasible. Conservation planning the way business will be done now and into the next century efore and during the development of and a contract would be drawn up with the Farm from a variety of sources will be identified, with tract may be drawn up with Farm Services Agen- B the 1996 farm bill, farmers and ranchers nationwide bent the ears of their legisla- tors, letting lawmakers know that the old top Services Agency (formerly ASCS) if financial as- sistance, i.e., cost share or incentive paymenrs, were available. The conservation plan would one of the possibilities being the Environmental Quality Incentive Program. At this point a con. cy if financial assistance from the various USDA programs will be use"" down, rigid manner in which government has traditionally operated in the conservation arena usually focus on just one resource problem and identify one practice to correct the problem. In How EQIP fits in with would not work in this day and age. More flexibil- ity, more local input into the decision-making addition, the conservation measures to correct resource problems that could qualify for financial conservation planning process and more program diversity would pro- mote the adoption of conservation at the farm assistance were decided upon at the national level and applied across the board. T he Environmental Quality Incentives Pro- gram (EQIP) is the largest of the 1996 farm bill an application for cost-share or incentive payments to address these concerns can be submitted. Applications and ranch level. With the old Agricultural Conser- Not surprisingly, producers responded to conservation cost share programs. It replaces many are available at NRCS, FSAor Conservation District vation Program (you may know it as ACP), one this situation by making it clear that they want- of the old cost share programs. The foundation of offices. It is necessary, however, to have a conservation program was expected to meet the many and ed a voice in identifying the resource concerns EQIP is the locally led process, whereby local work plan that meets all the standards and specifications of various conservation needs of all producers. A in their area and that they wanted a more inre- groups, headed by the Conservation District, identify the NRCS Technical Guide and that is approved by the farmer had to make his or her operation fit the grated method of resource management. The the most significant resource concerns in a designat- Conservation District Board completed before an ap- program, however awkward or manageable that interconnectedness of the resource base de- ed geographic area. Funding for EQIP is allocated plication for EQIP can be submitted. fit may have been. The 1996 farm bill conserva- mands a more comprehensive planning system. based on proposals submitted to the state Technical For a listing of the CPAs and the Statewide tion provisions reflect the feedback from those In acknowledgment of the changing needs of Committee, a team of conservation representatives at Priority Resource Concerns can be found on making their living from the land in agricultural producers, the 1996 farm bill conservation pro- the state level. The Technical Committee reviews the subsequent pages of this insert. To guide you production. The old cost share programs are visions are driven by a locally led resource man- proposals, and the NRCS state conservationist, with through the process of applying for EQIP, a flow- gone, the focus now rests on adaptive manage- agement process based on conservation plan- the Technical Committee's input and the Farm Servic- chart outlining the entire process from start to ment that is flexible, locally driven, diverse and ning at the resource managemenr systems es Agency's concurrence, selects proposals for fund- finish is provided inside as well. voluntary. The cornerstone of this new way of (RMS) level. This means that when a producer ing. The selected proposals are called Conservation doing business is the conservation plan. calls NRCS with a resource concern, the reo Priority Areas (CPAs). Sixty-five percent of the state's Conservation planning is nothing new. The source conservationist will still go out and as- total fund allocation will go toward these CPAs,while purpose of the plan is to provide a means to sess the land, but this assessment will encom- the other 35 percent of the funds will be available correct resource problems that may be present. pass all of the resources - soil, water, air, plant statewide for addressing statewide priority resource The Natural Resources Conservation Service and animal - and will consider the potential concerns (SFRCs). In Michigan, the state Technical (NRCS, formerly the Soil Conservation Service) ramifications of a plan on the people living in Committee is chaired by the NRCS state conserva- provides the technical expertise that may be the area. A conservation plan will be drawn up tionist,Jane Hardisty. Jane explains that, "Michigan needed to design and implement systems to based on recommendations from the NRCS has approved 10 Conservation Priority Areas and six improve the resource situation. In the past, a Technical Guide just as before; however, various Statewide Priority Resource Concerns. In total, Michi- landowner would call up the NRCS resource con- conservation measures to address the resource gan has received '4.2 million for funding EQIP." servationist with a resource problem, the re- concerns will be idenrified. Jane Hardisty, Michi- EQIP fits into the conservation process as one source conservationist would go out and as- gan NRCS state conservationist states, "This potential source of funds for financial assistance. If, sessed the problem, and a conservation plan comprehensive new approach to conservation upon the resource assessment by the NRCS Resource would be formulated with the producer. The planning allows the producer greater flexibility, Conservationist, resource concerns are identified and conservation plan would contain technical rec- and at the same time meets all of the resource the land is in a CPAor the resource concerns fall into NRCSstate conservationist Jane Hardisty ommendations from the NRCS Technical Guide needs identified." In addition, potential funding one of the State-wide Priority Resource Concerns, then explains the details of the EQIPprogram. The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP):A Tool for (onservation Planning N t I 8 Centralized CPAs Michigan West Coast Specialty Crop CPAs Animal Manure CPAs EQIP conservation priority areas (CPAs) where the dollars are st. Joseph Rive, Basin CPA • Desaiption: and Green Manure Crop, Cross Wmd Stripcropping, Animal Manure Production Area CPA • Location: The Crockery Creek is a productive, high value cold Strip Intercropping, Vegetative Barners, Critical Area • Location: Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, St. water trout stream that is experiencing degradation Planting, Pasture and Hayland Planting, Grade Stabiliza- Clinton, Gratiot, Ionia, Montcalm, Kent, Ottawa, Joseph and Van Buren counties through sedimentation and nutrient and bacterial tion Structure, WmdbreaklShelterbelt Renovation, 'free Huron, Sanilac, Calhoun, Hillsdale, Jackson and • Designated NRCS Conservationist: deposition. The destruction of wildlife habitat by wet- Planting, Grassed Waterway, Water and Sediment Con- Allegan counties John Barclay, NRCS Centreville land conversion is also a resource concern in this CPA. trol Basin, Filter Strip, Steam Crossing and Uvcstock • Designated NRCS Conservationist: • Designated FSA County Executive Director: Improved manure, pestidde and nutriem manage- Access, Dike, Clearing and Snagging, Sediment Basin, Jim Scott, Ionia Sharon Hoch, St. Joseph County ment; restoration of wetlands; the installation of filter ~tIand Restoration, W~dIife ~tIand Habitat Manage- • Designated FSACounty Executive Director: • Desaiption: strips along streams and drains; and conservation till- ment, WtldIife Upland Habitat Management, Diversion, Betty Arp, Ionia County Prime fannland soils, a diversity of farm enterprises age are some of the conservation measures that will be Held Border, Waste Utilization, Riparian Buffer Areas, • Desaiption: and use of irrigation combined to form the unique taken to improve the natural £'e!OUtre concerns .. Use Exclusion, P~ Grazing, Chiseling and Sub- The ~. ~ure .Prodl!ction. CPt. includes five character of this St. joseph River Basin CPA.The reo Conservation prKtices eligible for cost soiling, Conservation Cove~ Nutrient Management, ..' focus in Mich~. Over 13 million tons of,aniinaJ, , source concerns identified in the area indude ground- share payments: Pest Management,' Agrichenucl1 COntainment Facility: . maiiure are prodticed frOm' the aninl3(tinits ifl this ' water quality and quantity, water and wind erosion, Critical Area Planning, Well Decommissioning, Above Ground Fuel Storage Facility,Streambank Pro- CPA. Lack of a proper manure management system conversion of prime farmland into non-agriculturnl Fence, Trough or Tank, Agrichemical Containment tection, field Stripcropping. can pose a threat to soil and water quality. Build-up of use, sedimem deposition into water bodies, and stre- Facility, Above Ground Fuel Storage Facility, Riparian phosphorus levels in the soil, nitrates and other con- ambank/shoreline erosion. It has been determined Buffer Strip, Streambank and Shoreline Protection, Huron -.d River Raisin Watersheds CPA taminants in ground and surface wate~ and erosion that more than 1.5 million acres will need conservation Grade Stabilization Structure, TreelShrub Establish- • Location: of streambanks and grazing areas are some of the systems, with these systems targeted at improving the ment, Grassed Waterway, Sediment Basin, ~tland HillsdaIe, Lenawee,jackson, Monroe and Washt- resource concerns in this CPA Manure management soil and water quality. The conservation systems used Development or Restoration, Waste Storage Facility, enaw counties and planned grazing systems will be designed and may include Integrated Conservation Cropping Sys- Composting Facility, Stream Crossing and livestock • Designated NRCS Conservationist: implemented to address these resource concerns. tems, Ground and Surface Water QualityIQuantity Access, WmdbreaklShelterbelt Renovation, Wmd- Tom Van Wagner, Adrian Conservation practices eligible for cost Systems, Uvcstock Management Systems, Water and breaklShelterbelt Establishment, Filter Strip. • Designated FSACounty Executive Director: share payments: Erosion Control Systems, ~n-head Protection, and UncI ~ practices eligible for Lois Bondy, Monroe County Agrichemical Containment Facility, Composting Integrated Crop Management Systems . Incentive payments: • Desaiption: Facility,Conservation Cove~ Critical Area Planting, ConMrvdon practices eligible for cost Conservation Crop Rotation, Filter Strip, Waste Seventy-five percent of the Huron and River Raisin Cross Wmd Trap Filter Strip, Cross Wmd Trap field .... payments: Utilization, Use Exclusion, Prescribed Grazing, Resi- Watershed CPAis in agricultural production with 95 Strip, Well Deoommissioning, Diversion, rence, Held Agrichemical Containmem Fadlity, Critical Area due Management, No Till/Strip Till, Mulch Till, Cover percent of the agriculturnlland classified as prime Wmdbreak, Filter Strip, AnimaI Waste Management Planting, Diversion, rence with Use Exclusion, Animal and Green Manure Crop, Conservation Cove~ Wild- farm land. The primary resource concerns of the CPA Filter Strip, Above Ground Fuel Storage Facility, Grade Waste Managemem Filter Strip, Above Ground Fuel life Wetland Habitat Management, Wildlife Upland are safe and sufficient water resourcesj productive Stabilization Structure, Grassed Waterway or Outlet, Storage Facility, Grade Stabilization Structure, Habitat Management, Nutrient Management, Inte. and sustainable soil resources and pestidde, nutrient Heavy Use Area Protection, Pasture and Hayland Plant- Grassed Waterway or Outlet, Heavy Use Area Protec- grated Crop Management, Chiseling and Sull;oiling. and manure management. To address these con- ing, Riparian Buffer Strips, Roof Runoff Management, tion, lined Waterway or Outlet, Riparian Buffer Strips, cerns, nutrient/manure management systems and Sediment Basin, Spring Development, Stream Crossing Sedimem Basin, Streambank and Shoreline Protec. s.gJnaw .., ANa CPA grazing management systems will be applied, riparian and Uvcstock Access, Streambank and Shoreline Pr0- tion, Stream Crossing and Uvestock Access, Tree! • Location: buffer areas will be restored or created, and wetlands tection, Structure for Water Control, TreelShrub Estab- Shrub Establishment, Use Exclusion, Waste Storage Arenac, Bay, Clare, Climon, Genesee, Gladwin, will be restored. lishment, Trough or Tank, Waste Storage Facility,Water Facility, Water and Sedimem Control Basin, ~ll De- Gratiot, Huron, loseo, Isabella, Lapeer, Macomb, Conservation practices eligible for cost and Sediment Control Basin, ~ll, Wetland Develop- commissioning, Wetland Development or Restora- Midland, St.CIair, Saginaw, Sanilac and Thscola .... payments: mem and Restoration, WmdbreaklShelterbelt Estab- tion, WmdbreaklShelterbelt Establishmem, Wmd- counties Agrichemical Containment Facility,Critical Area lishment, W111dbreaktShelterbelt Renovation. breaklShelterbelt Renovation. • Designated NRCSConservationist: Planting, Diversion, AnimaI Waste Management Filter Land management prllCtlces eligible for UncI .,.,ag.ment practices eligible for Jim Dickie, Saginaw Strip, Above Ground Fuel Storage Facility,Grade Stabj. Incentive payments: lnc:8ntIve payments: • Designated FSACounty Executive Director: lization Structure, Grassed Waterway or Outlet, lined Conservation Cropping Rotation both with and Conservation Cover, Conservation Crop Rota- john Porath, Huron County Waterway or Outlet, OIlitruction Removal, Pasture and without Residue Management, Cover and Green tion, Cover and Green Manure Crop, Cross Wmd • Desaiption: Hayland Planting, Sediment Basin, Streambank and Manure Crop, Cross Wmd Trap Filter Strip, Cross Strip Cropping, Cross Wmd Trap Filter Strip, Filter The Saginaw CPAincludes more than 3 milliQn Shoreline Protection, Stream Channel Stabilization, Wmd Trap field Strip, Filter Strip, Animal Waste Man- Strip, Irrigation Water Managemem, Nutrient Manage- acres, a majority of which are used for agricultural Stream Crossing and Uvcstock Access, Terrace, Under- agement Filter Strip, Wmdbreak and Shelterbelt Es- mem, Pasture and Hayland Planting, Pest Manage- production of some type. Traditional farming methods ground Outlet, Use Exclusion, 'kgetative Barriers, tablishment, Nutrient Management, Pest Manage- mem, Prescribed Grazing, Residue Managemem (No in this area have relied heavily on pestiddes' and fertiliz- Waste Storage Facility,Water and Sediment Control ment, Prescribed Grazing, Residue.Management: No Till, Strip Till and Mulch Till 30% Minimum), Field ers and have left the soil vulnerable to wind and water Basin, ~ll Deoommissioning, Wetland Development Till, Strip Till, Mulch Till, Ridge Till, Riparian Buffer Strip Cropping, Waste Utilization, Wildlife Upland ero;ion. Erosion has caused soil degradation as well as or Restoration, WmdbreaklShelterbelt Establishment Strips, Cross Wmd Stripcropping, Tree/Shrub Estab- Management, Wildlife Wetland Habitat Management. sedimentation and nutrient loading in the Saginaw Bay LMId ...... gemem practices eligible for lishment, Use Exclusion, Waste Utilization, Wildlife and its tributaries. To address these resource concerns, InclMItIve pIIJIIIMIts: Wetland Habitat Management. Crockery CrMk Wa.1hecI CPA conservation tillage systems, manure, pesticide and Conservation Cover, Conservation Crop Rota- • Location: nutrient management systems, filter strips, and stream- tion, Contour Farming, Cover and Green Manure, Maumee River Watershed CPA Kent,.Newaygo and Ottawa counties bank stabilization measures will be encouraged Cross Wmd Stripcropping, Cross Wmd Trap Strip, • Location: • Designated NRCS Conservationist: c:on..rv.tIon practices eligible for cost Filter Strip, Nutrient Management, Prescribed Graz- Hillsdale and Lenawee counties Greg Mund, Fremont ..... pIIJIMIIts: ing, Residue Management, No Till, Strip Till, Mulch • Designated NRCS Conservationist: • Designated FSACounty Executive Director: Conservation Cropping Rotation, Residue Man- Till, Riparian Buffer Strips, Contour Stripcropping, Dennis Haskins, Hillsdale Dave Bain, Kent County agement, WUldbreak;Shelterbelt Establishment, Cover Held Stripcropping, Waste Utilization. • Designated FSACounty Executive Director: The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP): A Tool for (onservation Planning Dave Williams, Hillsdale Les Hainey, Berrien Springs this priority area rely on alternative drinking water and complementary way with existing programs, in- • Description: • Designated FSA County Executive Director: sources due to well contamination. Pest and nutrient cluding EPXs Section 319 program, the 14 Great Lakes The Maumee River ~tershed covers three states - Dave Mroczek, Berrien County management systems, abandoned well closures, vege. Areas of Concern (AOO), the 13 ~ter Quality Incen- Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. Soil erosion has caused • Description: tative filter strips and land use exclusion systems will be tive Program Areas (WQIP), and the four PL-S66Water- excessive sedimentation in the Toledo Harbor in Ohio The Michigan West Coast Specialty Crop CPA implemented to address this water quality problem. shed Projects in Michigan. and the St.Joseph River in Indiana. Pesticide contami- consists of three areas of focus and extends the Conservdon practices eligible for cost III. Groundwater Resource Protedion nation and turbidity have caused drinking water quality . length of Michigan's Lower Peninsula west coast, a ..... payments: Systems problems. Habitat loss of endangered species found in prime area for the production of fruit and vegeta- Well Decommissioning, Underground Outlet, • Desaiption: the tributaries of this watershed is an additional con- bles. The intensive nature of fruit and vegetable Diversion, Use Exclusion, Above Ground Fuel Storage Groundwater Resource Protection Systems cern. To address these resource concerns, conserva- production results in the heavy use of pesticides Facility,Agrichemical Containment Facility, Fdterstrip, address the single focus of water resources in terms tion systems will be installed to reduce soil erosion and and fenilizers as well as inadequate soil protection Riparian Buffer Stri~, ~ter and Sediment Control of groundwater quality. The issues involved include protect endangered species habitat. from wind and water erosion. To address these Basin, Wc1steStorage Facility, Trough or Tank, Stream agrichemical and nitrogen leaching and runoff to Conservation practices eligible for cost resource concerns, agrichemical and fuel storage Crossing and livestock Access, Spring Development, recharge areas and the leaching of agricultural petro- share payments: structures and integrated crop management sys- Grassed ~terway or Oudet, Roof Runoff Manage- leum products into the groundwater. Protection of Sediment Basin, Diversion, Grade Control Struc- tems will be planned and applied, and conservation ment, Wen. recharge areas by removing risk of direct discharge tures, Grassed ~terway, Streambank Stabilization, systems to reduce erosion and protect water re- IMId management pnctices eligible for from abandoned wells and Karst areas and surface Stream Channel Stabilization, Terraces and ~ter Con- sources will be planned and implemented. incentive payments: contamination of ground/surface water interfaces. trol and Stabilization Basin, Tree Planting, 'Xetland Conservation practices eligible for cost Wc1steManagement System, Nutrient Manage- IV.Riparian Corridor Management Restoration, Agrichemical Containment Facility. share payments: ment System, Pest Management System, ~te Utiliza- Systems Land management practices eligible for • Location 1: tion, Prescribed Grazing, Residue Management, Con . • Description: incentive payments: Grand Traverse Bay area - Critical Area Planting, servation Cover, Septic Drainfield Maintenance, Cover Riparian Corridor Management Systems address the Conservation Cover, Conservation Crop Rota- Well Decommissiol)ing, Agrichemical Containment and Green Manure Crop, Critical Area Planting, full range of natural resource concerns that occur in the tion, Residue Management, Contour Farming, Cover Facility, Fuel Containment Facility, Riparian Buffer - Farm*A*Syst, Conservation Crop Rotation, Fence, riparian zone of surface waters and wetlands. They in- Crop, Critical Area Planting, Riparian Buffer, Fdter Strip, Strips, Streambank and Shoreline Erosion Protec- Pasture and HayIand Planting. dude soil resource concerns related to excessive soil Pasture and Hayland Planting, Nutrient Management, tion, Heavy Use Area Protection, Field Windbreak, eroOOn from water aM m of proteetive vegetaOOn at Pesticide Management, Wetland Wddlife Habitat, Up- Grade Stabilization Structure, Wmdbreak Renova- Bays de Noc CPA the water's edge. Water resource concerns are related to land Wddlife Habitat tion, Grassed Waterway, Diversion, Sediment Basin, • Location: agrichemicaI runoff and aa:eIerated sedimentation. Water and Sediment Control Basins. Alger, Delta, Dickinson, Iron, Marquette and Me- Gra2ing lands concerns deal with excessive soil eroiion Capital Area CPA • Location 2: nominee counties due to poor pasture management and animal mntrol. • Location: Central \lest Michi~ area - Critical Area Planting, • Designated NRCS Conservationist: ~ concerns are related to thaie ~ that are Clinton, Eaton and Ingham counties ~ Decornmissionin AgrichemicaI Containment David Higbee, Stephenson ~ to agricultural runoff mntaminated with phns- • Designated NRCS Conservationist: Facility,AlxM: Ground fud Storage Facility,Riparian • Designated FSA County EXecutive Director: phorus and sediment WIldlife habitat concerm deal with Steve Law, St. Johns Buffer Stripi, Streamlxmk and Shoreline ProtecOOn, Earl Bass, Menominee County halitat that has been degr.rled due to bis of native • Designated FSA County Executive Director: Heavy Use Area Protection, Wmdbreak and Shelterbelt • Description: plants and bis ofbiOOiYersity and fragmenraoon. Andrew Calcaterra RenoVcuioo, Wmdbreak and Shelterbelt EstlbliWnent, The Bays de Noc CPAis located in Michigan's south- V.Integrated Conservation Cropping • Desaiption: Grade StalJiImuion SbUCture, Pasture and HayIand Plant- central Upper Peninsu1a. Soil erosion due to steep, Systems The Capital Area CPAincludes Ingham, Eaton and ing, 1l'eeIShrub EstabIistunent, Grassed Waterway, Diver- shallow soils in the region, agrichemicaI run-off and • Desaiption: Clinton counties in central lower Michigan. Due to sion, Sediment Basin, Water and Sediment Control Ba- leaching, animal waste disposal and loss of native wild- Integrated Conservation Cropping Systems address interstate highway expansion and suburban sprawl, sins, ~tIarxl Development and Restoration, <:russ Wmd life habitat are the major resource concerns in this CPA four resource concerns. The soil resources that will be prime f.umland is at risk of being lost to development. Trap Held StrillS, <:russ Wmd Thlp Filter Stri~. Conservation systems comprised of animal manure addressed include excessive wind and water erosion Intensive agricultural practices are causing an increase • Location 3: management systems, nutrient and pest management and increasing compaction. The water resources have in the amount of soil, pesticides and animal manures Southwest Michigan area - Critical Area Planting, systems, abandoned well closures and wildlife habitat the following concerns: agrichemical runoff, accelercu- entering ground and surface waters. To address these ~ Decornmissionin AgrichemicaI Containment creation, restoration and enhancement will be imple- ed sedimentation, agrichemical leaching, and improper resourch:oncerns, conservatiori" systems 'are needed . Facility,.FueJconiainment Focilitf, Riparian Buffer Stri~, mented to address these resource concerns. irrigation water management ~ are being on 100,000 acres. Some of the pcictiCes thai niay be StreamOOnk and Shoreline Protection, Heavy Use Area Conservation practices eligible for cost threatened by sedimentation as a result of excessive included in these systems are rotation and tillage sys- Protection, FJeld Wmdbreak, Grade StalJiImuion Struc- .... payments: soil erosion from adjacent cropland. Lastly, the loss and tems for row and spedalty cro~, riparian buffer and ture, ~ and Legumes in Rotation, 'free;Shrub Agrichemical Containment Facility, Compnsting degradation of wildlife habitat that serves ~ a buffer filter stri~, structural practices with management Establishment, Wmdbreak Renovation, Grassed Water- Facility, Critical Area Planting, Diversion, Fence, Fdter between cropland and surface waters is a concern. systems to control erosion and to protect groundwater way, Diversion, Sediment Basin, Water and Sediment Strip, Animal Wc1steFdter Strip, Flsh Stream improve- VI. Animal Produdion Management from run-off of agrichemicals and fertilizers. Control Basins, ~ Restoration, Cross WUldTrap ment, Forest Harvest Trails and Landings, Above Systems Conservation practices eligible for cost Stri~. Ground Fuel Storage Facility, Grade Stabili74tion Struc- • Desaiption: share payments: Land management practices eligible for ture' Grassed Waterway or Outlet, Irrigation with Water Animal PrOOuction Management Systems :rliress soil Compnsting, Agrichemical Containment Facility, incentive payments: Conveyance Pipe, Obstruction RernovaI, Pond, Roof resources in termS of thaie land areas with escalating Critical Area Planting, Diversion, Fence, Animal Wc1ste • Location 1: Run-otf Management, Streambank and Shoreline Pr0- ~ ~ aOOYe 300 (X>UrxIs pera:re. Water Fdter Strip, Above Ground Fuel Storage, Grade Stabili- Grand Traverse Bay area - Residue Manage- tection, Stream Crossing and livestock Access, 'frough resources are a concern in terms of animal manure zation Structure, Grassed Waterway or Outlet, Heavy ment, Cover and Green Manure Crop, Filter Strips, or Tank, Waste Storage Facility, Water and Sediment runoff to surfuce waters, waste ~ rneth