www.deq.state.mi.us John Engler, Governor ◆ Russell J. Harding, Director Michigan Agricultural Pollution Prevention
Directory
PREVENTING POLLUTION IS THE BEST SOLUTION
Environmental Assistance Division Department of Environmental Quality October 2000 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Michigan Projects Animal Agriculture Initiative...... 1 Cattlemen’s Association Water Quality Information Project...... 1 Clean Corporate Citizens Program (C3) ...... 2 Clean Water Act, Section 319, Watershed Projects ...... 2 Crop Protection Product Container Recycling ...... 3 Effective, Economical Manure Management With Composting (MIFFS)...... 4 Environmental Assurance Program (Pork Producers) ...... 4 Environmental Audit Privilege and Immunity...... 5 Environmental Respect Awards (DuPont)...... 5 Farm*A*Syst/Field*A*Syst Programs ...... 6 Innovative Farmers ...... 6 Innovative Farmers of Michigan ...... 6 Capitol Area Innovative Farmers ...... 7 Innovative Farmers of South Central Michigan ...... 7 MASA On-Farm Demonstrations ...... 8 Mercury Awareness for Michigan Dairy Farmers ...... 8 Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP) ...... 8 Michigan Business Pollution Prevention Partnership ...... 8 Michigan Clean Sweep...... 9 Michigan Groundwater Stewardship Program ...... 9 Michigan Integrated Food and Farming Systems (MIFFS) ...... 9 Partners for Pesticide Environmental Stewardship ...... 10 Pesticide Decision Tool for Integrated Pesticide Selection and Management ...... 10 Pollution Prevention Strategy for Michigan Agriculture ...... 11 Project GREEEN...... 11 Retired Engineer Technical Assistance Program (RETAP) ...... 12 Small Business Pollution Prevention (P2) Loan Program...... 12 Additional Projects Agri-21 Farming Systems ...... 13 Best Management Practices Manual and Training Program for Wheat Growers ...... 13 Biologically Integrated Orchard Systems (BIOS)...... 14 Center for Alternative Agriculture Systems ...... 14 Chesapeake Farms Project ...... 14 Dairy Network Partnership ...... 14 Farm Services Precision Farming ...... 15 Forest Water Quality Initiative ...... 15 Great Lakes Intensive Rotational Grazing Network...... 16 Groundwater Guardian: A Program for Communities Protecting Groundwater ...... 16 Know Your Watershed Campaign ...... 17 Managing Nonpoint Source Pollution in Agriculture ...... 17 Nutrient Management “Yardsticks” ...... 18 Operation Green Stripe ...... 18 Poultry Water Quality Consortium...... 19 Save Our Streams ...... 19 Total Quality Management for Dairy, Meat, and Milk ...... 19 Guides and Materials Agriculture Compliance Assistance Center...... 20 Agriculture Pollution Prevention (AgP2) Case Studies ...... 20 Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) ...... 20 Eating Organically: A Guide to Michigan’s Organic Food Producers and Related Businesses ...... 21 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Environmental Resource Directory ...... 21 EnviroScape ...... 21 Institute for Alternative Agriculture ...... 21 Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture ...... 21 Michigan Recycled Materials Market Directory ...... 22 Michigan State University Bulletin Office ...... 22 Who’s Who In Michigan IPM Directory ...... 22 Michigan Contacts Crop Consultants ...... 23 Dairy Equipment and Suppliers ...... 37 Farm*A*Syst Contacts...... 37 Fencing...... 39 Financial Assistance ...... 39 Laboratory Services ...... 39 Manure Application/Equipment Rental ...... 39 Manure Handling ...... 40 Manure Testing Laboratories ...... 40 Michigan Clean Sweep Contacts...... 41 Michigan Groundwater Stewardship Program ...... 42 Michigan State University Extension: Area of Expertise (AoE) Teams ...... 43 Seed Suppliers ...... 45 Silo Repair ...... 46 Well Drillers...... 46 Agencies/Organizations Michigan Agricultural Associations...... 47 Michigan Agricultural Stewardship Association (MASA)...... 51 Association of Conservation Districts ...... 51 Michigan Department of Agriculture ...... 55 Field Offices ...... 55 Michigan Department of Environmental Quality ...... 55 District Field Offices ...... 55 Michigan Integrated Food and Farming Systems (MIFFS) ...... 56 Michigan Organic Food & Farm Alliance (MOFFA) ...... 57 Michigan State University: Area of Expertise Teams ...... 57 Michigan State University Extension ...... 57 Michigan Watershed Organizations ...... 62 Organic Growers of Michigan...... 64 USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA)...... 65 USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service ...... 65 Agriculture Pollution Prevention Case Studies...... 67 Emergency Phone Numbers ...... 68 Agriculture Pollution Prevention Stewardship Survey ...... 69 INTRODUCTION
Acknowledgments Portions of this publication were duplicated from, and in conjunction with, a national cooperative effort called Partnerships for Pollution Solutions. The sponsors (listed on the back cover) recognize the need to protect resources through increased use of pollution prevention practices and partnership- building. A special thanks is extended to Richard Castelnuovo of the National Farm*A*Syst/Home*A*Syst pro- gram office for original development of the national directory from which extensive excerpts were taken to complete the Michigan directory.
How to Use This Directory This directory is intended to be used as a tool for individual farm operators, as well as agency and private sector staff who assist farmers, in taking actions to prevent pollution. Policy makers will find the directory beneficial for exploring approaches that increase the effectiveness of voluntary pollution prevention programs. Farmers and ranchers can use this tool to identify sources of assistance.
Purpose To inform leaders in the agriculture industry, producer groups, public agencies, and environmental groups about practical pollution prevention solutions and programs. To highlight private and public sector rural initiatives that reduce negative impacts of agriculture on our natural resources by: • identifying support mechanisms for creating partnerships that benefit voluntary programs; • identifying successful programs and examples of practical tools to take back to local communities; and • creating greater awareness and support of pollution prevention producer organizations, agri- businesses, and related industries. To build partnerships between farm organizations and the agri-business community that result in increased use of proactive, practical responses to environmental issues. To support and increase leadership from rural communities to deal with environmental issues.
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This information is intended as a resource to encourage pollution prevention through reduction, reuse, and recycling. Neither the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality nor its employees assume any legial liability or responsibility for the information, products, services, or processes disclosed. INTRODUCTION
The Michigan Agricultural Pollution Prevention Directory was prepared by the Partnerships for Pollution Solutions work group consisting of individuals representing organizations with a common concern for protecting our natural resources. The committee recognizes the growing need to protect Michigan’s resources through increased use of pollution prevention practices and by building partnerships between the private sector and public agencies. This directory highlights pollution prevention programs that originating from the private sector, and programs enhancing partnerships between the private sector and public agencies. Entries selected for the directory meet two or more of the following objectives. They: • protect rural families’ water, soil, and/or air from contamination • protect natural resources • promote private and public pollution prevention partnerships • remove barriers to voluntary pollution prevention Resolving agricultural pollution presents difficult challenges compared to those strategies applied to industrial pollution. It requires new approaches building a voluntary commitment to solving the problem. The private sector must be a critical part of the effort to prevent agricultural pollution. Michigan recognizes and supports private sector contributions in order to make progress toward a cleaner and healthier environment.
Pointing Toward Prevention Turning to the Private Sector Pollution prevention is the key to future environmental In the long run, the success of prevention depends policies and programs. It can be more cost-effective on building strong links with the private sector. than treatment or remediation. The agricultural sector Government is not able to shoulder the entire burden. is an ideal candidate for pollution prevention Debt-conscious public officials are scaling back strategies. Agricultural pollution does not lend itself government on all levels and cannot meet public to past solutions developed to treat and control demand for environmental amenities. The private discharges from point sources. Unlike industry, sector can fill the gaps by providing the goods and agricultural pollution is not confined to a limited services needed by farmers to prevent pollution. number of identifiable sources and is not amenable The private sector is in a unique position to spur to end-of-the-pipe treatments. Farm pollution sources voluntary action by making products and services are diffuse and vary in their impact from one farm to available for farmers to carry out responsible actions. the next. Properly stimulated, the market can provide products Pollution prevention has become increasingly and services farmers need to take voluntary action to important with the emerging interest in sustainable prevent pollution. development. The President’s Council on Consider the case of farm chemical dealers and Sustainable Development places sustainable independent crop consultants. These providers are agriculture at the heart of our vision of a sustainable finding a growing demand for pollution prevention future. Environmental protection is one of many services such as intensive soil testing, scouting of necessary ingredients to build sustainable crop fields for pests before spraying pesticides, and communities. In agriculture, environmental protection calibration of agrichemical application equipment. A depends on pollution prevention through sound number of factors are pushing these private sector management of land and farm operations. players in the direction of “green” services. Other Applied to agriculture, pollution prevention includes businesses can recognize these signals and respond reduction in the use of hazardous substances, to new opportunities. identification of alternatives to environmentally Honoring agricultural initiatives within the community threatening production processes, and modification is also important. Recognizing innovation not only of practices or structures to prevent releases of highlights outstanding efforts that merit adoption by threatening substances. The benefits of prevention others, it alerts elected officials to private efforts worth are not confined to cleaner water, soil, and air. By supporting. Producer groups that are intimately practicing prevention, farmers can increase efficiency familiar with the operations of their members can and improve their bottom line. identify best management practices. Individual farmers alone cannot be expected to meet Following the lead of the National Pork Producers the challenge of incorporating pollution prevention into Council and the National Association of Wheat agriculture. This requires a broad-based commitment Growers, producer groups can encourage voluntary to ensure that prevention concepts are built into adoption of these practices among their members. management decisions that are made daily on farms Manufacturers, food processors, and dealers can also throughout the country. provide information and incentives to support the use of environmentally sound practices. MICHIGAN PROJECTS
ANIMAL AGRICULTURE CATTLEMEN’S ASSOCIATION INITIATIVE WATER QUALITY INFORMATION PROJECT Contact: Dick Lehnert 312 Agriculture Hall PRODUCER EDUCATION East Lansing, MI 48823 Phone: 517/432-1555 PROGRAM Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.animalag.msu.edu National Cattlemen’s Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 300 Michigan’s livestock industries face unique challenges, and Washington, DC 20004 the Animal Initiative is Michigan’s unique way of addressing Phone: 202/347-0228, Fax: 202/638-0607 them. Local Contact: Kathleen Hawkins Formally the Revitalization of Animal Agriculture in Michigan Michigan Cattleman’s Association Initiative, the Animal Agriculture Initiative is a partnership PO Box 24041 that including Michigan livestock producers and their Lansing, MI 48909-4041 organizations, the state Department of Agriculture and two Phone: 517/347-8117, Fax: 517/347-0919 colleges and five departments at Michigan State University. Email: [email protected] Working as a coalition of animal industry leaders, this Web: http://www.beef.org coalition identifies and prioritizes industry needs. MSU Although national attention is focused on Congress and researchers, teachers and Extension personnel compete EPA for legislation and regulation, water quality programs for special Animal Initiative funding by proposing projects are implemented at the state level, and more importantly, that address those needs. the application of site specific management practices are carried out at the farm, feedlot and ranch level. In early 1995, a survey of the State Associations was conducted for the Water Quality Information Program by Denver staff. The results emphasized the diversity among states in terms of staffing, interests in water quality as an issue, and needs. A Task Force of State Association staff and NCBA members and staff developed the Water Quality Information Guide to encourage producer involvement in water quality, provided guidelines for involvement, and let others know of the industry’s commitment to addressing environmental issues. The Task Force also encouraged the use of NCBA’s resources to assist with water quality management information delivery as a component of the efforts of the Property Rights and Environmental Management Committee. The Guide is organized to provide information for involvement at the cattle operation and watershed management levels, both with policy formation and in the legal arena. It also includes sources for help and lists of additional resources available. The Guide is a starting point to understanding the issue and providing information for action by the beef cattle producer. Environmental management for water quality protection must recognize the uniqueness of resource sites. General and generic practices can be offered as examples for water quality management. This Guide is designed to provide information to beef cattle producers. It is not implied to offer a remedy for site specific situations, nor does it establish specific industry standards.
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CLEAN WATER ACT, SECTION 319, WATERSHED PROJECTS
Surface Water Quality Division-DEQ PO Box 30273 Lansing, MI 48909-7773 Phone: 517/373-1949 Web: http://www.deq.state.mi.us/swq/nps/projects1/ ongoing_319.htm The goal of a watershed project is to inform and educate local citizens on the value of clean water and to help them make changes in their community to protect water resources. The Nonpoint Source Program supports watershed projects that seek to demonstrate new and CLEAN CORPORATE innovative best management practices and provide information and education to watershed residents. Projects CITIZENS PROGRAM (C3) have been funded that address many different pollutant sources found on different land uses such as agriculture, Contact: Valerie Haan, DEQ urban lands, forests, and recreational areas. Projects have Environmental Assistance Division focused on such issues as land use planning, community- P.O. Box 30457 based education, and ground water protection. Lansing, MI 48909-7957 Cass River Watershed Livestock Exchange Phone: 800/662-9278, Fax: 517/335-4729 Sanilac Conservation District Email: [email protected] Phone: 810/648-2116 Web: http://www.deq.state.mi.us/ead/tasect/c3 Donnell Lake--MSU The C3 program is built on the concept that existing Michigan State University Institute of Water Research Michigan establishments, having consistently demonstrated Phone: 517/355-3742 a strong environmental ethic and stewardship, can be relied upon to carry out their environmental protection Dowagiac River Watershed Project responsibilities without rigorous oversight. These facilities Cass County Soil Conservation District should enjoy greater regulatory flexibility than those not Phone: 616/445-8643 having demonstrated that level of environmental Garden Peninsula Aquifer Protection Project awareness. Delta-Menominee District Health Department The program requires environmental performance in three Phone: 906/786-4111 areas: environmental management systems (EMS), Integrated Cropping Systems pollution prevention (P2), and environmental compliance. Innovative Farmers (Huron County) The regulatory benefits for a C3 are provided in the air Phone: 517/269-6099 quality, surface water quality, underground storage tank, and waste management programs. Little Rabbit River Allegan Soil Conservation District Participation in the C3 program is voluntary. An existing Phone: 616/673-8903 establishment, located in Michigan, seeks C3 designation through an application process. The application must be North Branch of the Bad River completed in full. The establishments is required to provide Gratiot Soil Conservation District public notice and a forum for public review of the complete Phone: 517/875-3401 application and supporting material including a summary North Branch Salt River of the establishment’s EMS and P2 programs. Following Isabella Soil Conservation District public review, the application and supporting Phone: 517/772-9152 documentation are submitted to the DEQ for review and subsequent approval or denial of C3 designation. A C3 Pigeon River designation is renewable annually and could be lost if the Timberland Resource Conservation and Development Council Directory determines that criteria are not being met. Phone: 616/956-8019
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Pine Creek CROP PROTECTION Dickinson Soil and Water Conservation District Phone: 906/774-8441 PRODUCT CONTAINER Rabbit River RECYCLING Allegan Conservation District Phone: 616/673-8965 Contact: Jack Knorek, MDA Rifle River Phone: 517/335-2874 Saginaw Bay RC&D Email: [email protected] Phone: 517/684-5650 Web: http://www.mda.state.mi.us/environm/groundwater/ other/recycle/index.html South Branch of the Big Salt River Isabella Soil Conservation District The Michigan Groundwater Stewardship Program, in Phone: 517/772-9152 partnership with members of the Michigan Agri-Business Association (MABA), sponsors the Container Recycling Sprong Lake Inlet Program. Every year between 500,000 and 600,000 two- Branch County Soil Conservation District point-five gallon pesticide containers are used by Michigan Phone: 517/278-2725 growers and custom pesticide applicators. If not recycled, Total Nutrient Management they would cost over $155,00 to dispose of and would take Michigan State University Extension (Huron County) up over 6,200 cubic yards of landfill space or cover an Phone: 517/269-9949 acre of land nearly four feet deep. Michigan’s pesticide dealers are providing container collection and grind sites. Back in 1994, the number of pesticide dealers participating totaled 85. In 1996, all Michigan dealerships participated. The chances are the dealers you normally work with are involved in the Michigan Pesticide Container Recycling Program. Give them a call and find out when they are accepting containers. All you have to do is make sure your containers are in proper condition and transport them to your dealership. Preparing the Containers for Recycling: Make sure your containers are in proper condition before taking them to your dealership for recycling. For pesticide containers to be recycled they must be: • Empty: Containers must be free of any visible sign of pesticide or pesticide residue to be recycled. • Clean: Pressure rinse or triple rinse containers as soon as possible after they are emptied to prevent the product from drying and sticking to the container. Containers that have dried formulation in or on them can not be recycled. • Dry: Clean containers must be kept dry. Keep them inside or stored in plastic bags. The individuals doing the recycling have no way to dispose of liquid in plastic containers. • Cap Free: Caps are frequently made out of types of plastic that cannot be recycled. Just dispose of them as a normal solid waste.
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EFFECTIVE, ECONOMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANURE MANAGEMENT ASSURANCE PROGRAM— WITH COMPOSTING PORK PRODUCERS Michigan Integrated Food and National Pork Producers Council Farming Systems (MIFFS) P.O. Box 10383 Des Moines, IA 50306 MIFFS LIVESTOCK MANURE COMPOSTING TEAM Phone: 515/223-2633, Fax: 515/223-2646 Contact: Tom Guthrie Email: [email protected] PO Box 4903 Web: http://www.nppc.org Lansing, MI 48826 Local Contact: Sam Hines-MI Phone: 517/432-0712, Fax: 517/353-1812 Phone: 517/699-2145 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.msu.edu/~miffs This voluntary program is sponsored jointly by state pork producer organizations and the National Pork Producer Composting of livestock manure reduces odors, flies, slop Council. The program has two primary components — a on the roads, and large investments in storage-pumps- half-day workshop led by local experts and an on-farm handling equipment and volume, which cuts the number environmental assessment producers conduct themselves. of trips to the field. Labor requirements are about the The mission of the pork industry’s Environmental same or less as daily haul. At an average 1300#/cubic Assurance Program is to provide pork producers with yd., compost spreads uniformly and can be used on fields practical and proactive educational information to enable farther from the barn. It improves soil quality and is a them to identify and economically address the key desirable, marketable product for sale off the farm to management issues affecting the environmental quality of gardeners, landscapers and lawn care businesses. their operation and their communities. Composting involves mixing a carbon source (straw, The program has four parts: sawdust, leaves, etc.) with a nitrogen source (manure), forming a windrow of these combined materials, and then 1. Knowing Where You Stand — At the beginning of the maintaining the correct temperature, carbon dioxide, and workshop, the producer spends time doing a oxygen levels. A carbon nitrogen ratio of 25-30:1 with about confidential personal audit of his/her operation. 60-65% moisture content is the starting point. Windrows 2. Understanding Fundamentals — Water, air, nutrient, should be built on a good bearing surface and parallel to and facility management comprise the key areas of the slope (2-4%). The composting process must remain the program’s instructional workshop. Producers will aerobic and is turned/mixed at least once a week or when learn, for example, about the hydrology and geology o o temperature ranges from 140 - 160 F. At these conditions, of water so they can better understand and manage weed seeds and pathogens are killed, loss of nitrogen to water quality. ammonia is minimized, and beneficial microbes convert the carbon/manure to humus in about 60-80 days. A geotextile 3. Learning About Regulations — Keeping current on blanket is used over the windrows to shed excess rainfall complex regulations and paperwork is a job in itself. and reduce leaching and runoff of nutrients. Runoff is treated Experts will provide producers with what they need to through a grass filter strip and released onto cropland. know to avoid problems now rather than react to them later. LIVESTOCK/MANURE COMPOSTING SITES 4. Judging Yourself — The most important part of the Joe Slater-Holton Twp., Muskegon Co. Environmental Assurance Program comes when Phone: 231/821-2843 producers thoroughly evaluate their own operation after 60 cow dairy with straw/hay and leaves they have attended a workshop. Producers judging Bob Wackernagel-White River Twp., Musk. Co. themselves is the road map for action. Phone: 231/893-0087 In addition to the program’s four primary elements, state 110 cow dairy with sawdust pork producer associations are urged to include Tom Guthrie-Delton, Barry Co. instructions on nutrient management plans, emergency action plans, community/neighbor relations activities, and Phone: 616/623-2261 other similar environmental efforts. The program is unique Cow/calf with straw and leaves in that it enables educational material and pertinent Brad Morgan-Sears, Osceola Co. information to flow continuously from environmental Phone: 231/734-2790 experts to pork producers. 240 cow dairy with sawdust and leaves
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ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT PRIVILEGE AND IMMUNITY
Contact: Steve Holmi, DEQ Environmental Assistance Division P.O. Box 30457 Lansing, MI 48909-7957 Phone: 800/662-9278, Fax: 517/335-4729 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.deq.state.mi.us/ead/audit It is important to the success of Michigan’s environmental protection efforts that businesses, municipalities, and public agencies take self-initiated actions to assess or audit their compliance with environmental laws and correct any violations found. For example, it is estimated that thousands of small businesses in Michigan have never ENVIRONMENTAL RESPECT applied for or obtained necessary environmental permits, fearing the disclosure of information to state agencies AWARDS--DUPONT would lead to enforcement and penalties. The Environmental Audit Privilege and Immunity Law provides E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Inc. incentives for businesses to perform environmental audits Agricultural Products-Walker’s Mill and promptly report and correct violations. This will lead to Contact: Roger Rohrbough increased compliance with environmental requirements and Barley Mill Plaza further protection of Michigan’s outstanding natural resources. Wilmington, DE 19880-0038 Phone: 302/992-2609, Fax: 302/992-2935 Web: http://www.precisionag.com Local Contact: Randall Ettema Email: [email protected] Environmental Respect Awards are sponsored by DuPont Agricultural Products and conducted by Dealer PROGRESS Magazine to honor agricultural retailers across America for their environmental stewardship and broadcast that good news to the general public. Now in its tenth year, the program honors selected state, regional, and one national winner, annually. Each winner receives a crystal trophy that symbolizes environmental excellence and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., to meet with members of Congress involved in agriculture and the environment. The awards serve a dual purpose—they recognize retailers for their commitment to customers, communities, and the environment. They also cause elected officials and the general public to recognize the many agricultural professionals who are taking a lead in environmental stewardship. DuPont Agricultural Products offer several services to lead retailers toward environmental stewardship. These services include specially designed equipment, containers, and packaging used to transport and handle pesticides and expert knowledge and assistance in preventing environmental contamination. There is also 24-hour telephone assistance available.
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FARM*A*SYST/FIELD*A*SYST INNOVATIVE FARMERS MDA Groundwater Stewardship Program Innovative Farmers of Michigan Contact: Jim LeCureux, Extension Agent 1460 South Van Dyke National Office: Farm*A*Syst/Field*A*Syst Bad Axe, MI 48413 B142 Steenbock Library Phone: 517/269-6099, Fax: 517/269-8421 550 Babcock Dr. Email: [email protected] Madison, WI 53706 Phone: 608/262-0024, Fax: 608/265-2775 The Innovative Farmers of Michigan is a grass roots Local Contact: Allen Krizek, MDA farmer’s organization working to develop cropping systems Phone: 517/373-9813 that are agronomic, economically feasible and Email: [email protected] environmentally sound. They were organized in 1994 for Web: http://www.mda.state.mi.us/environm/groundwater/ the purpose of developing alternative cropping systems to local/index.html reduce erosion, improve soil health and improve family farm income. A partnership between government and private industry, Farm*A*Syst provides individual landowners with The group promotes voluntary solutions to non-point source knowledge, technical assistance, and the tools to prevent problems. Some of the activities include field days at the pollution from nitrates, microorganisms, and toxic plot sites, twilight tours for members, programs for chemicals. members and special newsletters. The national office (jointly supported by USDA Cooperative The group is comparing and evaluating fall plow, fall chisel, Extension, Education and Research Service, USDA Natural trans-till and zone tillage systems in a corn, dry bean and Resources Conservation Services, and US EPA) supports sugar beet rotation. The “Integrated Cropping Systems locally based Farm*A*Syst programs in nearly every state. study is being conducted on two forty acre parcels located in Huron County. The Innovative Farmers are looking at The program’s success relies on private sector involvement all of the production inputs and are adjusting the various by petroleum marketers, farm cooperatives, farm inputs to maximize the potential for each tillage system. In organizations, and others. These groups promote addition, soil measurements are being taken to determine Farm*A*Syst among their customers and members, and the impact of each system on water infiltration, bulk density, increase participation by landowners. Their involvement fertilization, and mineralization. is expanding the products and services individuals need to prevent pollution. Landowners even have ready access While the cropping systems study is the focal point of the to technical assistance from private sector experts. Innovative Farmers project, the group is also involved in a number of other activities. In the last two years, 25 on- Farmers, ranchers, and rural residents have accepted this farm fertilizer containment facilities have been cost-shared voluntary approach, because it stresses personal with grants from the MDA’s Groundwater Protection responsibility and respects confidentiality. They appreciate Program. With a grant from the MDEQ, the group has the way the program pulls together legal and technical worked on site-specific farming with each study site being requirements in a way that non-experts can understand. grid sampled. Easy-to-use worksheets enable landowners to assess pollution risks related to drinking water wells, petroleum Finally, the Innovative Farmers have moved into added- use, pesticide handling, manure management, and other value with many of the members involved in the Thumb topics. Management plans equip landowners to make Oilseed Producer’s Cooperative, an alfalfa processing responsible decisions to protect their family’s health, study and investigating aquaculture opportunities. preserve the value of their land, and avoid legal liability. For specific local contacts, see pg. 37 under Michigan Contacts.
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Capitol Area Innovative Farmers (CAIF) Contact: Mark Hansen, Extension Agent PO Box 309, 121 E Maple Mason, MI 48854-0319 Phone: 517/676-7207, Fax: 517/676-7288 Email: [email protected] The CAIF is a grass roots farmer’s organization working to enhance education and profitability among mid-Michigan producers through educational activities and value-added exploration. The 2000 group represents over 50,000 acres of farmland in Ingham, Eaton, and Jackson Counties. The mission of the organization is: 1) To promote research and demonstrations that will make the Capital Area’s agricultural industry efficient, economical, and environmentally sound. 2) To aid in the development and expansion of new technology in agriculture. 3) To increase awareness and educate the public on current agricultural issues and trends. 4) To provide a forum for discussion of agriculture and environmental issues. The group’s activities include informal discussions, Innovative Farmers of South Central educational forums, educational tours, newsletters, and Michigan networking with other Innovative Farmers in Michigan as Contact: Natalie Rector, MSU Extension Agent well as other states and Canada. The Innovative Farmers 315 W. Green St. publish their field demonstrations and research plots in Marshall, MI 49068 cooperation with MSU Extension and are available upon Phone: 616/781-0784, Fax: 616/781-0647 request. A CAIF newsletter is printed quarterly, Email: [email protected] approximately. The six-member board of directors, elected annually, includes a president, vice president, treasurer, The Innovative Farmers of South Central Michigan is a secretary, and two trustees. The MSU Extension grass roots farmer’s organization working to develop Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent in Ingham County cropping systems that are agronomically sound, serves as the advisor to the CAIF and it’s board of directors. economically feasible, and environmentally prudent. The mission of the organization is: 1) To promote research and demonstrations that will make South Central Michigan’s agriculture industry efficient, economical, and environmentally sound; 2) Aid in the development and expansion of new technology to neighboring farms; 3) Increase awareness and educate the public on current agricultural issues and trends; and 4) Provide a forum for discussion of agriculture and environmental issues. The group’s activities include informal discussions, educational forums, tours, newsletters, and networking with other Innovative Farmers in Michigan and other states, including Canada. The Innovative Farmers publish their field demonstrations and research plots in cooperation with MSU Extension and are available upon request.
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MASA ON-FARM MICHIGAN AGRICULTURE DEMONSTRATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL
Michigan Agricultural Stewardship Association ASSURANCE PROGRAM Contact: Russ LaRowe 605 N. Birch Street Michigan Agriculture Environmental Kalkaska, MI 49646 Assurance Program (MAEAP) Phone: 231/258-3305 Contact: Ray Wagester Email: [email protected] Phone: 517/353-1758 Web: http://www.sustainable-ag.com Email: [email protected] Michigan Agricultural Stewardship Association (MASA) Gordon Wenk, MDA members have been doing on-farm demonstrations and Phone: 517/373-9796 research since 1991. Farmer cooperators identify a Email: [email protected] sustainability problem or question they want to further Web: http://www.msu.edu/~manure/MAEAP/maeap.htm investigate, then direct their own demonstrations and The MAEAP program was created to implement the research with MASA providing a small stipend, limited Michigan Agricultural Pollution Prevention Strategy. The technical support, and assistance with interpreting and Steering Committee is comprised of representatives from reporting results. producers, agriculture industry, environmental and Several MASA farmers have made major farming systems conservation groups, state and federal agencies, and changes following their on-farm investigations. Others have Michigan State University. adopted new practices. Many have rejected practices that The mission of the Michigan Agricultural Environmental did not prove effective on their farms. Complete on-farm Assurance Program is to develop and promote a research results, both positive and negative, are reported recognized, voluntary, proactive environmental assurance in Michigan’s Farm and Country Journal. A printed copy program, targeted to the agricultural industry, which of project results is available from MASA. ensures that producers are engaging in cost-effective pollution prevention practices and are in compliance with environmental regulations. MERCURY AWARENESS FOR MICHIGAN DAIRY FARMERS MICHIGAN BUSINESS Contact: Sue Crawford, Dairy Division-MDA POLLUTION PREVENTION Phone: 800/292-3939 Email: [email protected] PARTNERSHIP Mercury elimination reduces potential mercury spills that Contact: Jeff Spencer, DEQ can be very costly and hazardous to one’s health. Potential Environmental Assistance Division costs associated with mercury include controlling, removing P.O. Box 30457 and managing mercury contamination in the environment. Lansing, MI 48909-7957 Dairy farms are not alone in the concern against mercury. Phone: 800/662-9278, Fax: 517/335-4729 Several pollution prevention (P2) programs have been initiated Email: [email protected] to reduce mercury use. Mercury-containing manometers can Web: http://www.deq.state.mi.us/ead/p2sect/mbp3 be replaced with mercury-free alternative gauges. The same The Michigan Business Pollution Prevention Partnership goes for various thermometers and mercury switches. (MBP3), a voluntary program, is open to all Michigan businesses, regardless of size, which would like to initiate or expand their pollution prevention (P2) practices and receive recognition for these efforts. Participants are asked to provide an annual summary of their progress and share success stories on their pollution prevention activities. Developed jointly by the business community and state government, the MBP3 program will be managed by the MDEQ-Environmental Assistance Division, who will be responsible for providing pollution prevention assistance, recognizing participants, and reporting on the program’s progress. 8 MICHIGAN PROJECTS MICHIGAN CLEAN SWEEP MICHIGAN INTEGRATED FOOD AND FARMING Contact: Jack Knorek, MDA Phone: 517/335-2874 SYSTEMS (MIFFS) Email: [email protected] STEWARDSHIP PLAN FOR WATER Web: http://www.mda.state.mi.us/environm/groundwater/ cleansweep/index.html QUALITY The proper disposal of unused and unwanted pesticides is the goal of the Clean Sweep program. The Michigan MIFFS Stewardship Plan for Water Quality Team Groundwater Stewardship Program, in cooperation with Contact: Tom Guthrie county and local units of government, has established 12 P.O. Box 4903 permanent Clean Sweep sites located throughout the state. East Lansing, MI 48826 Phone: 517-432-0712, Fax: 517-353-1812 Individual Michigan residents may dispose of unused and Email: [email protected] unwanted pesticides by taking them to one of these Clean Sweep sites where they will be collected, packaged for The Stewardship Plan for Water Quality was one of 15 shipping, and disposed of properly. There is no charge for unique projects ongoing in the State of Michigan. The this service. Program costs are covered by the Michigan MIFFS project is located at Sunshine Prairie Farm near Groundwater Stewardship Program, a grant from the U.S. Delton, Michigan. The farm, owned by the Tom and Nancy Environmental Protection Agency, and services provided Guthrie family, is typical of many Michigan farms. It by the local cooperators. includes a beef cow/calf operation and 1200 acres of cash crops and hay. Pesticide dealers and individuals who sell and/or apply pesticides for hire may also, at the Clean Sweep site Project Goals manager’s discretion, dispose of unused or unwanted 1. To develop and implement a model stewardship plan pesticides at cost. This cost is typically less than 20% of to protect water quality and other natural resources. the normal cost of pesticide waste disposal because of 2. Design the plan with a cross-representative team of economies of scale and competitive bidding of waste collaborators. disposal accounts. 3. Evaluate the economic impact of altering farm Persons interested in participating in the Clean Sweep practices according to the plan. program may contact the site coordinator at the location 4. Involve, educate, and partner with local communities nearest to them. Please see the list of contacts on page to address water quality concerns of both agricultural 41 under Michigan Contacts. and non-agricultural residents. Project Highlights MICHIGAN GROUNDWATER 1. Use the Farmstead Assessment Program and the Ontario Environmental Farm Plan to identify practices STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM impacting water quality. 2. 1996 - 2nd Annual Farm Fest hosted 400 fourth graders Environmental Stewardship Division-MDA from two school districts. Contact: Jack Knorek 4th Floor, Ottawa Building 3. Conducted an abandoned well closure demonstration P.O. Box 30017 as part of a field day for people interested in sustainable Lansing, MI 48909 and alternative agriculture. Phone: 517/335-6529 4. Reforested a groundwater recharge area that was also The Michigan Groundwater Stewardship Program is an agricultural runoff area. designed as a voluntary, locally driven, program addressing 5. Designed and built a pesticide containment facility on the concerns of individuals and maintaining a focus on the the farm. financial and technical constraints which drive real-world decisions. 6. Initiated a pilot program with members of the Crooked Lake Association to dispose of yard waste. Yard waste The Michigan Groundwater Stewardship Program is relatively was incorporated into the compost pile. narrow in focus addressing only risks to groundwater associated with pesticide and nitrogen fertilizer use. However, 7. Started the Barry County Innovative Farmers group it has a wide scope and addresses the many uses of these and hosted a field day. materials, including agricultural, turfgrass, and household 8. Hosted a Whole Farm Planning Seminar. uses. For contacts, please see pg. 42 under Michigan Contacts. 9 MICHIGAN PROJECTS
PARTNERS FOR PESTICIDE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division U.S. EPA 401 M St., S.W. Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 800/972-7717 Web: http://es.epa.gov/partners/pest/pest.html Local Contact: Ben Kudwa, MI Potato Council Phone: 517/669-8377 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.mipotato.com The Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP) is a voluntary partnership for pollution prevention dedicated to protecting human health and preserving the environment by reducing both the use of pesticides and the risks associated with pesticide use. PESP is sponsored by EPA, USDA, and FDA and current partners include agricultural growers as well as non-agricultural interests, such as utility PESTICIDE DECISION TOOL companies who use pesticides on their right-of-ways. DECISION TOOL FOR Partners in PESP agree to develop and implement an environmental stewardship plan tailored to their own INTEGRATED PESTICIDE pesticide usage. They also agree to use the safest, most SELECTION AND effective pest management practices available. In turn, EPA provides a liaison to assist the partner in developing MANAGEMENT comprehensive, achievable goals. Liaisons also act as “customer service representatives” for EPA, providing the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy partner with access to information and personnel. EPA Contact: John Vickery also promises to integrate the partners’ stewardship plans 2105 1st Ave. South into its agricultural policies and programs. EPA has also Minneapolis, MN 55404-2505 provided some grant dollars to some of the charter Phone: 612/870-3430, Fax: 612/870-4846 partners. Email: [email protected] The National Potato Council (NPC) is pleased to announce Web: http://www.iatp.org/enviroag the Michigan recipients of the Pesticide Environmental The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy is working to Stewardship Awards: reduce the environmental impacts of agriculture and • 1996- Andersen Brothers of Blanchard, Michigan; improve water quality through the voluntary adoption of • 1997- L. Walther and Sons, Inc. of Clio, Michigan; on-farm assessment and decision tools. The objective of this project is to facilitate the adoption of environmental • 1998- Sackett Potatoes of Mecosta, Michigan; impact assessment in the selection and management of • 1999- Sklarczyk Seed Farms of Johannesburg, pesticides in arable crop production. The approach is to Michigan intergrade environmental criteria with other, non- environmental decision factors. Non-environmental factors include production cost, persistence (carry over) ratings, and resistance risk ratings. The environmental focus is ground and surface water protection. We have chosen to focus on corn and soybean production in the Midwest. Herbicides are the major form of pesticide inputs in these crops.
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POLLUTION PREVENTION STRATEGY FOR PROJECT GREEEN
MICHIGAN AGRICULTURE Contact: Robin Millsap 312 Agriculture Hall Contact: Terri Novak, DEQ East Lansing, MI 48824 Environmental Assistance Division Phone: 517/432-1555, Fax: 517/355-1804 Pollution Prevention Section Email: [email protected] P.O. Box 30457 Web: http://www.greeen.msu.edu Lansing, MI 48909-7957 Phone: 800/662-9278, Fax: 517/335-4729 Project GREEEN (Generating Research and Extension to Email: [email protected] meet Economic and Environmental Needs) is a cooperative Web: http://www.deq.state.mi.us/ead/p2sect/agp2 effort by plant-based commodities and businesses with Michigan State University Extension, the Michigan The Pollution Prevention Strategy for Michigan Agriculture Agricultural Experiment Station, Michigan Department of was prepared jointly by the agricultural industry, the Agriculture and Michigan Farm Bureau to boost the state’s Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the economy by: Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to provide · Expanding Michigan’s plant-based agriculture and guidance to agricultural and environmental policy makers processing systems through research and educational in identifying and implementing agricultural pollution programs prevention activities in Michigan. In addition to the goal statement, the Pollution Prevention Strategy for Michigan · Protecting and preserving the quality of the Agriculture is a comprehensive plan that identifies environment objectives and lists recommendations. The willingness of · Ensuring the safety of the food supply the agricultural industry to work together and partner with local, state and federal levels of government clearly Project GREEEN is helping growers change the way they demonstrates the cooperation and commitment necessary are managing their businesses, with an emphasis on to move provisions of the Strategy forward. integrated crop management, education, and safety. A rapid response to grower needs is a major priority. The agricultural industry assumed a proactive, leadership Results from many research, education and extension role in addressing the issue of agricultural pollution projects funded by Project GREEEN will be prevention and fully embraced the philosophy that implemented within the next year. pollutants should be reduced through a multimedia approach. The implementation of that approach is vital if Michigan is to sustain a growing and vibrant agricultural economy and continue to effectively protect the environment and human health. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality are committed to working with the Agricultural Industry to address agricultural pollution prevention as consistent with the mission and goals of each department. The directors of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality signed the Implementation Plan and committed their departments to embrace, implement and actively promote the concept of agriculture pollution prevention. Five Key Components for an Effective Approach to Address AGP2: • building on programs that work • coordination nonpoint source pollution prevention programs • maximizing participation through incentives • targeting incentives: priority concerns, priority areas, and priority farms • increasing public awareness
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RETIRED ENGINEER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (RETAP)
Contact: Liz Sapio, DEQ Environmental Assistance Division P.O. Box 30457 Lansing, MI 48909-7957 Phone: 800/662-9278, Fax: 517/335-4729 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.state.mi.us/ead/retap RETAP offers free, on-site assistance to Michigan agricultural businesses. Businesses have experienced substantial cost savings by applying waste reduction and energy efficiency techniques recommended by retired professionals with experience and education in engineering and agriculture. AGRITAP offers the following: · Free, confidential, non-regulatory waste reduction assessments. · On-site review of business operations for potential waste reduction strategies and opportunities including source reduction, reuse, recycling, and energy efficiency. · Written, confidential reports outlining specific SMALL BUSINESS recommendations to save money, increase efficiency, reduce the need for costly disposal, reduce liability, POLLUTION PREVENTION and promote a positive public image. (P2) LOAN PROGRAM · Practical solutions that are economically and technically feasible for your business. Contact: Sharon Goble, DEQ Environmental Assistance Division P.O. Box 30457 Lansing, MI 48909-7957 Phone: 800/662-9278, Fax: 517/335-4729 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.deq.state.mi.us/ead/p2sect/p2loan The Small Business P2 Loan Program (P2 Loan Program) is a revolving loan fund established to allow businesses of 100 employees or less to apply for loans up to $100,000 at an interest rate of 5% or less. The loans must be used to implement pollution prevention projects that either eliminate or reduce waste at the point of generation (source reduction) or environmentally sound reuse and recycling. Funding for the P2 Loan Program is made possible through passage of the Clean Michigan Initiative in November of 1998.
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AGRI-21 FARMING SYSTEMS BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES MANUAL AND TVA Economic Development Contact: Teresa Taylor TRAINING PROGRAM FOR 400 W. Summit Hill Drive Knoxville, TN 37902 WHEAT GROWERS Phone: 615/632-3135 Web: http://web.utk.edu/~ExtAgEco/agri21.html The National Association of Wheat Growers Foundation Contact: Gina Hoback An innovative, whole farm program which is strengthening 415 Second Street, Suite 300 the rural economy through rapid adoption of economically Washington, DC 20002 viable and environmentally sound farming practices. The Phone: 202/547-7800, Fax: 202/546-2638 program serves as a national model for applying innovative Web: http://www.wheatworld.org/index.htm agricultural techniques on farms. The National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) is actively supporting voluntary adoption of pollution-reducing best management practices (BMPs) that are geographically, technically, and economically appropriate for wheat growers. Working with the USDA Extension Service, the EPA, agri-businesses and others, NAWG has developed a BMP Manual and Training Program designed to prevent potential nonpoint source (NPS) pollution related to wheat production. The wheat industry recognizes that adoption of BMPs is a sound strategy for preventing pollution, an important goal of USDA and EPA. The user-friendly manual clearly and concisely presents management practices commonly used by producers and USDA and university researchers in developing resource management systems and water quality management plans. It specifically recommends BMPs for erosion and sediment control, nutrient management, and pesticide management. For each resource management issue, the manual explains the current state of the problem in the U.S., describes processes relating to pollution prevention, and identifies BMPs that address pollution. The manual emphasizes profitable as well as environmentally sound production practices. Yield and cost trade-offs are specifically considered. Regional training is available and can be tailored to meet local needs. Participants will learn more about accessible and cost-effective resource management plans and conservation technologies. The project: (1) encourages voluntary implementation by wheat growers of management recommendations that minimize water quality degradation; (2) spurs the development of improved or new technologies to prevent pollution—particularly technologies that address regional differences in wheat production; (3) promotes cooperative efforts to reduce NPS pollution among wheat growers, private industry, USDA, EPA, and other environmentally conscious organizations; and (4) educates commodity groups and other organizations about appropriate resource management strategies through exposure to the BMP manual and training programs.
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BIOLOGICALLY INTEGRATED DAIRY NETWORK ORCHARD SYSTEMS (BIOS) PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE DAIRY US Environmental Protection Agency INDUSTRY FOR THE NEXT CENTURY Contact: Paul Feder 75 Hawthorne Street (W-3-1) Dairy Network Partnership San Francisco, CA 94105 Contact: Kim Kroll, Project Leader Phone: 415/744-2010 611 Siegfriedale Road Web: http://www.epa.gov/ecosyspp/cases/bios.html Kutztown, PA 19530 The Biologically Integrated Orchard System (BIOS) Project Phone: 610/683-1476, Fax: 610/683-8548 is a system of information and technology transfer that is Email: [email protected]. a model for promoting sustainable pollution prevention in Web: http://www.wisc.edu/farmasyst/private/direct/thed.html agriculture. Substantial reductions in fertilizer and pesticide Shared concern for our water resources has brought the use are being achieved by this flexible, voluntary, and local Atlantic Dairy Cooperative together with the Rodale Institute, approach. the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Pennsylvania State University, and the EPA. Together, as the Dairy Network CENTER FOR ALTERNATIVE Partnership, these groups are investigating non-regulatory AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS approaches to reducing water pollution stemming from dairy farms. Funding for this project has been provided by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the EPA. Office of Agricultural Research Programs Contact: Eldon E. Ortman The Partnership is focusing on the following areas: cost/ Purdue University, 1140 Ag. Admin. Bldg. benefit analyses of farming practices, expansion and West Lafayette, IN 47907-1140 revision of cost-share programs, whole farm evaluation, Phone: 765/494-8363 farm-based education, and stewardship recognition. These Web: http://info.aes.purdue.edu/agresearch/ priority actions are part of a coordinated effort to encourage agreswww.html farmers to produce milk using identified stewardship practices, thereby reducing water pollution. The Center for Alternative Agriculture Systems helps Indiana citizens meet their goals of abundant, relatively Possible cost/benefit analyses will focus on providing dairy inexpensive food supplies, a clean environment, safe food, farmers with credible information on costs and benefits and a prosperous agricultural sector. associated with different farming practices and systems. The actions to be taken on cost-share programs focus on broadening existing programs to increase the rate of implementation of stewardship that will help farmers prioritize CHESAPEAKE environmental improvements. Farm-based education efforts FARMS PROJECT will encourage the implementation of stewardship practices through on-farm demonstrations highlighting practices that Contact: Raymond Forney may improve the economic viability of the dairy farm. 7321 Remington Drive A separate education effort will create awareness of the Chestertown, MD 21620 environmental benefits that society realizes when dairy Phone: 410/778-0141 farmers practice good stewardship. To this end, one Web: http://www.dupont.com/ag/chesapeakefarms component of the Dairy Network Partnership work plan is an The Chesapeake Farms Project involves farmers, industry, education effort directed at the mass media and, ultimately, government, advocacy, and academic organizations in all consumers. defining and promoting sustainable agriculture. Profitable, To accomplish this ambitious work plan, the Partnership environmentally sound, and socially acceptable farming is looking to dairy farmers and other stakeholders in the systems are presented to farmers, policy makers, and the dairy industry for assistance and support. Membership in community through research, demonstrations, and the Dairy Network is open to anyone concerned about education. agriculture and the environment. There is no monetary charge for becoming a partner. Instead, the Dairy Network may call upon partners to share their time or their experiences. And partners will have the satisfaction of knowing that they are helping to sustain dairy farms in southeastern Pennsylvania. 14 ADDITIONAL PROJECTS
FARM SERVICES PRECISION FARMING
Growmark, Inc. Contact: Rod Woelfel 1701 Towanda Avenue P.O. Box 2500 Bloomington, IL 61702-2500 Phone: 309/557-6247, Fax: 309/557-6760 Web: http://www.growmark.com Throughout the FS System, Precision Farming is defined as an information-driven, knowledge-based system utilizing site-specific technologies to generate agronomic, economic, and environmental benefits for the farmer. FS FOREST WATER QUALITY Service Companies have embraced this concept and, in INITIATIVE conjunction with GROWMARK, Inc. (the regional supplier of FS), have surfaced as leaders in the Precision Farming American Forest and Paper Association arena. The key to success: our ability to sift through all Contact: Mitch Dubensky the information generated by Precision Farming equipment, 1111 19th St. NW, Ste. 800 tie the different and emerging technologies together, and Washington, DC 20036 use that information to improve the profitability of farming. Phone: 202/463-2434 Much of the attention on Precision Farming has focused Web: http://www.afandpa.org on technology and equipment. In the long run, it is properly trained people using these tools that will make Precision A nationwide partnership of major forest products Farming work. To that end, GROWMARK has partnered companies that provide forestry BMP educational materials with Environmental System Research Institute (a and assistance to landowners. California-based company recognized as the world’s foremost developer of geographic information system software) to develop the GREEN PLAN/GIS cropping recommendation program. Using GREEN PLAN/GIS, the FS crop specialist and local FS service company can process, analyze, and publish recommendations based on a wide variety of information from farming operations, including yield data, soil samples, soil types, and other pertinent field characteristics. As a geographic information system or GIS-based program, GREEN PLAN/GIS geographically organizes data and offers the ability to layer data gathered from the field. It also reconciles all the layers to a standard base map. That means information from soil testing, yield monitoring, or field scouting can all be referenced back to known geographic locations in the field. This accumulation of layers of information enables the farmer and the FS crop specialist to identify patterns, and to begin building the expert systems needed to help tie everything together in terms of what’s driving crop yields. It’s experienced-based in that with each year and each layer of data, we all get a little smarter.
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GREAT LAKES INTENSIVE ROTATIONAL GRAZING NETWORK
Contact: Kim Cates, Coordinator Wisconsin Rural Development Center 5992 CTH T Spring Green, WI 53588 Phone: 608/588-7859 Web: http://www.wisc.edu/cias/glgn Local Contact: Bill Bivens Jackson County Extension 1699 Lansing Ave. Jackson, MI 49202-2176 GROUNDWATER GUARDIAN: Phone: 517/788-4292 x319, Fax: 517/788-4640 A PROGRAM FOR Organized by the Wisconsin Rural Development Center COMMUNITIES PROTECTING (WRDC) and sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Great Lakes Intensive Rotational Grazing Network GROUNDWATER enhances water quality and the environment of the Great Lakes through intensive rotational grazing (IRG) by Great The Groundwater Foundation Lakes Basin farmers and the promotion of regional action Contact: Cindy Kreifels with grazing experts from New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, PO Box 22558 Ohio, Pennsylvania and Ontario who share and generate Lincoln, NE 68542-2558 information; conduct joint research; and develop policies to Phone: 800/858-4844, Fax: 402/434-2742 support IRG. Web: http://www.groundwater.org/Guardian/ggindex.htm Management Intensive Rotational Grazing (MIRG) The Groundwater Guardian Program supports, recognizes, addresses these problems by reducing soil erosion, and connects communities that protect their groundwater. eliminating or reducing the need for acres to be planted to Support is offered through foundation staff, information, row crops, preventing livestock runoff, bringing biodiversity publications, and resources. Recognition occurs at annual and ecological balance to farms, and enabling wildlife and local and national ceremonies. Connection is among other songbirds to coexist with agriculture more than any other communities, organizations, and individuals who are farming practice. protecting groundwater and want to exchange ideas and provide assistance. Network Goals: To disseminate and exchange existing and farming practice The program is community driven and process oriented. research on IRG between farmers, agencies, and policy The community describes itself, organizes a Groundwater makers; track emerging environmental and land use policy Guardian Team and plans and implements result oriented initiatives advancing IRG; identify new research priorities and activities which will lead to increased groundwater policies; sponsor basin-wide grazing conferences and field protection for the community. Communities must enter days; coordinate basin-wide efforts of local working groups; the program by February 1st of each year. educate environmental, animal welfare and consumer groups A user-friendly program guide is available for interested and policy makers on the advantages of IRG; publish a communities at no charge. An annual conference, held in quarterly newsletter; develop and publish a reference manual November, explains the program, provides community of IRG research, resource people, and policy needs and network opportunities, and recognizes Groundwater initiatives. Guardian communities. The program is funded in part by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Michigan. Other program partners include American Water Works Association, DowElanco, the EPA, US Geological Survey, and Water Environment Federation.
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MANAGING NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION IN AGRICULTURE
Deere & Company Contact: Richard Johnson 3300 River Dr. Moline, IL 61265 Phone: 309/765-3762, Fax: 309/765-3807 http://www.wisc.edu/farmasyst/private/direct/mana.html Over sixty recent scientific and government publications were reviewed to prepare Managing Nonpoint Source Pollution in Agriculture. This technical document reviews specific aspects of nonpoint source pollution. State surveys report agriculture to be a leading contributor KNOW YOUR WATERSHED to nonpoint source pollution from pollutants including phosphorus, nitrogen, animal wastes, sediment, pesticides, CAMPAIGN organic enrichment, and salts from irrigation. The guide reviews popular management alternatives designed to Conservation Technology Information Center decrease pollution from these causes. A best management Contact: Karol Keppy practice for one pollutant can be a poor management 1220 Potter Drive, Room 170 practice for another pollutant. Also, a single management West Lafayette, IN 47906 practice is usually insufficient to solve pollutant problems. Phone: 317/494-9555, Fax: 317/494-5969 Thus, the discussion emphasizes the need to develop a Email: [email protected] balanced approach that best integrates management Web: http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/KYW alternatives and potential trade-offs among these alternatives. Know Your Watershed is a national campaign to increase the awareness of watersheds, ecosystems, nonpoint Simple, nationwide solutions to nonpoint source pollution source pollutants, and pollution prevention activities. It problems will rarely be available. The site-specific nature empowers those who have a stake in the local watershed of farming practices, the environment, available resources, — crop and livestock producers, agri-business, urbanites and economics all increase the complexity of developing and suburbanites, retailers, business and industry, meaningful solutions. Control of nonpoint source pollution municipal and county governments, outdoor enthusiasts, will require use of all existing technologies. Control etc. — to take charge of their natural resources. These programs should encourage development of new stakeholders work together to determine the goals and technologies and promote their implementation. Multi- strategies for the local watershed management plan. disciplinary input will assure that all technologies are being used in developing sound farming practices. Know Your Watershed is sponsored by private and public national partners from more than 50 varied organizations. Managing Nonpoint Source Pollution in Agriculture provides The campaign provides financial and/or in-kind support detailed discussion of these concepts and ends with a list and participates in the National Partner Watershed of public policy implications. These public policy Network. It is coordinated by the Conservation Technology observations are aimed at creating incentives to assist Information Center (CTIC) in West Lafayette, Indiana, producers who make positive changes in the way they which is a nonprofit information/data transfer center. The manage their farming systems. mission of the CTIC is to promote environmentally and economically beneficial natural resource systems. The campaign supports voluntary efforts; compiles information on watershed activities; identifies local watershed efforts; determines common needs; develops and distributes information and tools to local groups; acts as clearinghouse of existing watershed groups; provides guides, videos, and other materials; answers inquiries about starting watershed management efforts; and conducts train-the-trainer workshops.
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OPERATION GREEN STRIPE
Monsanto Contact: Dan Holman 800 N. Lindbergh Boulevard (C25B) St. Louis, MO 63167 Phone: 314/694-2789, Fax: 314/694-2922 http://www.wisc.edu/farmasyst/private/direct/oper.html Operation Green Stripe — a partnership of Monsanto, FFA Chapters, eight major agricultural retailers, and multiple NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT conservation groups — is a multi-state effort to protect “YARDSTICKS” water quality from the impact of agriculture. FFA Chapters recruit farmers to establish vegetative buffer A Results-Oriented Approach to strips along streams, lakes, and sinkholes on their property. On-Farm Pollution Prevention Monsanto provides the chapters $100 for each stripe planted (up to 5 per chapter) and the cooperating retailers Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy provide free grass seed. Conservation groups lend support Contact: Mark Muller by recruiting farmers and by promoting the concept of buffer 2105 First Ave. South strips as environmentally responsible farm management. Minneapolis, MN 55404-2505 Research has shown that 70 percent of sediments in farm Phone: 612/870-0453, Fax: 612/870-4846 field runoff can be trapped in the first 10 feet of a buffer Web: http://www.iatp.org/iatp strip. Wider strips trap even more sediment. Buffer strips Email: [email protected] also filter out agricultural chemicals and serve as habitat Web: http://www.iatp.org/edrc/library/admin/uploadedfiles/ for wildlife. IATPs_Nutrient_Management_Yardstick.htm One of a farmer’s many challenges is to manage nutrients effectively to assure optimal levels for crop and animal production, while preventing excess amounts from being wasted or entering the environment. The effects of excess nutrients—such as surface water eutrophication and soil acidification—create problems for individual farmers as well as for society as a whole. Innovative Results-Oriented Approach The nutrient management yardstick consists of a set of simple worksheets farmers use to track nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) brought onto their farms in the form of feed, purchased fertilizer, nitrogen-fixing crops, livestock, and so on. At the end of the year, they determine the quantity of nutrients removed from the farm in the form of marketed crops, livestock, milk, etc. The challenge to the farmer is to reduce the nutrient loss score without adversely affecting production. This nutrient management workbook provides farmers with a means to assess the efficiency of their nutrient usage, in addition to seeing how their current farming practices may be harming the environment. Once a baseline nutrient loss level is determined by the farmer, rational decisions can be made about specific steps to decrease it. Farmers use the yardstick on a yearly basis to measure their progress in reducing nutrient loss over time. The farmers’ praise the system for its simplicity and for the independence it gives them in making nutrient management decisions and identify unnecessary inputs.
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POULTRY WATER QUALITY SAVE OUR STREAMS CONSORTIUM Izzak Walton League of America A PARTNERSHIP FOR WATER QUALITY Contact: Julie Vincentz 707 Conservation Lane Poultry Water Quality Consortium Gaithersburg, MD 20878-2983 Contact: Larry Goff Phone: 301/548-0150, Fax: 301/548-0146 6100 Building, 5720 Uptain Rd., Suite 4300 Web: http://www.wisc.edu/farmasyst/private/direct/ Chattanooga, TN 37411-5681 save.html Phone: 423/855-6470, Fax: 423/855-6607 Across America, a growing network of citizens, schools, Web: http://www.wisc.edu/farmasyst/private/direct/ government agencies, and businesses are working to save poul.html America’s streams by participating in Save Our Streams The Poultry Water Quality Consortium is a partnership (SOS). SOS is the hands-on river protection and between Southeastern Poultry and Egg Association, US restoration program of Izzak Walton League of America. Department of Agricultural-Natural Resources SOS staff conduct training workshops, write publications, Conservation Service, Tennessee Valley Authority, and US and track projects across America. Environmental Protection Agency. The mission of the SOS teaches volunteers how to protect America’s waters Consortium is to provide better environmental management through simple, fun, hands-on techniques that can be done within the poultry industry. by people of all ages. SOS volunteers include teachers, The Consortium encourages the use of poultry by-products students, professionals, farmers, employee unions, (i.e., litter, dead birds, and manure) as a resource rather recreation enthusiasts, and all people concerned with than letting them become a pollution source. The rapid saving America’s waters. Volunteers are needed to help growth of the poultry industry has made protecting natural monitor, protect, and restore our waters because resources a major priority that demands new technologies government cannot do the job alone. Nationally, only 37 in poultry by-product development, storage, utilization, and percent of America’s rivers and 46 percent of lakes are land application. monitored by government agencies. The Poultry Water Quality Handbook, published and Contact the Izzak Walton League of America for a complete distributed by the Consortium, is one way the Consortium listing of available resources to Save our Streams. has responded to these environmental challenges. The handbook has consolidated information on Water Quality Issues, Poultry Waste Management, Poultry Mortality TOTAL QUALITY Management, Other Environmental Issues (e.g., composters; site selection for the poultry farmstead; air MANAGEMENT FOR DAIRY, quality; protection against pests, predators, and darkling MEAT, AND MILK beetles; treatment lagoons and ponds; preventing fires in manure and litter storage structures; and controlling struvite buildups), Alternative Technology (e.g., constructed Veterinary Medicine Teaching & Research Center wetlands, feeding litter to cattle, and horticultural uses of Contact: Leon D. Weaver litter), and Resource Information. UC-Davis 18820 Road 112 Other examples of information offered by the Consortium Tulare, CA 93274 are: pamphlets and publications on a variety of poultry by- Phone: 209/688-1731 product management topics; Poultry Water Quality Web: http://www.vetmeducdavis.edu Consortium exhibits; speakers bureau; contacts for state and federal agencies; and Information on industry, This on-farm program strives to prevent chemical residues university, state, and federal poultry water quality activities. in dairy meat and milk. Hazard analysis and critical control The Consortium also partners in producer research needs. methodology, along with other resources, have been developed to prevent residues on commercial dairy farms. Recognizing that environmental concerns are both economic and social issues, the Consortium assures information is exchanged between the federal and state governments and the poultry industry. By focusing on pollution prevention, the Consortium assists the poultry industry in protecting water quality and fostering a healthy environment.
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AGRICULTURE COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE CENTER
EPA Office of Compliance Contact: Ginah K. Mortensen 726 Minnesota Avenue Kansas City, KS 66101 Phone: 913/551-7207, Fax: 913/551-7270 Web: http://es.epa.gov/oeca/ag The EPA, with the support of the USDA, has developed a national Agriculture Compliance Assistance Center (Ag Center) to provide a base for “one-stop shopping” for the agriculture community. The Ag Center develops comprehensive, easy-to-understand information about AGRICULTURE POLLUTION approaches to compliance that are both environmentally PREVENTION (AGP2) protective and agriculturally sound. It is offered by EPA’s Office of Compliance to help agri-businesses identify CASE STUDIES flexible, common sense ways to comply with the environmental requirements that affect them. Contact: Terri Novak-DEQ The Ag Center relies heavily on existing sources of Environmental Assistance Division agricultural information and established distribution P.O. Box 30457 mechanisms. The Ag Center is designed for easy access. Lansing, MI 48909-7957 Growers, livestock producers, agri-businesses, and Phone: 800/662-9278, Fax: 517/335-4729 agricultural information/education providers can reach it Email: [email protected] easily — through telephone, fax, mail, and EPA’s Web: http://www.deq.state.mi.us/ead/p2sect/agp2/ Enviro$en$e computer bulletin board. The MDEQ writes case studies highlighting the efforts of Integrating with other agricultural agencies - Although various Michigan farmers as they practice environmental USDA and other agricultural agencies provide educational stewardship. For more information about the case studies technical information, assistance in complying with or to obtain a copy, please contact the MDEQ environmental requirements has not been as readily Environmental Assistance Center (EAC) at 1-800-662- accessible. The Ag Center works with the USDA and other 9278. Copies of the case studies are available at the back federal and state agencies to provide a definitive source of this Directory, beginning on page 67, and on the AgP2 for environmental compliance information. The Ag Center Website listed above. provides information on a variety of topics, including: pesticides; nonpoint source pollution; ground water, surface water, and drinking water protection; animal waste management; agricultural worker protection; and wetlands CONSERVATION protection. TECHNOLOGY In addition, the Ag Center supports regional and state INFORMATION CENTER regulatory agencies in their efforts to provide compliance assistance to local agricultural communities. (CTIC)
Conservation Technology Information Center 1220 Potter Drive, Room 170 West Lafayette, IN 47906-1383 Phone: 765/494-9555 Email: [email protected] Web: www.ctic.purdue.edu The Conservation Technology Information Center is an ag- based information and data transfer center. It is guided by an interactive partnership of public and private sector interests that promote water quality through conservation tillage and other conservation and best management practices. 20 GUIDES & MATERIALS
EATING ORGANICALLY: A ENVIROSCAPE GUIDE TO MICHIGAN’S Contact: Carlene Bahler ORGANIC FOOD Phone: 202/833-3380 PRODUCERS & RELATED Web: http://www.environscapes.com Enviroscape is a two-foot square, three-dimensional BUSINESSES interactive model watershed that can be used for demonstrating the causes and sources of nonpoint Contact: Betty Edmunds pollution. The model can be used in numerous settings PO Box 530 including classrooms and public meetings. Hartland, MI 48353-0530 Phone: 810/632-7952 This publication is a self-selected compilation of all persons INSTITUTE FOR and organizations actively promoting organic food and farming practices in Michigan. It provides easy access to ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE organic growers, suppliers, food processors, wholesalers, retailers, buying groups, nutritionists, food educators, and Contact: Henry A. Wallace activists. 9200 Edmonson Road, Suite 117 Greenbelt, MD 20770-1551 Phone: 301/441-8777, Fax: 301/220-0164 ENVIRONMENTAL Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.hawiaa.org RESOURCE DIRECTORY Through policy analysis, public education and legislative advocacy, the Institute for Alternative Agriculture promotes Midwest Agricultural Chemicals Association, Inc. the adoption of agricultural policies and practices which P.O. Box 2125, Northside Station encourage low-chemical, environmentally sustainable Sioux City, IA 51104-0125 farming. It publishes the referred quarterly, “American Phone: 712/277-7380 Journal of Alternative Agriculture,” and the monthly The Environmental Resource Directory is a collection of newsletter, “Alternative Agriculture News.” printed and audio/visual materials pertaining to safe pesticide handling, environmental contamination prevention, and other related issues. The directory is LEOPOLD CENTER FOR available from Midwest Agricultural Chemicals Association. SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
Contact: Dennis Keeney 209 Curtiss Building Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011-3120 Phone: 515/294-3711, Fax: 515/294-3711 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/leopold.html The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture was established in 1987 by the Iowa Legislature as part of the Iowa Groundwater Protection Act. Its mandated missions are to identify negative impacts of agriculture practices, develop profitable farming systems that conserve natural resources, and inform the public about new findings.
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MICHIGAN RECYCLED MATERIALS MARKET DIRECTORY
Phone: 800/662-9278 (free copies) Web: www.deq.state.mi.us/ead/recycle/rmmd.html Many materials that are stored on farmland have recycling value—metals, oils, batteries, drums, and a variety of other goods. Left standing, these goods present a future liability MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY if any substance leaks into the ground and pollutes a water BULLETIN OFFICE body. Recycling prevents this potential liability and can be a source of income. MSU Bulletin Office Most metals have value to a scrap metal dealer. The 10-B Agriculture Hall Michigan Recycled Materials Market Directory (RMMD) Michigan State University lists many such markets. The RMMD has listings for East Lansing, MI 48824-1039 reclaimers of drums, pallets, oils, metals, batteries, and Fax: 517/353-7168 many other materials. Web: http://ceenet.msue.msu.edu/bulletin/ctlgmast.html Another way to recycle is to list available materials on a The Bulletin Office stocks most of the titles listed on the website exchange. In Michigan, check the site of Recyclers web site. The listing will change without notice but is World at www.recycle.net/recycle. This lists materials generated each night based on the previous day’s available from all over the country. Or call 800/662-9278, inventory. Titles are discontinued, and new titles added ask for the waste exchange, and Environmental Assistance regularly. Large quantity orders may be transferred to the Division staff will place your listing on this exchange without Distribution Center across campus. a charge. When ordering from the Bulletin Office by mail, you will need each item’s complete identification code and title and its price (if any)--all found on the website. Please be sure to give your complete address, including ZIP code. Using an order form will help to ensure your accuracy and to expedite the response.
WHO’S WHO IN MICHIGAN IPM DIRECTORY
Contact: Joy Landis Bulletin AM-116 (Free) Bulletin Office - TFD Michigan State University 10-B Agriculture Hall East Lansing, MI, 48824-1039 Phone: 517/355-0240 Web: http://www.msue.msu.edu/ipm MSU Extension and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality have teamed up to produce a directory of educators, researchers, consultants, suppliers, and practitioners who are promoting the use of integrated pest management in Michigan. This free publication is intended to increase cooperative efforts in IPM as well as identify critical resources for better IPM in Michigan.
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CROP CONSULTANTS Keith E. Baur 1690 Remington Rd. Caro, MI 48723 Leslie J. Abbott Phone: 517/673-0411, Fax: 517/673-0412 69260 28th St. Email: [email protected] Lawton, MI 49065 Phone: 616/624-3911, Fax: 615/624-3911 Arthur C. Bedford 5425 120th Ave. David C. Abraham Moleyburg, MI 49336-9719 7900 E Hooland Rd. Phone: 231/823-2198, Fax: 231/823-2307 Saginaw, MI 48601-9455 Phone: 517/652-2611, Fax: 517/652-2491 Guy W. Benn 11677 Forest Hills Andrew R. Acmoody Eagle, MI 48822 246 S. Wood Rd. Phone: 517/323-2125 Coldwater, MI 49036 Phone: 219/665-3161, Fax: 219/665-1439 Donald D. Berry Email: [email protected] 9510 Catalpa Ave. Newaygo, MI 49337-9133 Scott L. Altizer Phone: 616/834-5689, Fax: 616/834-7608 1661 Orr Rd. Caro, MI 48723 Jonathan R. Bickel Phone: 517/845-2200, Fax: 517/845-4845 9636 Simpson Rd. Frankenmuth, MI 48734 Carrie L. Andrich Phone: 517/868-4186, Fax: 517/868-4462 Michigan State Univ. Ext. 383 Rapson Rd. Ned M. Birkey Bad Axe, MI 48413 Michigan State Monroe Co Ext Phone: 517/758-1778, Fax: 517/269-7221 963 S Raisinville Rd. Monroe, MI 48161 Stephen J. Ankley Phone: 734/240-3173, Fax: 734/240-3183 3211 Kilberry Rd. Email: [email protected] Lansing, MI 48911 Phone: 517/566-8601, Fax: 517/566-6666 Arthur P. Bischer 450 W Stilson Rd. George L. Arends Peck, MI 48466 9200 Kenowa Ave. Phone: 313/387-3345, Fax: 313/387-3948 Sparta, MI 49345-9715 Phone: 616/887-8527, Fax: 616/887-8527 Fred J. Bishop 19514 Bishop Rd. Mark L. Ash New Lothrop, MI 48460 Cheboygan Co Bldg, PO Box 70 Cheboygan, MI 49721 Jay D. Blair Phone: 616/627-8815, Fax: 616/627-8881 USDA NRCS Email: [email protected] 1525 N. Elm Rd. Flint, MI 48532 Daniel R. Bailey Phone: 810/230-8766, Fax: 810/230-2404 9070 E Jerseyville Rd. Email: [email protected] Shepherd, MI 48883 Phone: 517/828-5985, Fax: 517/828-4862 Kenneth J. Blonde Email: [email protected] 8580 W Sterling Rd. Litchfield, MI 49252 Ronald F. Balowski Phone: 517/549-8616, Fax: 517/549-8618 345 S Snow Prairie Rd. Email: [email protected] Coldwater, MI 49036 Phone: 616/746-4286, Fax: 616/746-4597 Kevin L. Vandy Bogurt 1265 Pell Rd. Wayne W. Bauer Tekonsha, MI 49092 540 E. Franconian Phone: 616/251-9400, Fax: 616/542-2499 Frankenmuth, MI 48734 Phone: 517/652-9971, Fax: 517/652-6358 James O. Bollenbacher Email: [email protected] 9757 Cedar St. Bay Port, MI 48720 Phone: 517/868-4186, Fax: 517/868-4462 23 MICHIGAN CONTACTS
Lee S. Bolzman Peter L. Burkardt 9691 Canboro Rd. 2015 Heiss Sebewaing, MI 48759 Monroe, MI 48162 Phone: 734/242-8758, Fax: 734/586-8293 Robert C. Bosserd Terra Industries Babette A. Burmeister 5147 Riverview Dr. 7819 Ohio St. Kalamazoo, MI 49004 Shelby, MI 49455 Phone: 616/672-5567, Fax: 616/672-9199 Fax: 616/861-6641 Email: [email protected] Mark J. Boyne 6817 Cooper Rd. Michael A. Burson, Sr. Marlette, MI 48453 10379 Portage Rd. Phone: 517/635-5030, Fax: 517/635-3744 Portage, MI 49002 Phone: 616/679-5226, Fax: 616/679-4976 Tracey D. Bradford 3171 Knowles Rd. Larry F. Byrne Hillsdale, MI 49242 12161 Sharon Rd. Phone: 517/287-5108, Fax: 517/287-5335 St. Charles, MI 48655 Email: [email protected] Phone: 517/845-6144, Fax: 517/845-6028 Dennis M. Braun Scott W. Carruthers 1175 Beechwood Dr. 12370 Big Four Rd. Jenison, MI 49428 Bear Lake, MI 49614 Phone: 616/751-5171, Fax: 616/751-1049 Phone: 231/864-2636, Fax: 231/864-3759 Email: [email protected] Michael P. Chaffin Randy L. Brenke 2531 N Jerome 8822 S County Line Hwy. Ithaca, MI 48847 Riga, MI 49276 Phone: 517/875-4504 Phone: 317/915-3282, Fax: 517/486-4338 Larry O. Chamberlain Email: [email protected] Pioneer Sales 8875 West V Ave. Gary S. Brinkman Schoolcraft, MI 49087 Pioneer Hi-Bred Int’l, Inc. Phone: 616/679-4248, Fax: 616/679-2292 722 Britten Ave. Kevin L. Chase Lansing, MI 48910 42621 38th Ave. Phone: 517/484-4535, Fax: 517/484-1648 Paw Paw, MI 49079-9649 Email: [email protected] Phone: 616/244-5273, Fax: 616/244-5899 Ronald J. Brown Jack H. Cheever 2405 E Beal City Rd. 335 Orchard View Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858 Shelby, MI 49455 Phone: 517/433-5335, Fax: 517/433-2147 Phone: 616/861-2526, Fax: 616/861-6640 Henry W. Buiting, Jr. John M. Christian 5105 Frenchline Rd. 3957 108th St. SE Applegate, MI 48401 Caledonia, MI 49316 Phone: 810/387-3345, Fax: 810/387-3948 Phone: 616/891-0075, Fax: 616/891-0311 Gregory D. Buning Email: jchristian@greenvalleyag. 2521 East 136th St. Dennis L. Clark Grant, MI 49327 American Cyanamid Co Phone: 231/834-0112 11614 Waterman Rd. Email: [email protected] Brooklyn, MI 49230 Alan L. Burgess Phone: 517/592-6660, Fax: 517/592-9022 5835 Bailey Rd. Joyce A. Conklin Brown City, MI 48416 Crop Production Services Inc. Phone: 810/346-3160, Fax: 810/346-4907 975 E. Linwood Rd. Linwood, MI 48634 Phone: 517/697-5941, Fax: 517/697-5289
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John L. Cnudde Karl Klos 8081 C Dr. North 511 S Farley Rd. Battle Creek, MI 49017 Munger, MI 48747 Phone: 616/969-3940 Phone: 517/755-7701, Fax: 517/754-9333 John Mackson 818 W. Fourth St. Peter A. Crawford Pinconning, MI 48650 1655 Dietz Rd. Phone: 517/879-5838, Fax: 517/879-3967 Dansville, MI 48819 Mobile: 517/881-7003 Phone: 517/623-6462 Clifford Maust Email: [email protected] 8555 Weale Rd. Bay Port, MI 48720 Michael L. Creque Phone: 517/453-3640, Mobile: 517/670-3640 Prattville Fertilizer & Grain Douglas L. Depcinski 12755 Kipp St. 2358 Amelith Rd. Prattville, MI 49271 Bay City, MI 48706 Phone: 517/383-2244, Fax: 517/383-2245 Phone:517/695-5440, Fax: 517/695-2853 Dean R. Cronkhite Scott A. DeVuyst 609 E. Dill Dr. 1061 Athletic St. Dewitt, MI 48820 Vassar, MI 48768 Phone: 517/224-3234, Fax: 517/224-1879 Phone: 517/823-2207, Fax: 517/823-2210 Rodney A. Crothers Case B. DeYoung 8105 Barryville Rd. 6174 Bluewater Hwy. Nashville, MI 49073 Saranac, MI 48881 Phone: 616/758-3596 Phone: 616/644-6028, Fax: 616/642-0682 Darrel D. Daniels Email: [email protected] 5651 Creekwood Brian L. Dierberger Haslett, MI 48840 8924 Linda Ray Ln. Phone: 517/339-4147, Fax: 517/339-4251 Gregory, MI 48137 Michael W. Day Phone: 734/662-9400, Fax: 734/662-0216 280 S Ringle Rd. Email: [email protected] Fairgrove, MI 48733 Mathew J. Disterheft Phone: 517/693-6127, Fax: 517/693-0108 8436 Laberdy Rd. David A. DeBuchananne Eau Claire, MI 49111 10295 Muskrat Rd. Phone: 616/461-4001, Fax: 616/461-6491 Carson City, MI 48811 David A. Dongvillo Phone: 517/234-6044 Royster-Clark 11471 Email: [email protected] Lake Michigan Dr. Richard A. Demski West Olive, MI 49460-9697 6755 Hillandale Rd. Phone: 616/399-2367, Fax: 616/399-6416 Sodus, MI 49126 Dale D. Dosenberry Phone: 616/927-1434, Fax: 616/944-1064 9879 15 Mile Rd. Dennings & Associates, Inc. Rodney, MI 49342 7879 Upton Rd. Phone: 517/831-8221, Fax: 571/831-8219 Elsie, MI 48831 Jay H. Drozd Phone: 517/862-5615, Fax: 517/862-5661 537 32nd St. Dennings’ Associates: Allegan, MI 49010 Roger Dennings 7881 Upton Rd. Phone: 616/673-2779, Fax : 616/673-2779 Elsie, MI 48831 Email: [email protected] Phone: 517/862-5852, Fax: 517/881-7002 Verne S. Dumaw John Fedewa 1499 West Colony Rd. Crop Protection Services Pewamo, MI 48873 5280 N. Ruth Rd. Phone: 517/593-3576 Deckerville, MI 48427 Phone: 810/648-2299, Fax: 810/648-1812
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Philip N. Dush Patrick J. Feldpausch 5842 N. Gilson Rd. 2858 S Bauer Rd. Elsie, MI 48831 Fowler, MI 48835 Phone: 517/847-3571 Phone: 517/593-3464 Jeffrey S. Eager Robert N. Ferrett Eager Sales Inc 1010 Walnut St. 1695 Montgomery Rd. Corunna, MI 48817 Brown City, MI 48416 Phone: 810/621-3320, Fax: 810/621-9454 Phone: 810/346-2542 Steven F. Flanders Email: [email protected] 4021 E Winegar Dale K. Edgington Bancroft, MI 48414 5700 Buell Rd. Phone: 517/634-5507, Fax: 517/634-5571 Vassar, MI 48768-9675 William D. Foster, Jr. Phone: 517/671-0129, Fax: 517/671-0166 PO Box 371 Wesley C. Edington Colon, MI 49040 Winning Edge Consulting Phone: 616/663-0140, Fax: 616/663-5114 PO Box 124, 121 N. Main Troy D. Frank Pigeon, MI 48755-0124 1620 Chip Rd. Phone: 517/453-3834, Fax: 517/453-3854 Kawkawlin, MI 48631 Email: [email protected] Phone: 517/686-1087 Brian J. Ehlert Bradley T. Geerdes 8997 Rouget Rd. 5283 Oak Run Palmyra, MI 49268-9703 Farwell, MI 48622 Email: [email protected] Phone: 517/588-9045, Fax: 517/588-9061 Charles J. Eickholt Brian J. Geerlings 18889 Gasper Rd. Herbruck Poultry Ranch Chesaning, MI 48616 6425 W. Grand River Ave. Phone: 517/845-2814 Saranac, MI 48881 Zell R. Eisenmann Phone: 616/642-9421, Fax: 616/642-9826 10708 Rouget Rd. Email: [email protected] Blissfield, MI 49228-9559 Douglas J. George Phone: 517/486-3627, Fax: 517/486-2737 14434 W. Townsend Rd. Email: [email protected] Fowler, MI 48835-9264 Peter H. Engemann Phone: 517/593-2099, Fax: 517/593-3330 1535 Glenhaven Ave. Email: [email protected] East Lansing, MI 48823 Wallace L. Gerst Phone: 517/845-2093, Fax: 517/332-0916 5900 Thornapple River Dr. SE Email: [email protected] Grand Rapids, MI 49512-9612 Randall J. Ettema Phone: 616/698-7948, Fax : 616/698-6818 9 Sunburst Ct. Email: [email protected] Frankenmuth, MI 48734 Jeffrey J. Gilder Phone: 517/652-3739, Fax: 517/652-3621 985 106th Email: [email protected] Plainwell, MI 49080 Michael W. Everett Phone: 616/685-9076, Fax: 616/672-9199 11985 Strait Rd. Email: [email protected] Hanover, MI 49241 Cornell B. Goldman Phone: 517/287-4214 4248 Deerfield Ct. Email: [email protected] Lambertville, MI 48144 John D. Fedewa Phone: 810/953-9782 14999 West Colony Rd. Email: [email protected] Pewamo, MI 48873 Phone: 517/862-5615, Fax: 517/862-5661
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Merrill C. Gould Daniel J. Hagen 1238 Columbus Ave. 425 Anderson St. Grand Haven, MI 49417-1559 Milan, MI 48160 Phone: 616/846-8250, Fax: 616/846-0655 Phone: 313/529-3010, Fax: 313/529-5214 Email: [email protected] Stanley C. Hallack Steven A. Gower Hart Co-Op 547 E Edgewood Blvd Apt. 614 332 N. 112th Ave., Drawer 71 Lansing, MI 48911 Hart, MI 49420 Phone: 517/432-9693, Fax: 517/432-0899 Phone: 616/873-2158, Fax: 616/873-3757 Email: [email protected] Jeffrey A. Harner Alexander A. Graham 7431 Naomi Rd. 1827 Bulgrien Rd. Eau Claire, MI 49111 Snover, MI 48472 Phone: 616/944-1401, Fax: 616/944-3135 Phone: 810/346-3160 Dan R. Harrigan Darwin E. Green 222 Little Station 2990 Imlay City Rd. Holland, MI 49424 Lapeer, MI 48446 Phone: 616/669-3120, Fax: 616/669-0343 Phone: 810/664-2907, Fax: 810/667-1419 Jawad Hasan Jerry J. Grigar, Jr. 1102 Hawks Ridge 3001 Coolidge Rd., Ste. 250 Grand Ledge, MI 48837 East Lansing, MI 48823-6351 Phone: 517/726-0514, Fax: 517/726-0555 Phone: 517/324-5250 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Lloyd G. Haupricht Ronald F. Gromak 4898 Orchard Ln. 9920 Thayer Rd. Owosso, MI 48867 Mayville, MI 48744 Phone: 517/725-2680, Fax: 517/723-4345 Phone: 517/550-9211 Email: [email protected] Paul F. Gross Ronald R. Hecht 1611 N Gilmore Star of the West Milling Co. Weidman, MI 48893 3269 S. Vanburen Rd. Phone: 517/772-0911, Fax: 517/773-1622 Richville, MI 48757 Email: [email protected] Phone: 517/868-4186, Fax: 517/868-4462 Email: starofthewest.com Howard D. Gustafson 614 E Liberty St. Thomas D. Hecht Chesaning, MI 48616 543 Homer Rd. Phone: 517/781-5353, Fax: 51/781-5367 Litchfield, MI 49252 Phone: 517/287-4293, Fax: 517/287-4655 Jackson J. Gyomory PO Box 55 Timothy D. Hennessy 4300 Huron St. 7630 Seneca Hwy. North Branch, MI 48461 Morenci, MI 49256 Phone: 810/688-2110, Fax: 810/688-2153 Phone: 517/436-9239, Fax: 517/436-9240 Email: [email protected] Email: timothy.d.hennessy@monsan Jason T. Haag Patrick M. Herdell 10690 Canboro 1230 N Colling Sebewaing, MI 48759 Caro, MI 48723 Phone: 517/883-3187 Phone: 517/678-4214, Fax : 517/678-4216 Email: [email protected] Dale A. Hiatt Dale R. Hafner 30985 Covey Rd. 6191 Ferden Rd. Leonidas, MI 49066 Chesaning, MI 48616 Phone: 616/496-2415, Fax: 616/496-7868 Phone: 517/845-6144, Fax: 517/845-6028
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Richard O. Hill Michael K. Hughes Wilbur-Ellis Company 17336 Hidden Treasure Dr. 59364 Champlain Rd. West Olive, MI 49460-9515 Dowagiac, MI 49047 Phone: 616/847-6844, Fax: 616/847-6845 Phone: 616/782-0538, Fax: 616/944-3135 Email: [email protected] Richard M. Hodupp Robert A. Hulett 23741 Wakeman Rd. 57 James Dr. Mendon, MI 49072-9506 Fowlerville, MI 48836 Phone: 616/467-5511, Fax: 616/467-5641 Phone: 517/223-9148, Fax: 517/223-8290 Email: [email protected] L. K. Hull Lee Hoeft 7450 Riga Hwy. 2760 Harrington Rd. Riga, MI 49276 Croswell, MI 48422 Phone: 517/486-2107, Fax: 517/486-4501 Phone: 810/727-2791, Fax: 810/727-4930 Victor G. Hupfer Kevin H. Hoffman Freeland Bean & Grain Inc. 191 Hickory Hills 1000 E. Washington, PO Box 515 Marshall, MI 49068 Freeland, MI 48623 Phone: 616/781-2245, Fax: 616/781-9213 Phone: 517/695-9131, Fax: 517/695-5241 Email: [email protected] John R. Jacob Richard J. Hoffman 813 N Lakeview Ave. 1529 Lawrence Rd. Sturgis, MI 49091 Mayville, MI 48744 Phone: 616/651-6855, Fax: 616/651-6855 Phone: 517/781-5353, Fax 517/781-5367 Email: [email protected] Corinne R. Holdwick Dana J. Jacobs 5940 Sand Beach Rd. 321 S. Erie St. Apt 208 Harbor Beach, MI 48441 Three Rivers, MI 49093 Phone: 517/864-3391, Fax: 517/864-3434 Phone: 616/483-1300, Fax: 616/483-1054 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Rich Honaman David L. Jedele 831 S. Sandusky Rd. 8060 Austin Rd. Sandusky, MI 48471 Saline, MI 48176 Phone: 517/864-3311, Fax: 517/864-3434 Phone: 734/944-3915 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Matthew D. Horstmeier Marshall R. Jenkins 67760 US 131 Hemlock Elevator Co. Constantine, MI 49042-9999 6056 East Tyler Rd. Phone: 616/483-1300, Fax: 616/483-1054 Breckenridge, MI 48615 Email: [email protected] Phone: 517/351-5700, Fax: 517/875-4850 Email: [email protected] James R. Howe 256 Harvest Ln. Donald F. Johnson Frankenmuth, MI 48734 5761 Temperance Rd. Phone: 517/652-9971, Fax: 517/652-6358 Ottawa Lake, MI 49267 Email: [email protected] Phone: 517/486-3422, Fax: 517/486-3268 Terry E. Howell Jerry L. Johnson 3870 Wachtel Dr. 7220 Lincoln St. Holt, MI 48842-9783 Brown City, MI 48416 Phone: 517/694-6919, Fax: 517/694-7732 Phone: 810/346-2355, Fax: 810/346-3635 Email: [email protected] Loren C. Kaeb Gary J. Hoyt 11420 Peck Lake Rd. 3746 E. North County Line Rd. Lowell, MI 49331 St. Louis, MI 48880 Phone: 616/897-7445 Phone: 517/681-4537 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 28 MICHIGAN CONTACTS
Tonya L. Kamen Robert Koenders 4857 Ball Rd. 22161 32 Mile Rd. Vassar, MI 48768 Armada, MI 48005 Phone: 517/894-2821, Fax: 517/375-2782 Home Phone: 313/784-5149 Email: [email protected] Business Phone: 313/784-5007 Pollyanne Kapala John A. Kohr PO Box 582 7416 Paul Haslett, MI 48840 Pigeon, MI 48755 Phone: 517/373-1087, Fax: 517/335-4540 Phone: 517/453-4500, Fax: 517/453-3942 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Wade M. Kappen Dale R. Kominek 4707 Lamton Rd. Crop Production Services Cass City, MI 48726 9325 W. Michigan Ave. Phone: 517/872-3732, Fax: 517/872-4515 Saline, MI 48176-9619 Phone: 313/429-2300, Fax: 313/429-7299 John E. Kaufmann 5140 Cornell Rd. Dennis L. Kreiner Okemos, MI 48864-1212 5152 Cedar Creek Rd. Phone: 517/349-7084, Fax: 517/349-7090 North Branch, MI 48461 Email: john.e.kaufmann@monsanto. Phone: 810/688-2384 Kathy J. Kennedy Thomas M. Kreiner PO Box 506 13756 Keefer Hwy. Merrill, MI 48637 Sunfield, MI 48890 Phone: 517/643-7860 Phone: 517/647-6919, Fax: 517/647-7624 Douglas J. Kinkema Barbara S. Krupp 503 S. Houghton St. 3311 Peet Rd. Lake City, MI 49651 New Lothrop, MI 48460 Phone: 231/839-2084, Fax: 231/826-4250 Phone: 810/638-5467 William R. Kirk Craig E. Kubacki 3953 Fairgrove Rd. 7195 Mackinaw Rd. Fairgrove, MI 48733-9533 Bay City, MI 48706 Phone: 517/693-6239, Fax: 517/693-6035 Phone: 517/890-8844, Fax: 517/686-1067 Email: [email protected] Anthony M. Kucharski Gregory D. Klein 60863 68th Ave. 8945 Cook St. Hartford, MI 49057 Montague, MI 49437 Phone: 616/672-5567, Fax: 616/672-9199 Phone: 616/873-3630, Fax: 616/873-5196 William V. Kushmaul Email: [email protected] 205 N Morton St. Mark L. Klett St. Johns, MI 48879 2010 Chase Lake Rd. Phone: 800/257-7333, Fax: 517/224-8885 Howell, MI 48843 Romain D. Lalone II Phone: 517/546-5874, Fax: 517/546-5874 11951 Ellsworth/E Jordaan Rd. Email: [email protected] Ellsworth, MI 49729 Jeffrey A. Kline Phone: 616/536-0839, Fax: 616/536-0839 3996 W M 21 Email: [email protected] Owosso, MI 48867 Randall G. Laurenz Phone: 517/725-2680, Fax: 517/723-4345 4714 S Castor Rd. Email: [email protected] Breckenridge, MI 48615 Ernest A. Klug Phone: 517/875-2220, Fax: 517/875-2167 8501 Pokagon Rd. Email: [email protected] Berrien Center, MI 49102-9732 Phone: 616/695-6823, Fax: 616/695-5141
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Daniel V. Lauwers Patrick E. Lusk Eastern Michigan Grain, Inc. 312 10 Mile Rd. PO Box 317, 10730 Mary St. Sparta, MI 49345 Emmett, MI 48022 Phone: 616/754-4609, Fax: 616/754-0401 Phone: 810/384-6519, Fax: 810/384-1789 Marcus G. Lynn Joel D. Layman 245 Elizabeth Dr. 2365 Club Meridian Dr. #C5 Owosso, MI 48867-9061 Okemos, MI 48864 Phone: 517/725-7933, Fax: 517/723-3202 Phone: 517/930-9510 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Matthew M. Lyons Ralph H. Leach, Jr. 683 N. Rusch Rd. 2930 Rose Way Dr. Traverse City, MI 49686 Bay City, MI 48706 Phone: 800/468-6641, Fax (616)946-4135 Phone: 517/662-7294, Fax: 517/662-7295 Michael J. Maassel Kenneth J. Lehman 9975 Marilyn St. Crop Production Services Reese, MI 48757 2291 Montgomery Rd. Phone: 734/604-1573 Hillsdale, MI 49242 Email: [email protected] Phone: 517/647-6919, Fax: 517/647-7624 John E. Mackey, Jr. Jeffrey C. Leipprandt 8189 Lake St. Pioneer Hi-Bred Int’l, Inc. Bear Lake, MI 49614 7171 Fillion Rd. Phone: 616/864-2636, Fax: 616/864-3950 Pigeon, MI 48755 John F. Mackson Phone: 517/453-3246, Fax: 517/453-3172 818 W Fourth St. Email: leipprandt@phib Pinconning, MI 48650 Steven C. Leipprandt Phone: 517/879-5838, Fax: 517/879-3967 3674 Pettis Ave. NE Email: [email protected] Ada, MI 49301 Curtis M. Mans Phone: 616/874-6226, Fax: 616/874-6776 6675 S Clearwater Dr. Email: [email protected] Zeeland, MI 49464 Charles L. Lightfoot Phone: 616/751-8007, Fax: 616/751-7684 1740 Parkway Dr. Email: [email protected] Caro, MI 48723 Frank F. Marcello Phone: 517/684-1040, Fax: 517/686-7925 United AgroProducts Paul J. Lound PO Box 10 1759 24th Ave. Merrill State, MI 48637 Shelby, MI 49455 Phone: 517/643-7293, Fax: 517/643-7904 Phone: 616/861-2526, Fax: 616/861-6640 Email: [email protected] Timothy M. Louis David L. Marcy 3355 West Ackerman Rd. 10604 W VanBuren Rd. Unionville, MI 48767 Riverdale, MI 48877 Phone: 517/206-1167, Fax: 517/674-2251 Phone: 517/833-7886 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Steven M. Lozmack Paul F. Marks 2295 Riley St. Michigan State University Hudsonville, MI 48826 963 S Raisinville Monroe, MI 48161 Robert M. Lund Phone: 313/243-7113, Fax: 313/243-7000 3628 Kalamazoo Ave. Email: [email protected] Wayland, MI 49348 Phone: 616/792-6444, Fax: 616/792-3485
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Bartley R. Marshall Rick L. Mears 8868 West Chicago Rd. 315 Mary St. Allen, MI 49227 Union City, MI 49094 Phone: 517/869-2140 Phone: 517/741-3718, Fax: 517/741-4053 Email: [email protected] C. J. Merriman Keith A. Martus Novartis Crop Protection 9944 Swaffer Rd. 39 Pineview Dr. Frankenmuth, MI 48734 Lapeer, MI 48446-9318 Phone: 517/868-4186, Fax: 517/868-4462 Phone: 810/667-4716, Fax: 810/667-4716 Email: [email protected] Richard H. Mason Seedsmart.com Susan M. Messing 210 Elm St., Apt. 4 19671 Maple Ave. Portland, MI 48875 Conklin, MI 49403 Phone: 517/647-2359, Fax: 508/632-6486 Phone: 616/887-8333, Fax: 616/887-8644 Email: [email protected] James R. Metz John F. Mausolf 6930 Darby Rd. 204 North Fifth St. Monroe, MI 48161 Harbor Beach, MI 48441 Phone: 734/269-2179 Phone: 517/269-9929, Fax: 517/269-6301 Email: [email protected] Email: jmausolf@terraindustries. Adoree L. Miron Clifford D. Maust 7162 S Shore Dr. 8555 Weale Rd. Delton, MI 49046-9412 Bay Port, MI 48720-9745 Phone: 616/435-2855, Fax: 616/435-7388 Phone: 517/862-5615 Jennifer J. Mitchell Mark W. McClintic 13 Frisbee St. 10840 Condensery Hillsdale, MI 49242 Carson City, MI 48811 Phone: 517/278-2725, Fax: 517/278-5972 Phone: 517/584-3994, Fax: 517/584-6627 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Donald J. Morse Larry J. McKown 7800 Burt Rd. 1756 Hawkins Hwy. Birch Run, MI 48415 Clayton, MI 49235 Phone: 517/624-9879 Phone: 517/263-3200, Fax: 517/486-3268 Scott J. Motschenbacher Email: [email protected] 1321 Maple Grove Rd. Robert A. McLachlan LaPeer, MI 48446 2886 Huron Line Rd. Phone: 810/667-6333, Fax: 810/667-7555 Ubly, MI 48475 Email: scott.motschenbacher@seed Phone: 517/872-3732, Fax: 517/872-4515 Brian R. Mueller Craig M. McManus 5311 Vista Royale Ct. 8465 Wilcox Rd. Rockford, MI 49341 Eaton Rapids, MI 48827-9538 Phone: 616/866-6392, Fax: 616/866-8713 Phone: 517/857-4492, Fax: 517/857-4493 Terry L. Muntz Alan J. McTaggart 6151 Muntz Rd. 4327 Second St. Cass City, MI 48726 Port Hope, MI 48468-4327 Phone: 517/665-9975, Fax: 517/665-9976 Phone: 517/428-4116, Fax: 517/428-3319 Email: [email protected] John W. Meadows William C. Nichols 10654 Heenan PO Box 102 Whitmore Lake, MI 48189 Elwell, MI 48832 Phone: 734/429-2300, Fax: 784/429-7299 Phone: 517/330-3890
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Edward J. Nickels Dennis R. Philpot 4981 Skyline Dr. 2194 Snover Rd. Perrinton, MI 48871 Deckerville, MI 48427 Phone: 517/593-2099, Fax: 517/593-3330 Phone: 517/428-4116 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tracy J. Nine Steven S. Poindexter 421 North St. 7863 Abbe Court Blissfield, MI 49228-1042 Saginaw, MI 48609 Phone: 517/423-2910, Fax: 517/423-4520 Phone: 517/799-2233, Fax: 517/799-2238 Email: [email protected] Gary B. Nowaczyk 12216 Ithaca Rd. Herbert G. Ponting St. Charles, MI 48655 1312 Davis Rd. Phone: 517/845-2508, Fax: 517/845-4845 Sandusky, MI 48471 Email: gnowaczyk@terraindustries Phone: 810/648-2299, Fax: 810/648-1812 Marvin B. Oesterle Roger J. Poscal 1975 Okemos Rd. 1579 S Meridian Rd. Mason, MI 48854 Merrill, MI 48637 Phone: 517/676-1869, Fax: 517/676-6898 Phone: 517/681-5711, Fax: 517/681-4704 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Kevin D. Ogles Praxis USDA-NRCS (IPM, Bioremediation, phytoremediation, biological reclamation) 150 N Willowbrook Rd. #100 P.D. Mckown or S.M. DeFazio Coldwater, MI 49036-8820 2723 116th Avenue Phone: 517/278-8008, Fax: 517/278-5176 Allegan, MI 49010 Email: [email protected] Phone: 616-673-2793, Fax: 616-673-2793 Email: [email protected] Luke G. Orth Web: http://www.praxis-ibc.com 310 N Unionville Rd. Bay Port, MI 48720-9704 Allen G. Pung Phone: 51/453-4564, Fax: 51/453-4574 11091 Barnes Rd. Email: [email protected] Portland, MI 48875 Phone: 616/693-2283, Fax: 616/693-2285 Mark A. Otto Agri-Business Cons., Inc. Paul Pung 911 Edison Ave. 4174 S. Hollister Rd. Lansing, MI 48910-3339 Ovid, MI 48866 Phone: 517/482-7506 Phone: 517/834-5780, Fax: 517/834-2530 Email: [email protected] Natalie B. Rector Keith E. Paige Michigan State Univ. Ext. 2707 Mackinaw Rd. 315 W. Green St. Kawkawlin, MI 48631 Marshall, MI 49068 Phone: 517/667-0804, Fax: 517/667-0479 Phone: 616/781-0784, Fax : 616/781-0647 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ronald S. Palmer Jeffrey S. Reinbold 12580 Graham Rd. 9806 Wedsworth St. Charles, MI 48655 Saginaw, MI 48601 Phone: 517/845-2200, Fax: 517/845-4845 Phone: 517/652-2611, Fax: 517/652-2491 Email: [email protected] William G. Peoples 27045 Leland Rd. James D. Reithel Three Rivers, MI 49093 7618 Unionville Rd. Phone: 616/445-2401, Fax: 616/273-1099 Unionville, MI 48767 Phone: 517/691-5711, Fax: 517/691-5481 Email: [email protected]
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Ronald J. Restum Robert E. Schilling 4284 Woodview Dr. W 5127 Naomi Rd. Saginaw, MI 48603-9638 Eau Claire, MI 49111 Phone: 517/486-2138, Fax: 517/486-6145 Phone: 616/944-1411, Fax: 616/944-1064 Email: [email protected] Philip E. Schmiege Daniel R. Rike 10980 Ditch Rd. 3241 Goodwin Rd. Oakley, MI 48649 Ionia, MI 48846-9437 Phone: 517/781-5353, Fax: 517/781-5367 Phone: 517/647-4323, Fax: 517/647-6806 John D. Schneider Email: [email protected] PO Box 201 Timothy J. Riley Bear Lake, MI 49614-0201 720 11th St. Phone: 616/864-2636, Fax: 616/889-3748 Otsego, MI 49078 Kathryn A. Schnell Phone: 800/442-9944, Fax: 616/944-3135 16705 Lincoln Rd. Email: [email protected] Chesaning, MI 48616 William M. Ritter Phone: 517/845-6323, Fax: 517/845-7058 10133 128th Ave. Email: [email protected] West Olive, MI 49460 David A. Schott Phone: 616/751-1020, Fax: 616/751-1040 975 East Linwood Rd. Scott A. Roggenbuck Linwood, MI 48634 8579 Helena Rd. Phone: 517/697-5941, Fax: 517/697-5289 City: Harbor Beach, State: MI Zip: 48441 Allen E. Schuette Phone: 517/479-6519 3290 Voight Martin J. Rosek Saginaw, MI 48603 12511 Stuart Rd. Phone: 517/695-5440 St. Charles, MI 48655 Michael A. Schwab Phone: 517/845-5470, Fax: 517/845-5178 7990 N Garfield Rd. Email: [email protected] Standish, MI 48658-9322 Daniel J. Rossman Phone: 517/846-4477, Fax: 517/846-4701 4625 Macarthur Rd. Email: [email protected] Perrinton, MI 48871 Kevin W. Schuhknecht Phone: 517/875-5233, Fax: 517/875-5289 8586 Blatchford Rd. Email: [email protected] Watervliet, MI 49098 Martin E. Ruhlig III Phone: 616/468-4801, Fax: 616/468-4859 11546 Island Lake John R. Schulz Dexter, MI 48130 6066 French Rd. Phone: 734/426-8031, Fax: 734/426-2451 Unionville, MI 48767 Mark L. Seamon Phone: 517/883-3030, Fax: 517/883-2311 5040 East Rd. Email: [email protected] Saginaw, MI 48601 David F. Schwallier Phone: 517/799-2233, Fax: 517/799-2238 15348 16th Ave. Email: [email protected] Marne, MI 49435 Darrin L. Schaer Phone: 616/887-8333, Fax: 616/887-8644 3880 Park Rd. Email: [email protected] Eau Claire, MI 49111 Charles E. Scovill Phone: 616/944-5587 9877 W Britton Rd. Luka G. Schemenauer Laingsburg, MI 48848 27910 CR 215 Phone: 517/651-2218, Fax: 517/651-9173 Bangor, MI 49013 Email: charles.scovill@garstseed Phone: 616/427-8206, Fax: 616/427-7720 Email: [email protected]
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Joe Scrimger Roy F. Simpson Bio-Systems 4863 W Vermontville Hwy. 6359 Euclid St. Charlotte, MI 48813 Marlette, MI 48453 Phone: 517/543-1793 Phone: 517/635-2864 P. J. Smeenk Wilbur J. Sears Michigan State University 3112 Riggie St. Dept. of Crop & Soil Sciences Midland, MI 48640 East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: 517/835-1921 Phone: 517/353-9722, Fax: 517/353-3834 Email: [email protected] Jonathan R. Searson 186 South 5th St., P.O. Box 344 David D. Smith Freeland, MI 48623 3440 Van Buren Rd. Phone : 517/695-9248, Fax: 517/695-5548 Alma, MI 48801 Phone: 517/681-4481, Fax: 517/681-4481 Dustin J. Seley Email: [email protected] PO Box 271 Elkton, MI 48731-0271 Gary J. Smith Phone: 517/375-2288, Fax: 517/375-2282 8822 Kraft Ave. Email: [email protected] Caledonia, MI 49316 Phone: 616/891-8108, Fax: 616/891-0096 George W. Shane 8160 Hill Rd. Michael F. Smith Watervliet, MI 49098 Caledonia Farmers Elevator Phone: 616/461-6977, Fax: 616/461-6987 146 E. Main St. Caledonia, MI 49316 Jim Sheppard Phone: 616/891-8108, Fax: 616/891-0096 Grower Service Corporation 351 Jane Thomas W. Smith Saginaw, MI 48601 4720 N Nottawa Rd. Phone: 517/752-8760, Fax: 517/752-0878 Weidman, MI 48893 Email: [email protected] Phone: 517/433-2956, Fax: 517/433-2250 Kenneth J. Shemka Donald R. Smucker 120 Tomlinson Rd. 617 N State Rd., Box 308 Bad Axe, MI 48413 Stanton, MI 48888 Phone: 810/648-2299, Fax: 810/648-1812 Phone: 517/831-7500, Fax: 517/831-7515 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Eric P. Sherwood Charles L. Southworth 1350 S Gera Rd. 2228 E. Hayes Rd. Frankenmuth, MI 48734 Ithaca, MI 48847 Phone: 517/868-4186, Fax: 517/868-4462 Phone: 517/875-3439, Fax: 517/875-3439 Email: [email protected] James R. Spiekerman Jon H. Silsby 9983 Woodruff 15060 S. 27th St. Reese, MI 48757 Vicksburg, MI 49097-9709 Phone: 517/752-8760, Fax: 517/752-0878 Phone: 517/542-2996, Fax: 616/649-4023 Email: [email protected] Sandra S. Silsby Kathleen I. Spranger 15060 S. 27th St. 4135 Merriman Rd. Vicksburg, MI 49097 Deckerville, MI 48427-9318 Phone: 616/649-3722, Fax: 616/679-4023 Phone: 517/635-3578, Fax: 517/635-2951 Jason P. Simon Fred K. Springborn 1705 S Hinman Rd. PO Box 308 Fowler, MI 48835 Stanton, MI 48888 Phone: 517/593-2534 Phone: 517/831-7500, Fax: 517/831-7515 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
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Mark R. Stapish Jeffrey S. Triebel IMC Agribusiness Crop Production Services PO Box 8 975 E Linwood Rd. Riga, MI 49276 Linwood, MI 48634 Phone: 517/486-2107, Fax: 517/486-4501 Phone: 517/697-5941, Fax: 517/697-5289 Dennis W. Steinbauer Philip C. Tuggle 3954 Irwin Rd. Michigan Agric Commodities Standish, MI 48658-9451 306 North Caroline Phone: 517/879-3480, Fax: 517/879-5864 Middleton, MI 48856 Phone: 517/236-7263, Fax: 517/236-7716 Hannah S. Stevens Macomb County MSU Extension Wayne H. Uebler 21885 Dunham, Ste. 12 430 Loesel Rd. Clinton Township, MI 48036 Frankenmuth, MI 48734 Phone: 810/469-6440, Fax: 810/469-6948 Phone: 517/652-8136 Email: [email protected] Rod D. Stevenson 6511 West B Ave. Daniel R. Uppena Plainwell, MI 49080 11345 N. Territorial Rd. Phone: 616/345-7726, Fax: 616/345-7726 Dexter, MI 48130 Phone: 919/549-2523, Fax: 919/549-2641 Joel W. Stoepker Email: [email protected] 200 E. Tupper Lake Rd. Lake Odessa, MI 48849-9413 Robert G. Van Arkel Phone: 616/374-8061, Fax: 616/374-0129 9359 Riverside Dr. Grand Ledge, MI 48837 Todd R. Stoll Phone: 517/626-9902, Fax: 517/626-2028 31993 Custer Rd. Email: [email protected] Colon, MI 49040-9207 Phone: 616/467-6180, Fax: 616/432-9290 Mark J. Vander Werff Email: [email protected] IMC Agri-Business 11087 Phelps Ave. Norman J. Tanis Sparta, MI 49345 7497 Shaw Rd. Phone: 616/887-1257, Fax: 616/887-6156 Imlay City, MI 48444 Email: [email protected] Phone: 810/724-8026, Fax: 810/724-8021 Marla J. VanWormer James M. Terbrack 517 S Woodbridge 3860 Stringer Rd. Ithacha, MI 48847 Deckerville, MI 48427 Phone: 517/277-3650 Phone: 517/864-3311, Fax: 517/864-3434 Email: [email protected] Dennis L. Varner 1492 Kindy Dr. Erik D. Thies Midland, MI 48640 200 W Bronson St. Phone: 517/631-4203, Fax: 517/631-4203 Decatur, MI 49045-925 Phone: 616/424-6429 Mark R. Varner 12472 Atherton Rd. James D. Thurlow Davison, MI 48423 1360 N Airport Rd. Phone: 810/658-2045, Fax: 810/658-2051 St. Johns, MI 48879 Email: [email protected] Phone: 517/224-4100, Fax: 517/224-1879 Natasha J. Versluys Max N. Tiede 1144 Ellsmere NE 7450 Riga Hwy., PO Box 8 Grand Rapids, MI 49505 Riga, MI 49276 Phone: 616/887-7877, Fax: 616/887-4970 Phone: 517/486-2107, Fax: 517/486-4501 Email: [email protected] Ronald L. Timmer Frank A. Vining 8701 Gordon St. Caledonia Farmers Elevator Zeeland, MI 49464-9370 146 E. Main Phone: 616/772-7283 Caledonia, MI 49316 Phone: 616/891-1033, Fax: 616/891-0096 35 MICHIGAN CONTACTS
Brent J. Voisinet Winning Edge Consulting 5051 N DeWitt Rd. P.O. Box 124 St. Johns, MI 48879 3314 North Sturm Rd. Phone: 517/838-2500, Fax: 517/838-4456 Pigeon, MI 48755-0124 Phone: 517/453-3834, Fax: 517/453-3854 Steve W. Wagner 1871 Yosemite Eric R. Witt Ingham, MI 48864 11800 S Winn Rd. Phone: 517/349-5871, Fax: 517/349-5871 Vestaburg, MI 48891 Phone: 517/866-2160, Fax: 517/866-2161 Gordon J. Waltz 539 Middlebury Ln. Jeffery D. Wohlgemuth Mason, MI 48854 16331 Highland Dr. Phone: 517/566-8601, Fax: 517/676-7784 Spring Lake, MI 49456 Email: [email protected] Phone: 616/928-3411, Fax: 616/928-2613 Herman L. Warner Ronald V. Wolschleger 11935 E. Denver Rd. 1891 N Ruth Rd. Coleman, MI 48618 Harbor Beach, MI 48441 Phone: 517/465-1581, Fax: 517/636-7708 Phone: 517/269-9929, Fax: 517/269-6301 Anne M. Webster Charles L. Worley 53068 CR 653 25806 Ottokee Dr. Paw Paw, MI 49079 Sturgis, MI 49091 Phone: 616/655-2074, Fax: 616/655-8074 Phone: 616/483-1300, Fax: 616/483-1054 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Jeffrey A. Weburg Bob K. York 1630 E. Stoll Rd. 28377 S Kristina Circle Lansing, MI 48906-1070 Paw Paw, MI 49079-8620 Phone: 517/351-5700, Fax: 517/351-3805 Phone: 616/655-8855, Fax: 616/655-8856 Email: [email protected] John W. Weller 6249 West Grant Brian C. Zeeb Middleton, MI 48856 1005 Turner St. Phone: 517/236-5431, Fax: 517/236-5123 Dewitt, MI 48820 Email: [email protected] Phone: 517/224-3234, Fax: 517/224-1879 Brian K. Welton Bryon M. Zeller 9800 Springport Rd. 8968 St. Clair Rd. Parma, MI 49269 Jeddo, MI 48032 Phone: 517/569-3551 Phone: 810/327-6174 Email: [email protected] Mark N. White 6734 Glen Hollow Dr. SE Kenneth A. Zielinski Caledonia, MI 49316 2121 Butternut Dr. Phone: 616/299-7028, Fax: 616/751-1049 Okemos, MI 48864-3202 Email: [email protected] Phone: 517/349-9910, Fax: 517/349-9910 Ricky C. Wickerham James E. Zook Crop Production Services 11120 Sunset Dr. 210 E Maple St PO 530 Perrinton, MI 48871-9743 Carson City, MI 48811 Phone: 517/875-5233 Email: [email protected] Toby R. Wigent 6755 S. Edon Rd. Karen A. Zuver Reading, MI 49274 3311 E Carlton Ctr. Rd. Phone: 517/542-2996, Fax: 517/542-3754 Hastings, MI 49058 Phone: 616/945-4657, Fax: 616)/945-4659 David E. Winkel Email: [email protected] 2650 Seymoure Dr. Shelbyville, MI 49344 Phone: 616/751-5171, Fax: 616/751-1049
36 MICHIGAN CONTACTS DAIRY EQUIPMENT AND FARM*A*SYST CONTACTS SUPPLIERS See program information on pg. 12 under Michigan Projects. Robert’s Surge Sherwood, MI Alpena CD Phone: 517/741-3514 1900 M-32 West Alpena, MI 49707-8105 Central Dairy Supply, Inc. Phone: 517/356-6038, Fax: 517/356-2401 Lansing, MI Phone: 517/322-2083 Antrim CD 106 Depot St., Complex 2 Van Strien S & S, Inc. Bellaire, MI 49615 Hudsonville, MI Phone: 231/533-8363, Fax: 231/533-6388 Phone: 616/896-9946 Bay CD Weiss Equipment 4044 S. Three Mile Rd. Frankenmuth & Cass City, MI Bay City, MI 48706 Phone: 517/652-6151 or 517/872-2242 Phone: 517/684-1040, Fax: 517/686-7925 Central Dairy Supply, Inc. Calhoun CD 2810 S. Canal 13464 15 Mile Rd., Ste. 110 Lansing, MI 48917 Marshall, MI 49068 Phone: 517/322-2100 or 517/322-2983 Phone: 616/781-4867, Fax: 616/781-3199 J & M Dairy Equipment Cass CD Sales & Service 1127 East State St. 5335 State Road Cassopolis, MI 49031 Hillsdale, MI 49242 Phone: 616/445-8643, Fax: 616/445-0691 Phone: 517/287-5101 Clinton CD West Dairy Equipment 2343 N. US-27 Hwy. 10760 E. M-21 St. Johns, MI 48879 Fowler, MI 48835 Phone: 517/224-8769, Fax: 517/224-1033 Phone: 517/593-2355 Delta CD 2003 Minneapolis Ave., Ste. 101 Gladstone, MI 49837 Phone: 906/428-4076, Fax: 906/428-1086 Grand Traverse SCD 1222 Veterans Dr. Traverse City, MI 49684 Phone: 231/941-0960, Fax: 231/941-0837 Gratiot CD 1326 E. Center St., PO Box 166 Ithaca, MI 48847 Phone: 517/875-3050, Fax: 517/875-4500 Hillsdale CD 3251 Beck Rd. Hillsdale, MI 49242 Phone: 517/439-1497, Fax: 517/439-1121 Huron CD 1460 S. Van Dyke Bad Axe, MI 48413 Phone: 517/269-9540, Fax: 517/269-8421 Ingham CD 1031 W. Dexter Trail Mason, MI 48854 Phone: 517/676-2290, Fax: 517/676-4351 37 MICHIGAN CONTACTS
Ionia CD Otsego County CD 2568 Heartland Blvd. 202 Livingston Blvd. Ionia, MI 48846 Gaylord, MI 49735 Phone: 616/527-4818, Fax: 517/527-9055 Phone: 517/732-4021, Fax: 517/731-0744 Iosco County MSUE Ottawa CD PO Box 599 16731 Ferris St. Tawas City, MI 48764 Grand Haven, MI 49417 Phone: 517/362-33449, Fax: 517/362-3871 Phone: 616/846-8770, Fax: 616/846-9181 Isabella CD Presque Isle CD 5979 E. Broadway 240 West Erie St. Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858 Rogers City, MI 49779 Phone: 517/772-9152, Fax: 517/773-0480 Phone: 517/734-4000, Fax: 517/734-7920 Jackson CD Sanilac CD 211 W. Ganson St. 50 E. Miller Rd. Jackson, MI 49201 Sandusky, MI 48471 Phone: 517/782-7404, Fax: 517/789-7886 Phone: 810/648-2116, Fax: 810/648-4670 Lapeer CD Shiawassee CD 1739 N. Saginaw St. 1900 S. Morrice Rd. Lapeer, MI 48446 Owosso, MI 48867 Phone: 810/664-3941, Fax: 231/664-8254 Phone: 517/723-8180, Fax: 517/723-8491 Lenawee CD St. Joseph CD 1100 Sutton Road 693 E. Main St. Adrian, MI 49221 Centreville, MI 49032-9603 Phone: 517/265-5887, Fax: 517/265-9121 Phone: 616/467-6336, Fax: 616/467-4356 Mason-Lake CD Tuscola CD 862 W. US-10 1075 Cleaver Rd. Scottville, MI 49454 Caro, MI 48723-1166 Phone: 616/757-3708, Fax: 616/757-4133 Phone: 517/673-8174, Fax: 517/673-1848 Mecosta County MSUE Van Buren CD 14485 Northland Dr. 219 Paw Paw St. Big Rapids, MI 49307 Paw Paw, MI 49079 Phone: 231/592-0792, Fax: 231/592-9492 Phone: 616/657-4030, Fax: 616/657-1423 Missaukee CD Washtenaw CD 6180 W. Sanborn Rd., Box 800 7203 Jackson Rd. Lake City, MI 49651 Ann Arbor, MI 48103-9506 Phone: 231/839-2890, Fax: 231/839-5282 Phone: 734/761-6721, Fax: 734/662/1686 Montcalm CD WMEAC 77 S. State 1432 Wealthy Street SE Stanton, MI 48888 Grand Rapids, MI 49505 Phone: 517/831-4606, Fax: 517/831-4540 Phone: 616/451-3051, Fax: 616/451-3054 Montcalm County MSUE 617 N. State Rd., PO Box 308 Stanton, MI 48888 Phone: 517/831-7500, Fax: 517/831-7515 Newaygo County CD 940 W. Rex St. Fremont, MI 49412 Phone: 231/924-2420, Fax: 231/924-4140 Osceola-Lake CD 4361 220th Ave. Reed City, MI 49677 Phone: 231/832-5438, Fax: 231/832-2683 38 MICHIGAN CONTACTS FENCING
The Wright Place Reading, MI Phone: 517/283-2645
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Small Business Pollution Prevention Loan, see pg. 13 under Michigan Projects. MDA Groundwater Stewardship Program, see pg. 42 under Michigan Contacts. Crop Reserve Enhancement Program and other USDA financial assistance programs, see pg. 65 under Agencies & Organizations.
LABORATORY SERVICES
A&L Great Lakes Laboratories, Inc. 3505 Conestoga Dr. Fort Wayne, IN 46808-4413 Phone: 219/483-4759, Fax: 219/4835274 Brookside Farms Laboratory Association, Inc. 308 S. Main New Knoxville, OH 45871 MANURE APPLICATION/ Phone: 419/753-2448 EQUIPMENT RENTAL Litchfield Analytical Services 535 Marshall Street Fillmore Equipment, Inc. P.O. Box 457 Ken Timmerman Litchfield, MI 49252 A-4098 M-40 Phone: 517/542-2915 Holland, MI 49423 Phone: 616/751-5141 Michigan State University Soil & Plant Nutrient Laboratory A81 Plant & Soil Sciences Building Rob Reurink Michigan State University 3627 Kalamazoo Ave. East Lansing, MI 48824-1325 Wayland, MI 49348 Phone: 517/355-0218, Fax: 517/355-1732 Phone: 616/792-2854 Fillmore Equipment, Inc. 2900 N. Broadway Hastings, MI 49058 Phone: 616/945-9526 Plummer Supply, Inc. Vern or Lee Deleeuw 2875 Plummer Park Place Bradley, MI 49311 Phone: 800/632-7731 or 616/792-2215
39 MICHIGAN CONTACTS MANURE TESTING LABORATORIES
University of Wisconsin Soil & Forage Analysis Lab 8396 Yellowstone Dr. Marshfield, WI 54449 Phone: 715/387-2523 A&L Great Lakes Laboratories, Inc. 3505 Conestoga Dr. Fort Wayne, IN 46808-4413 Phone: 219/483-4759, Fax: 219/4835274 Minnesota Valley Testing Laboratories, Inc 35 W. Lincoln Way P.O. Box 440 Nevada, IA 50201 Phone: 800/362-0855, Fax: 515/382-3885 Spectrum Analytic, Inc. P.O. Box 639 MANURE HANDLING 1087 Jamison Rd. Washington Courthouse, OH 43160 Bob Reurink Phone: 800/321-1562, Fax: 740/335-1104 3627 Kalamazoo Ave. Wayland, MI 49348 Holmes Laboratory, Inc. Phone: 616/792-2854 3559 U.S. Rt. 62 Millersburg, OH 44654-8834 Mid Thumb Irrigation Phone: 800/344-1101, Fax: 330/893-3094 Dan Shaw 4801 Mushroom Rd. Midwest Laboratories Decker, MI 48426 13611 B Street Phone: 810/672-9654 Omaha, NE 61844 Phone: 402/334-7770, Fax: 402/334-9121 Miller Livestock Manure Mgt., LLC Web: http://www.midwestlabs.com Lex Miller 1100 S. Pinnebog Rd. Midwest Feed Testing Service Bad Axe, MI 48413 3025 Brand Ave. Phone: 517/269-9948 Clare, MI 48617 Phone: 517/386-2677 Nick Hooper 4571 Maple Grove Rd. Servi-Tech Laboratories Deckerville, MI 48427 1602 Park West Drive Phone: 810/376-4554 Hastings, NE 68901 Phone: 402/463-3522, Fax: 402/463-8132 Francis Kruminacker Web: http://www.servi-technic.com 5946 Patterson Rd. Snover, MI 48472 Servi-Tech Laboratories Phone: 517/658-8194 1816 E. Wyatte Earp Dodge City, KS 67801 Dan Shaw Phone: 316/227-7123, Fax: 316/227-2047 Mid Thumb Irrigation Web: http://www.servi-technic.com 4801 Mushroom Rd. Decker, MI 48426 Phone: 810/672-9654 Porth Farms LLC Rodney Porth 6331 W. Caro Rd. Vassar, MI 48768 Phone: 517/823-8873
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MICHIGAN CLEAN SWEEP Elwin Coll Macomb County Health Department CONTACTS 43525 Elizabeth Mt. Clemens, MI 48043 Web: http://www.mda.state.mi.us/environm/groundwater/ Phone: 810/469-5235, Fax: 810/469-5885 cleansweep Darwin J. Baas The proper disposal of unused and unwanted pesticides County of Ottawa Health Department is the goal of the Clean Sweep program in Michigan. The Environmental Health Division Michigan Groundwater Stewardship Program, in 12251 James Street, Suite 200 cooperation with county and local units of government, has Holland, MI 49424-9675 established 12 permanent Clean Sweep sites located Phone: 616/393-5645, Fax: 616/393-5643 throughout the state. Thomas G. Waffen John Gruchot SOCRRA Berrien County Department of Planning 3910 West Webster Rd. Public Works & Land Description Royal Oak, MI 48073-6764 811 Port St. Room 105 Phone: 248/288-5150, Fax: 248/435-0310 St. Joseph MI 49085 Phone: 616/983-7111, x8617; Fax: 616/982-8611 Ned Birkey MSUE - Monroe County Drain Commission Vacant 963 South Raisinville Rd. Delta Solid Waste Management Authority Monroe, MI 48161 5701 19th Ave. North Phone: 734/243-7113, Fax: 734/243-7000 Escanaba, MI 49829 Phone: 906/768-9056, Fax: 906/968-0825 Rick Aho Marquette County Solid Waste Randall Smith 600 County Rd. NP Grand Traverse County Marquette, MI 49855 400 Boardman Ave. Phone: 906/249-4108, Fax: 906/249-9377 Traverse City, MI 49684 Phone: 616/922-4576, Fax: 616/922-4427 Michele Stemler Ionia County Resource Recovery Project 100 Library Ionia, MI 48846 Phone: 616/527-5357, Fax: 616/527-5312 Dawn George Isabella County Recycling Program 4208 East River Rd. Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858 Phone: 517/773-9631, Fax: 517/773-7431 Tom Dewhirst Kalamazoo County Human Services Department Household Hazardous Waste Center 1301 Lamont Ave. Kalamazoo, MI 49001 Phone: 616/383-8741, Fax: 616/383-8747 Sara Lesky Lapeer County Health Department 1575 Suncrest Lapeer, MI 48446 Phone: 810/667-0452, Fax: 810/667-0359
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MICHIGAN GROUNDWATER Jim Pawlowicz 1102 Cass Street STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM Traverse City, MI 49684 Phone: 231/922-4620, Fax: 231/922-4633 Contact: Jack Knorek, MDA Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.mda.state.mi.us/environm/groundwater/ Terri Smith local/index.html 201 W. Kalamazoo Ave., Rm. 302 MDA Environmental Stewardship Division Kalamazoo, MI 49007-3777 Rob Glazier Phone: 616/383-8830, Fax: 616/384-8035 Phone: 517/241-2154 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tom Williams Abby Eaton 800 Livingston Blvd., Ste. 4A PO Box 30017 Gaylord, MI 49735 Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: 517/732-6526 x108, Fax: 517/731-7044 Phone: 517/373-9797, Fax: 517/335-3329 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] NRCS Erik Johnson Tom Fedewa 9219 Aura St., PO Box 325 PO Box 30017 Kaleva, MI 49645 Lansing, MI 4909-7517 Phone: 231/362-2659, Fax: 231/362-2659 Phone: 517/335-0113 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Kip Miller MSU Extension 1495 S. Harrison, Ste. 115 Allen Krizek East Lansing, MI 48823 Phone: 517/373-9813 Phone: 517/432-3855, Fax: 517/353-1812 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Roberta Dow Grand Traverse County Traverse City, MI 49684 Phone: 231/922-4620, Fax: 231/922-4633 Email: [email protected] Lyndon Kelley Kalamazoo County 201 W. Kalamazoo Ave., Room 302 Kalamazoo, MI 49007-3777 Phone: 616/383-8830, Fax: 616/384-8035 Email: [email protected] Don Lehman Montcalm County 617 North State Rd. Stanton, MI 48888 Phone: 517/831-7500, Fax: 517/831-7515 Email: [email protected] Larry Ruetz Oakland County - Home*A*Syst 1200 North Telegraph Rd. Pontiac, MI 48341 Phone: 248/858-5199, Fax: 248/858-1477 Email: [email protected]
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MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Family Resource Management AoE Joan Witter-Children, Youth & Family AREA OF EXPERTISE (AoE) Phone: 517/353-9353, Fax: 517/353-6343 TEAMS Pat Lamison-Ingham County Phone: 517/676-7207, Fax: 517/676-7288 Mission: The MSUE CYF FRM AOE utilizes the knowledge Web: http://www.msue.msu.edu/aoe and resources within the community and the university to Beef AoE provide educational opportunities to help people make Dan Buskirk-MSU Animal Science informed decisions in order to achieve economic stability Phone: 517/432-0400, Fax: 517/432-1699 and optimize resources. Matt Shane-Lenawee County/SE Farm Management (FIRM) AoE Phone: 517/264-5300, Fax: 517/264-5317 Gerald Schwab-MSU Ag Economics Mission: The MSU Beef Team is committed to strengthen Phone: 517/355-2153, Fax: 517/432-1800 economic opportunities for the Eastern Corn Belt’s beef Roger Betz-Calhoun/SW industry by facilitating formation of a responsive beef Phone: 616/781-0784, Fax: 616/781-0768 production, marketing, and information system that Mission: “To assist agriculturally-related industries, provides added value to the consumer. businesses, families and individuals to improve their lives Christmas Trees AoE and achieve their goals through an educational process Mel Koelling-MSU Forestry that applies management and economic knowledge to Phone: 517/355-0094, Fax: 517/432-1143 critical issues, needs and opportunities.” Jill O’Donnell-Wexford County Field Crops AoE Phone: 616/779-9480, Fax: 616/779-9105 Kurt Thelen-MSU Crop and Soil Science Community Development AoE Phone: 517/353-1939, Fax: 517/353-5174 Mary Lou McPherson-MSU Res. Development Natalie A. Rector-Calhoun County Phone: 517/355-2313, Fax: 517/432-1048 Phone: 616/781-0784, Fax: 616/781-0768 Jim Wiesing-Grand Traverse County Mission: The Field Crops AoE Team is an organization of Phone: 616/922-4602, Fax: 616/922-4633 county and state Extension staff working to help crop producers improve themselves, their businesses, and their Consumer Horticulture AoE environment through an educational process that applies Mary McLellan-MSU Horticulture knowledge, demonstration and research to critical issues. Phone: 517/353-3774, Fax: 517/353-0890 Floriculture AoE Dairy AoE Tom Dudek-Ottawa County Herb Bucholtz-MSU Animal Science Phone: 616/846-8250, Fax: 616/846-0655 Phone: 517/355-8432, Fax: 517/353-1699 Dann Bolinger-Clinton County/EC Food Nutrition & Health AoE Phone: 517/224-5240, Fax: 517/224-5244 Pat Hammerschmidt-Children, Youth & Family Mission: The MSU Dairy Team is dedicated to assisting Phone: 517/353-9353, Fax: 517/353-6343 the Michigan dairy industry in facing the challenges of their Lois Thieleke-Oakland County dynamic industry through an educational process that Phone: 810/858-0897, Fax: 810/858-1477 applies knowledge, demonstration and research to the Mission: Michigan State University Extension Food, critical issues important now and in the future. Nutrition, and Health Area of Expertise will provide a framework that fosters collaborations, builds staff capacity Economic Development AoE and creates research based educational programs that Coletta Moser-MSU Ag Economics address the critical needs of Michigan’s individuals, Phone: 517/353-3298, Fax: 517/432-1800 families, and communities. Van Varner Tollgate/SE Phone: 248/347-0269, Fax: 248/380-9193 Food Safety AoE Les Bourquin-Food, Science & Human Nutrition Equine AoE Phone: 517/353-9664, Fax: 517/353-8963 Christine Corn MSU Animal Science Ellen DeFay-Washtenaw County Phone: 517/432-0383, Fax: 517/353-1699 Phone: 734/971-0079, Fax: 734/971-1307
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Forage/Pasture/Grazing AoE Leadership (Lead Net) AoE Richard Leep-Kellogg Biological Station Beth Moore-MSU Res. Development Phone: 616/671-2323, Fax: 616/671-2104 Phone: 517/353-9694, Fax: 517/432-1048 Dennis Pennington-Barry County Lela Vandenburg-MSU Res. Development Phone: 616/948-4862, Fax: 616/948-3323 Phone: 517/353-1898, Fax: 517/432-1048 Mission: “The forage AoE team is dedicated to providing Mission: To learn about, practice, and help others practice the latest information and research to forage producers community-centered, issue-focused, shared leadership for and grazers through educational programs, newsletters, collective action. publications, and on-farm research/demonstration projects. Livestock AoE Forestry AoE Dale Rozeboom-MSU Animal Science Karen Potter-Witter-MSU Forestry Phone: 517/355-8398, Fax: 517/353-1699 Phone: 517/353-8474, Fax: 517/432-1143 Kevin Gould-Ionia County/WC Bob Ojala-Oscoda/N Phone: 616/527-5357, Fax: 616/527-5312 Phone: 517/826-1160, Fax: 517/826-3518 Manure AoE Maureen McDonough-MSU Forestry Laura Cheney-MSU Ag Economics Phone: 517/432-2293, Fax: 517/432-1143 Phone: 517/432-0089, Fax: 517/432-1800 Mission: The Forestry AoE Team works to help private Roberta Weber-Hillsdale/SW landowners, industry, and communities improve the Phone: 517/439-9301, Fax: 517/439-4290 management and conservation of forest resources through Mission: The Michigan State University Manure Area of education, outreach programs and research. Forestry Expertise Team is a multi-disciplinary team providing specialists and AoE team members are involved in all education and research direction in manure management aspects of traditional forestry, urban forestry, Christmas for citizens of Michigan. We provide relevant, unbiased, tree culture, social and economic issues in resource science-based information to increase knowledge and management, conservation, research, and education. understanding to advance responsible economically and Fruit AoE environmentally sustainable use of manure in biological Dan Guyer-MSU Ag Engineering systems. Phone: 517/353-4517, Fax: 517/353-8982 Ornamentals AoE Jim Nugent, Fax: NW MI Horticulture Station Will Carlson-MSU Horticulture Phone: 231/946-1510, Fax: 231/946-1404 Phone: 517/355-5178, Fax: 517/353-0890 Human Development AoE Mission: Julia Tarsa-Children, Youth & Family - Leadership in research and education to foster the growth, Phone: 517/353-1881, Fax: 517/353-4846 economic viability and environmental stewardship of the Peggy Vuylsteke-St. Clair Green industries. Phone: 810/989-6935, Fax: 810/985-3557 - Leadership and knowledge to Michigan citizens to Mission: Educating to strengthen communities and families understand and implement environmentally sound plant to address current and emerging issues with in human care practices to improve the quality of life in their homes development and communities. Land Use AoE Poultry AoE Pat Norris-MSU Ag Economics Allan Rahn-MSU Animal Science Phone: 517/353-7856, Fax: 517/432-1800 Phone: 517/355-8402, Fax: 517/353-1699 Rod Cortright-Charlevoix County Rick Fulton-Animal Health Diagnostic Lab Phone: 616/582-6232, Fax: 616/582-2831 Phone: 517/353-3701, Fax: 517/355-2152 Mission: The purpose of the Land Use AoE is to develop Sheep AoE and disseminate educational programs that foster the use Margaret Benson-MSU Animal Science of Michigan’s land and other resources in a manner that Phone: 517/432-1388, Fax: 517/432-1699 meets the needs of the current generation without compromising the options of future generations. Joe Rook-MSU Large Animal clinical Sciences Phone: 517/353-3796, Fax: 517/432-1042 State & Local Government AoE Lynn Harvey-MSU Ag Economics Phone: 517/353-1619, Fax: 517/432-1800 John Amrhein-Wexford County Phone: 231/779-9480, Fax: 231/779-9105
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Swine AoE Youth Development AoE Ron Bates-MSU Animal Science Janet Olsen-Youth Development & 4-H 517/355-8398, Fax: 517/353-1699 Phone: 517/355-0810, Fax: 517/355-6748 Tim Johnson-Ottawa/WC Joanne Keith-Family & Child Ecology 616/846-8250, Fax: 616/846-0655 Phone: 517/355-7732, Fax: 517/347-3228 Mission: State and local extension staff working Steve Patterson-Roscommon cooperatively to provide Michigan pork producers unbiased Phone: 517/275-5043, Fax: 517-275/4736 research-based educational assistance to sustain their Nicole Yohalem-Washtenaw profitability in an environmentally acceptable manner. Phone: 734/971-0079, Fax: 734-971/1307 Tourism AoE Mission: The youth development Area of Expertise uses Don Holecek-MSU Travel, Tourism, Rec. staff development, resource development, and evaluation Phone: 517/353-0793, Fax: 517/432-2296 and reporting to enhance the ability of Extension staff to Rita Hodgin-MSUE-UP Region understand, apply and evaluate positive youth development Phone: 906/228-4830, Fax: 906/228-4572 practices in all aspects of their work. Mission: The Tourism AoE Team is working to help the tourism industry improve themselves, their businesses, and their environment through an educational process that applies knowledge, demonstration and research to critical issues. Turfgrass AoE Greg Lyman-MSU Crop and Soil Science Phone: 517/353-0680, Fax: 517/353-5174 Vegetable AoE Roger Brook-MSU Ag Engineering Phone: 517/353-4456, Fax: 517/353-8982 Jim Breinling-Newaygo County Phone: 231/924-0500, Fax: 231/924-6580 Mission - guide education and research emphases and efforts to strengthen the competitive position and profitability of the Michigan vegetable industry Volunteerism AoE Julie Chapin-4-H Youth Development Phone: 517/355-0180, Fax: 517/355-6748 Kelley Hiemstra-Kalamazoo County Phone: 616/383-8830, Fax: 616/384-8035 SEED SUPPLIERS Mission: To provide educational leadership in effective volunteerism. The Andersons Water Quality AoE Webberville, MI Ruth Kline-Robach-Institute of Water Research Phone: 800/292-4525, Fax: 517/521-4627 Phone: 517/355-0224, Fax: 517/353-1812 Dairyland Seed Lois Wolfson-MSU Fisheries & Wildlife Phone: 800/236-0163 Phone: 517/353-9222, Fax: 517/353-1812 Michigan Crop Improvement Association Rod Cortright-Charlevoix/N 2901 W. Jolly Rd. Phone: 616/582-6232, Fax: 616/582-2831 Okemos, MI 48864 Mission: The mission of the MSUE Water Quality Area of Phone: 517/332-3546 Expertise (AoE) team is to assist Michigan citizens in the protection, maintenance and enhancement of surface and Reading Feed & Grain, Inc. groundwater quality, with an emphasis on nonpoint sources Reading, MI of pollution, by providing science-based educational Phone: 800/332-8236 programs, materials and technical expertise. Zeeland Farm Services Woody Ornamentals AoE 2468 84th Street Dave Smitley-MSU Entomology Zeeland, MI 49464 Phone: 517/355-3385, Fax: 517/353-4354 Phone: 800/748-0595 45 MICHIGAN CONTACTS
SILO REPAIR Henson Water Wells 9350 S. Kingsbury Rd. Delton, MI 49046 ADL AG Sales, Inc. Phone: 616/623-5387 5596 W. Grand River Portland, MI 48875 Keller Well Drilling, Inc. Phone: 800/344-6941 Dave Keller 5615 Chilson Rd. Golden Hoop Silo Inc. Howell, MI 48843 5845 Lumberjack Rd. Phone: 800/450-5555, Fax: 810/227-0505 Riverdale, MI 48877 Phone: 517/833-7070 Charles Kleinfelt and Son, Inc. Bill Kleinfelt Handrich Farm Supply 3402 West 5 Point Hwy. Fairview, MI Charlotte, MI 48813 Phone: 517/848-2252 Phone: 517/543-2704 Nemanis Electric Inc. M. Cornell & Sons Well Drilling Ovid, MI 5077 North Meridian Phone: 517/834-2200 Williamston, MI 48895 Phone: 517/349-0695 McConnell & Scully WELL DRILLERS 26761 L Dr. South (Office) 28338 M-60 East (Shop) American Well Drilling Homer, MI 49245 8621 East C Ave. Phone: 517/568-4104, Fax: 517/568-4106 Richland, MI 49083 Phone: 616/629-4404, Fax: 616/629-4404 Oehring Drilling Charles Oehring Ann Arbor Well Drilling P.O. Box 242 Jerry Wheeler Flat Rock, MI 48134 7015 Joy Rd. Phone: 313/782-3994 P.O. Box 163 Dexter, MI 48130 Seese Well Drilling Company Phone: 313/426-3850, Fax: 313/426-1692 9751 Clarksville Rd. Clarksville, MI 48815 Brown Well Drilling Phone: 616/693-2103 7215 Highland Rd. Howell, MI 48843 Waldron Drilling Phone: 517/546-0600 Dan Waldron P.O. Box 93 Gage Well Drilling Riverdale, MI 48877 Dan Sentell Phone: 517/833-7348 9609 E. Artesia Beach Rd. P.O. Box 394 Walkerville Well Drilling & Supply Co., Inc. St. Helen, MI 48656 Jerry Frick Phone: 517/389-4372 P.O. Box 5 Walkerville, MI 49459 Hart Well Drilling Phone: 616/873-2317, Fax: 616/873-2161 Mick Hart 2877 Park Rd. Eau Claire, MI 49111 Phone: 616/944-1803 Hart Well Drilling Company 1154 South Jefferson Mason, MI 48854 Phone: 517/676-0600
46 AGENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL Michigan Agricultural Commodities 445 N. Canal ASSOCIATIONS Lansing, MI 48917 Phone: 517/627-0200 Allied Florist Association of Metro Detroit Michigan Agriculture Cooperative 35540 Jeffers Court Marketing Association (MACMA) Harrison Township, MI 48045-3226 7373 W. Saginaw Hwy. Phone: 810/792-4014, Fax: 810/792-7095 Lansing, MI 48917 Email: [email protected] Phone: 517/323-7000 Carrot Committee Michigan Allied Poultry Industries 13109 Shavey Rd., Ste. 7 St. Martins Point Rd., HC 47, PO Box 6270 Dewitt, MI 48820 Hessel, MI 49745 Phone: (517) 669-8377, Fax: (517) 669-1121 Phone: 906/484-2502 Email:[email protected] Email: [email protected] Cherry Marketing Institute Michigan Apple Committee P.O. Box 30285 12800 Escanaba Dr., Ste. B Lansing, MI 48909-7785 Dewitt, MI 48820 Phone: (517) 669-4264 Phone: 517/669-8353, Fax: 517/669-9506 Web: http://www.cherrymrkt.org Web: http://michiganapples.com Cooperative Association Michigan Aquaculture Association 292 Mart St., SW 19465 200th Ave. Grand Rapids, MI 49508 Big Rapids, MI 49307 Elk & Deer Breeders Association Phone: 616/796-2284 P.O. Box 13036 Michigan Asparagus Advisory Board Lansing, MI 48901-3036 PO Box 900 Phone: (517) 622-0483, Fax: (517) 487-8809 DeWitt, MI 48820 Emu Association Phone: 517/669-4250, Fax: 517/669-4251 1200 South Flajoie Email: [email protected] Midland, MI 48642 Web: http://www.asparagus.org Phone: (517) 662-2165 Michigan Association of FFA Forest Association ANR Education & Communication 1558 Barrington 412 Agriculture Hall, Michigan State University Ann Arbor, MI 48103 East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: (313) 665-8279 Phone: 517/353-9221, Fax: 517/353-4981 Web: http://www.i-star.com/users/mfa/mainpage.htm Web: http://www.canr.msu.edu/ffa Great Lakes Ostrich Association Michigan Association of Food Processors 13610 J Dr. North 416 W. Ionia Battle Creek, MI 49017 Lansing, MI 48933 Phone: (616) 781-3168 Phone: 517/487-6373 Great Lakes Sugar Beet Growers Association Michigan Association of Nurserymen Suite #485 Plaza North 819 N. Washington, Ste. 2 4800 Fashion Square Blvd. Lansing, MI 48910 Saginaw, MI 46804 Phone: 517/487-1282, Fax: 517/487-0969 Phone: 517/792-1531, Fax: 517/792-7165 Michigan Association of Timbermen Independent Milk Producers Cooperative Association 201 W. John St., PO Box 486 292 Mart St., SW Newberry, MI 49868 Grand Rapids, MI 49508 Phone: 906/293-3236, Fax: 906/293-5444 Web: http://www.timbermen.org Michigan Agri-Business Association 1501 N Shore Dr. Michigan Bean Commission East Lansing, MI 48823 1031 S. US 27 Phone: 517/336-0223 St. Johns, MI 48879 Phone: 517/224-1361, Fax: 517/224-6374
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Michigan Bean Shippers Association Michigan Corn Growers Association 2435 Midland Rd., PO Box 6008 6206 W. Saginaw Hwy. Saginaw, MI 48608-6008 Lansing, MI 48917-2467 Phone: 517/790-3010, Fax: 517/790-3747 Phone: 517/323-6600, Fax: 517/323-6601 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.micorn.org Web: http://www.concentric.net/~mbsa Michigan Cranberry Association Michigan Beef Industry Commission SW Michigan Research Center 2145 University Park Dr., Suite 300 1791 Hillandale Rd. Okemos, MI 48864 Benton Harbor, MI 49022 Phone: 517/347-0911, Fax: 517/347-0919 Phone: 616/944-1477, Fax: 944-3106 Web: http://www.mibeef.org Michigan Dairy Market Program Michigan Beekeepers Association c/o MI Milk Producers Association 1010 Columbia P.O. Box 8002 Berkley, MI 48072-1962 Novi, MI 48376-8002 Phone: 810/544-8619 Phone: 810/474-6672, Fax: 810/474-0924 Michigan Blueberry Growers Association Michigan DHIA Drawer B, County Rd. 215 3655 Forest Rd. Grand Junction, MI 49056 Lansing, MI 48910 Phone: 616/434-6791, Fax: 616/434-6997 Phone: 517/333-8381 Email: [email protected] Michigan Farm Bureau Web: http://www.blueberries.com PO Box 30960 Michigan Cattlemen’s Association 7373 W. Saginaw Hwy. PO Box 24041 Lansing, MI 48909-8460 Lansing, MI 48909-4041 Phone: 517/323-7000, Fax: 517/323-6793 Phone: 517/347-8117, Fax: 517/347-0919 Michigan Farm Radio Network Michigan Celery Promotion Cooperative 7402 Westshire Dr. PO Box 306 Lansing, MI 48917 5009 40th Avenue Phone: 517/627-5526 Hudsonville, MI 49426 Michigan Farmer Phone: 616/669-1250, Fax: 616/669-2890 911 E. State St. Michigan Cherry Committee St. Johns, MI 48879 12800 Escanaba Dr., Suite A Phone: 517/224-1081 DeWitt, MI 48820 Michigan Fish Growers Association Phone: 800/462-7611, Fax: 517/669-3354 19465 200th Avenue Email: [email protected] Big Rapids, MI 49307 Web: http://www.cherrymkt.org Phone: 616/796-2284 Michigan Christmas Tree Association Michigan Fish Producers Association PO Box 256 908 1/2 Arbutuf Ave. Okemos, MI 48805-0256 Manistique, MI 49854 Phone: 800/589-TREE, Fax: 517/332-4848 Phone: 906/341-5279 Web: http://www.mcta.org Michigan Floral Association Michigan Cider Guild 5815 Executive Dr., Ste. B 12800 Escanaba Dr., Ste. B PO Box 24065 Dewitt, MI 48820 Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: 517/669-8353 Phone: 517/394-2900 Michigan Crop Improvement Association Email: [email protected] 2901 W. Jolly Web: http://www.michiganfloral.org Okemos, MI 48864 Michigan Food Bank Council Phone: 517/332-3546 501 W. Walnut St. Lansing, MI 48933 Phone: 517/485-1202
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Michigan Fresh Market Carrot Committee Michigan Organic Growers 13109 Schavey Rd., Ste. 7 135 E. 120th St. DeWitt, MI 48820 Grant, MI 49327 Phone: 517/669-8377, Fax: 517/669-1121 Phone: 616/834-5481 Michigan Grape and Wine Industry Council Michigan Peach Sponsors PO Box 30017 1850 Friday Rd. Lansing, MI 48909 Coloma, MI 49038 517/373-1058, Fax: 517/335-7071 Phone: 616/463-3351 Web: http://www.michiganwines.com Michigan Plum Advisory Board Michigan Grape Society P.O. Box 900 8191 US 31 DeWitt, MI 48820 Berrien Springs, MI 49103 Phone: 517/669-4250, Fax: 517/669-4251 Phone: 616/471-7486, Fax: 616/471-2304 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.plum.org Michigan Hay & Grazing Council A-276 Plant & Soil Sciences Building Michigan Pork Producers Association Michigan State University 4801 Willoughby Rd., Suite 5 East Lansing, MI 48824-1325 Holt, MI 48842 Phone: 517/355-0916 Phone: 517/699-2145, Fax: 517/699-2233 Email: [email protected] Michigan Herb Business Association 9641 W. County Line Rd. Michigan Potato Industry Commission Tustin, MI 49688 13109 Schavey Rd., Suite 7 Phone: 616/779-0275 Dewitt, MI 48820 Phone: 517/669-8377, Fax: 517/669-1121 Michigan Holstein Association Email: [email protected] 3655 Forest Rd. Lansing, MI 48910 Michigan Red Tart Cherry Advisory Board Phone: 517/351-9494 PO Box 30960 Lansing, MI 48909 Michigan Horse Council Phone: 517/323-7000 x2020, Fax: 517/323-6556 2865 32nd Ave. Hudsonville, MI 49066 Michigan Rural Dev. Council Phone: 616/896-8438 1476 Haslett Rd. Haslett, MI Michigan Livestock Association Phone: 517/339-2763 2651 Coolidge East Lansing, MI Michigan Sheep Breeders Association Phone: 517/337-2856 11541 W. Brady Chesaning, MI 48616 Michigan Livestock Association Phone: 517/845-2532 1050 S. Grange Email: [email protected] Fowler, MI 48835 Phone: 517/593-3143 Michigan Soybean Committee PO Box 287 Michigan Maple Syrup Producers Association Frankenmuth, MI 48734 2611 Okemos Rd. Phone: 517/652-3294, Fax: 517/652-3296 Mason, MI 48854 Web: http://www.michigansoybean.org Phone: 517/349-3088 Michigan Special Fed Veal Committee Michigan Mint Committee 2145 University Park Drive, Suite 300 4507 Francis Rd. Okemos, MI 48864 St. Johns, MI 48879 Phone: 517/347-0911, Fax: 347-0919 Phone: 517/224-7685 Michigan State Horticultural Society Michigan Onion Committee P.O. Box 63 PO Box 23218 Morrice, MI 48857 Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: 517/625-6227 Fax: 517/625-5588 Phone: 517/323-7000 x2314, Fax: 517/323-6556 Email: [email protected]
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Michigan State University: Organic Growers of Michigan College of Agriculture & Natural Resources 135 E. 120th Street Agriculture Hall Grant, MI 49327 East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: 616/834-5481 Phone: 517/355-1855 Web: http://macatawa.org/ogr.ogr.html Michigan Turfgrass Association United Blueberry Producers of Michigan 5200 Cornell 5783 142nd Ave. Phone: Houghton Lake, MI 48629 Holland, MI 49423-9317 517/366-6715, Fax: 517/941-6386 Phone: 616/395-9703, Fax: 616/395-5933 Email: [email protected] Michigan Vegetable Council 514 Clinton United Dairy Industry of Michigan Grand Haven, MI 49417 2163 Jolly Rd. Phone: 616/842-8211 Okemos, MI 48864 Phone: 517/349-8923, Fax: 517/349-6218 Michigan Well Drillers Association , Inc. Email: nbellows@org 4471 S. Wagner Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48103-9720 Veal Association Phone: 313/665-6900 A-3905 58th St. Holland, MI 49423 Midwest Nut Producers Council Phone: 231/395-9975 8203 West Parket Rd. Laingsburg, MI 48848 Vegetable Council Inc Phone: (517) 353-4506, Fax: (517) 353-1926 PO Box 277 Erie MI 49133 Milk Producers Association Phone: 734/848-8899, Fax: 734/848-8899 41310 Bridge St., PO Box 8002 Novi, MI 48376-8002 Western Michigan Greenhouse Association Phone: (810) 474-6672, Fax: (810) 474-0924 2125 72nd St. SW Byron Center MI 49315 Monitor Sugar Beet Growers Phone: 616/878-3388, Fax: 616/878-3640 849 Gilford Rd., Route 1 Email: [email protected] Caro, MI 48723 Phone: 517/673-3406, Fax: 517/673-4325 Women for the Survival of Agriculture in Michigan PO Box 8 National Farmers Organization Nunica, MI 49448 740 Mosherville Phone: 616/837-6979 Litchfield, MI 48252 Phone: (517) 635-7521 National Strawberry Festival PO Box 767 Belleville, MI 48112 Phone: 734/697-3137, Fax: 734/697-1415 Nursery & Landscape Association 2149 Commons Pkwy. Okemos, MI 48864 Phone: (517) 381-0437, Fax: (517) 381-0638 Email: [email protected] NW Michigan Chestnut Growers 6268 Crystal Beach Rd. Rapid City, MI 49676 Ohio-Michigan Equipment Dealers Association PO Box 26008 Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: (517) 393-0600, Fax: (517) 393-7080
50 AGENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF STEWARDSHIP ASSOCIATION CONSERVATION DISTRICTS (MASA) 201 N. Mitchell St. Cadillac, MI 49601 Phone: 231/876-0346, Fax: 231/876-0372 Contact: Russ LaRowe Email: [email protected] 605 North Birch Street Web: http://www.macd.org Kalkaska, MI 49646 Phone: 231/258-3305 MACD Staff: Email: [email protected] Marlyn Shy, Executive Director, 231/876-0328 The Michigan Agricultural Stewardship Association (MASA) Martha LaForest, Project Coordinator, 231/876-0384 is a statewide, not-for-profit educational organization Pat Ruta, Native Plants Director, 231/876-0378 committed to the development and use of sustainable Christine Roman, Envirothon Program Manager, 231/876-0326 farming systems. MASA works to: Carol Bogard, Administrative Assistant, 231/876-0346 · Increase awareness and educate the public on CONSERVATION DISTRICTS DIRECTORY sustainable agriculture issues. Alcona CD · Promote research that will determine the sustainability 320 S. State Street, PO Box 291 of alternative farming systems. Harrisville, MI 48740 · Aid in the development of sustainable agriculture Phone: 517/724-5272 techniques for use on Michigan farms and assist in Alger CD their adoption by Michigan’s farmers. E. 3720 Munsing Ave. · Encourage cooperation between producers, agri- Chatham, MI 49816 business, researchers, and government agencies for Phone: 906/439-5555 the development of sustainable farming systems. Allegan CD · Enhance and preserve Michigan’s soil, water, and 545 Jenner Dr., Room A wildlife. Allegan, MI 49010 Phone: 616/673-8965 MASA believes that Michigan producers need access to practical, readily usable information on sustainable farming Alpena CD systems. The organization holds field days, workshops, 1900 M-32 West and farmer meetings to educate its members on ways to Alpena, MI 49707-8105 reduce some of the negative ecological impacts associated Phone: 517/356-6038 with agricultural production and farm more profitably. Antrim CD MASA participates in the establishment of on-farm 106 Depot St., Complex 2 demonstration and research plots, designed by farmers Bellaire, MI 49615 and agricultural professionals, to compare conventional Phone: 231/533-8363 and alternative production methods. Arenac CD 4490 West M-61 Standish, MI 48658 Phone: 517/846-9662 Baraga CD HC01 Box 222 Pelkie, MI 49958 Phone: 906/353-6661 Barry CD 1611 S. Hanover, Ste. 105 Hastings, MI 49058-2579 Phone: 616/948-8056 Bay CD 4044 South 3 Mile Bay City, MI 48706 Phone: 517/684-1040 51 AGENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS
Benzie CD Fenton CD 207 S. Benzie Blvd., PO Box 428 3469 E. Grand River Beulah, MI 49617 Howell, MI 48843 Phone: 231/882-4391 Phone: 517/548-1553 Branch CD Gallen River CD 150 N. Willowbrook Rd., Ste. 100 3334 Edgewood Rd. Coldwater, MI 49036 Berrien Springs, MI 49103 Phone: 517/278-8008 Phone: 616/471-9117 Calhoun CD Genesee CD 13464 15 Mile Road 1525 N. Elms Road Marshall, MI 49068 Flint, MI 48532 Phone: 616/781-4867 Phone: 810/230-2404 Cass County CD Gladwin CD 1127 E. State Street 731 North M-18 Cassopolis, MI 49031 Gladwin, MI 48624-1257 Phone: 616/445-8643 Phone: 517/426-9621 Charlevoix CD Gogebic CD 5-D West Main 900 River St. Boyne City, MI 49712-1337 Ontonagon, MI 49953 Phone: 231/582-6193 Phone: 906/884-2141 Cheboygan County CD Grand Traverse CD 825 S. Huron, Ste. 2 1222 Veterans Dr. Cheboygan, MI 49721 Traverse City, MI 49684-4454 Phone: 231/627-3383 Phone: 231/941-0960 Chippewa CD Gratiot CD 2769 Ashmun Street 1326 E. Center, PO Box 166 Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 Ithaca, MI 48847 Phone: 906/635-1278 Phone: 517/875-3401 Clare County CD Hillsdale CD 225 W. Main Street, PO Box 356 3251 Beck Rd. Harrison, MI 48625 Hillsdale, MI 49242 Phone: 517/539-6401 Phone: 517/439-1497 Clinton County CD Houghton-Keweenaw CD 2343 N. US-27 300 Dunstan St. St. Johns, MI 48879 Hancock, MI 49930 Phone: 517/224-8769 Phone: 906/482-0360 Crawford-Roscommon CD Huron CD 409 Lake Street, PO Box 156 1460 S. Van Dyke Roscommon, MI 48653 Bad Axe, MI 48413 Phone: 517/275-5231 Phone: 517/269-9540 Delta County CD Ingham CD 2003 Minneapolis Ave., Ste. 101 521 N. Okemos Rd., PO Box 230 Gladstone, MI 49837 Mason, MI 48854 Phone: 906/428-4076 Phone: 517/676-2290 Dickinson CD Ionia CD 102 N. Hooper Street 1966 S. State Rd. Kingsford, MI 49802-8548 Ionia, MI 48846 Phone: 906/774-8441 Phone: 616/527-4818 Emmet CD Iosco CD 200 Division 190 M-55 Petoskey, MI 49770 Tawas City, MI 48763-9330 Phone: 616/348-0605 Phone: 517/362-2591 52 AGENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS
Iron CD Marquette Co. CD Courthouse 1030 Wright St. 2 S. Sixth, Ste. 15 Marquette, MI 49855 Crystal Falls, MI 49920 Phone: 906/226-9460 Phone: 906/875-3765 Mason-Lake CD Isabella CD 862 W. US-10 5979 E. Broadway Rd. Scottville, MI 49454 Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858 Phone: 231/757-3708 Phone: 517/772-9152 Mecosta County CD Jackson County CD 18715 Chippewa Lake Rd. 211 W. Ganson St. Big Rapids, MI 49307 Jackson, MI 49201 Phone: 231/796-2650 Phone: 517/782-7404 Menominee County CD Kalamazoo CD 106 South Dr., PO Box 574 1911 W. Centre Ave. Stephenson, MI 49887 Kalamazoo, MI 49002-5333 Phone: 906/753-4663 Phone: 616/327-1258 Midland County CD Kalkaska County CD 954 Isabella Rd. 605 N. Birch St. Midland, MI 48640 Kalkaska, MI 49646 Phone: 517/832-3781 Phone: 231/258-3307 Missaukee CD Kent CD 6180 W. Sandborn Rd., PO Box 800 38 Applewood Dr., NW Lake City, MI 49651 Sparta, MI 49345 Phone: 231/839-2890 Phone: 616/887-5599 Monroe County CD Lapeer CD 1137 S. Telegraph Rd. 1739 N. Saginaw St. Monroe, MI 48161 Lapeer, MI 48448 Phone: 313/241-7782 Phone: 810/664-3941 Montcalm CD Leelanau CD 77 S. State 208 W. Main St., PO Box 205 Stanton, MI 48888 Lake Leelanau, MI 49653-0205 Phone: 517/831-4606 Phone: 231/256-9783 Montmorency CD Lenawee CD 12285 Jerome, PO Box 415 1100 Sutton Rd. Atlanta, MI 49709 Adrian, MI 49221-9377 Phone: 517/785-4083 Phone: 517/265-5887 Muskegon County CD Luce-West Mackinac CD 1001 E. Wesley Ave., Rm. 6 300 Walnut St., Rm. 221 Muskegon, MI 49442 Manistique, MI 49854 Phone: 231/773-0008 Phone: 906/341-8215 Newaygo County CD Macomb County CD 940 W. Rex St. 67533 Main St., Ste. D303 Fremont, MI 49412 Richmond, MI 48062 Phone: 231/924-2420 Phone: 810/727-2666 Northwest Livingston CD Manistee County CD 3469 E. Grand River 8840 Chippewa Hwy. (US-31) Howell, MI 48843 Bear Lake, MI 49614-9400 Phone: 517/548-1553 Phone: 231/889-4761 Oakland County CD 2891 Dixie Hwy. Waterford, MI 48328 Phone: 248/673-4496 53 AGENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS
Oceana CD St. Clair County CD 1064 Industrial Park Dr. 2830 Wadhams Rd., PO Box 7870 Shelby, MI 49455 Kimball, MI 48074-7870 Phone: 231/861-4967 Phone: 810/984-3001 Ogemaw SCD St. Joseph County CD 240 West Wright 685 E. Main St. West Branch, MI 48661 Centreville, MI 49032-9603 Phone: 517/345-4964 Phone: 616/467-6088 Ontonagon CD St. Joseph River CD 900 River St. 3334 Edgewood Rd. Ontonagon, MI 49953 Berrien Springs, MI 49103 Phone: 906/884-2141 Phone: 616/471-9117 Osceola-Lake CD Thornapple-Grand CD 4361 220th Ave. 551 Courthouse Dr., Ste. 3 Reed City, MI 49677 Charlotte, MI 48813 Phone: 231/832-5438 Phone: 517/543-5848 Oscoda CD Tuscola CD 240 W. Wright 1075 Cleaver Rd. West Branch, MI 48661 Caro, MI 48723-1166 Phone: 517/345-5473 Phone: 517/673-8174 Otsego County CD Van Buren CD 202 Livingston Blvd. 219 Paw Paw St., Ste. 2A Gaylord, MI 49735-9387 Paw Paw, MI 49079-1423 Phone: 517/732-4021 Phone: 616/657-4030 Ottawa CD Washtenaw CD 16731 Ferris St. 7203 Jackson Rd. Grand Haven, MI 49417-9601 Ann Arbor, MI 48103-9506 Phone: 616/846-8770 Phone: 313/761-6721 Presque Isle CD Wayne County CD 240 W. Erie St. 5454 Venoy Rogers City, MI 49779 Wayne, MI 48184 Phone: 517/734-4000 Phone: 313/326-7787 Saginaw CD Wexford County CD 178 N. Graham Rd. 7192 E. 34 Rd. Saginaw, MI 48609 Cadillac, MI 49601 Phone: 517/781-4077 Phone: 231/775-7422 Sanilac CD 75 Dawson St. Sandusky, MI 48471 Phone: 810/648-2116 Schoolcraft CD 300 Walnut St., Rm. 221 Manistique, MI 49854 Phone: 906/341-8215 Shiawassee County CD 1900 S. Morrice Rd. Owosso, MI 48867 Phone: 517/725-8512 South Livingston CD 3469 E. Grand River Howell, MI 48843 Phone: 517/548-1553 54 AGENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF OF AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PO Box 30473 PO Box 30017, 611 W. Ottawa St. Lansing, MI 48909-7973 Ottawa Building--4th Floor Phone: 800-662-9278 Lansing, MI 48909 Web: http://www.deq.state.mi.us General Information Phone: 800/292-3939 Agriculture Pollution/Spills Hot Line DISTRICT/FIELD OFFICES Phone: 800/405-0101 Web: http://www.mda.state.mi.us Baraga Field Office 427 US Hwy 41 N Baraga, MI 49908 FIELD OFFICES Phone: 906/353-6651 Cadillac District Office Escanaba 120 W. Chapin St. State Office Building Cadillac, MI 49601 Escanaba, MI 49829 Phone: 231/775-3960 Phone: 906/786-5462 Crystal Falls Field Office Traverse City 1420 West US-2 701 S. Elmwood, Suite 9 Crystal Falls, MI 49920-9626 Traverse City, MI 49684 Phone: 906/875-2071 Phone: 616/922-5210 Detroit Field Office Grand Rapids 300 River Place, Ste. 3600 State Office Building, Room 2C Detroit, MI 48207 350 Ottawa, NW Phone: 313/392-6480 Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2321 Gaylord Field Office Phone: 616/456-6988 2100 West M-32 Saginaw Gaylord, MI 49734-5830 State Office Building Phone: 517/731-4920 411 F East Genesee Saginaw, MI 48607 Grand Rapids District Office Phone: 517/758-1778 State Office Building, 6th Floor 350 Ottawa, NW Benton Harbor/St. Joseph Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2341 4032 M-139, Building 116 Phone: 616/356-0500 Benton Harbor, MI 49085-9647 Phone: 616/428-2546 Jackson District Office 301 Louis Glick Hwy. Southfield/Detroit Jackson, MI 49201-1556 26400 Lahser Rd., Suite 220 Phone: 517/780-7690 Southfield, MI 48034 Phone: 248/356-1701 Marquette District Office 1990 US Hwy. 41 S Marquette, MI 49855-9198 Phone: 906/228-6568
55 AGENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS Neguanee Field Office MICHIGAN INTEGRATED FOOD 184 US 41 Highway East Neguanee, MI 49866-6971 & FARMING SYSTEMS (MIFFS) Phone: 906/475-2040 Newberry Field Office Contact: Tom Guthrie Route 4, Box 796 P.O. Box 4903 Newberry, MI 49868 East Lansing, MI 48826 Phone: 906/293-5131, ext. 001 Phone: 517/432-0712 Web: http://www.msu.edu/user/miffs Otsego Field Office (ERD, STD, SWQD) MIFFS is a collaborative effort to create and support more 1342 SR-89 W, Ste. B sustainable food and agriculture systems for producers Plainwell, MI 49080-1915 and consumers in Michigan. Agricultural productivity, Phone: 616/692-2120 economic viability, environmental protection, resource efficiency, and strong communities are all important goals Plainwell District Office of MIFFS. (AQD, EAD, LWMD, WMD) 621 North 10th St. Sustainable agriculture systems are supported by MIFFS by: Plainwell, MI 49080 1) Supporting community-based models which Phone: 616/685-6851 demonstrate the feasibility of new, sustainable ideas Rose Lake Field Office and technologies. Environmental Response Division 2) Building leadership capacity within urban and rural Route1, 8562 East Stoll Road communities, empowering producers and consumers East Lansing, MI 48823-9454 to make informed choices. Phone: 517/373-0907 3) Identifying and addressing barriers to the creation and Saginaw Bay District Office adoption of more sustainable food and farming 503 N. Euclid Ave., Ste. 1 systems (e.g., public policy; institutional, economic, Bay City, MI 48706-2965 cultural, social barriers). Phone: 517/686-8025 4) Sharing the ideas and experiences of the model Shiawassee District Office innovation projects and a statewide collaboration with 10650 S. Bennett Drive those who want to learn more. Morrice, MI 48857-9792 Phone: 517/625-5515 Southeast Michigan District Office 38980 Seven Mile Road Livonia, MI 48152-1006 Phone: 734/953-8905 Wyoming Field Office Environmental Response Division 245 Colrain, SW Wyoming, MI 49548-1013 Phone: 616/246-1720
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See pg. 41 under Michigan Contacts
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
Bulletin Office: 517/355-0240 Web: http://www.msue.msu.edu Alcona County Extension P.O. Box 800 Harrisville, MI 48740-0800 Phone: 517/724-6478 Alger County Extension 101 Court Street Munising, MI 49862-1103 Phone: 906/387-2530 Allegan County Extension County Building Annex Allegan, MI 49010-1349 Phone: 616/673-0370 Alpena County Extension 603 South 11th Ave. Alpena, MI 49707-2645 MICHIGAN ORGANIC FOOD & Phone: 517/354-3636 FARM ALLIANCE (MOFFA) Antrim County Extension County Building Contact: Carol Osborne Bellaire, MI 49615-0427 c/o 135 E. 120th Phone: 231/533-8818 Grant, MI 48327-9774 Arenac County Extension Phone: 616/445-8769, Fax: 616/445-8987 County Building Email: [email protected] Standish, MI 48658-0745 Web: www.moffa.org Phone: 517/846-4111 MOFFA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting Baraga County Extension the development of viable food systems that rely on organic Courthouse Annex methods of food production and revitalize and sustain local L’Anse, MI 49946-1002 communities in Michigan. Membership is open to the public Phone: 906/524-6300 and presently includes organic growers, food activists, environmentalists, and concerned Michigan residents. Barry County Extension MOFFA is engaged in a two-pronged educational 220 West Court Street campaign. It is working to create more public awareness Hastings, MI 49058-1824 about the nature of our present corporately controlled food Phone: 616/948-4862 supply and its environmental and social hazards. At the Bay County Extension same time, it is teaching ‘eaters’ to value and to choose 515 Center Avenue organically grown food produced in their own locales. Bay City, MI 48708-5994 MOFFA is a force for generating public awareness about Phone: 517/895-4026 the need for more decentralized food systems–systems that allow for greater participation and choice on the part of all residents. 57 AGENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS
Benzie County Extension Crawford County Extension Government Center County Building Beulah, MI 49617-0307 Grayling, MI 49738-1743 Phone: 231/882-0025 Phone: 517/344-3264 Berrien County Extension-A Delta County-A Extension 1737 Hillandale Rd. 2840 College Ave. Benton Harbor, MI 49022-9230 Escanaba, MI 49829-9591 Phone: 616/944-4126 Phone: 906/786-3032 Berrien County Extension-B Delta County-B Mercy Center, 2nd Floor UP Tree Improvement Center Benton Harbor, MI 49022-4032 6005 J Rd. Phone: 616/925-4822 Escanaba, MI 49829 Phone: 906/786-1575 Branch County Extension Courthouse Dickinson County Extension Coldwater, MI 49036-1990 Community Services Center Phone: 517/279-4311 Iron Mountain, MI 49801-2765 Phone: 906/774-0363 Calhoun County Extension-A County Building Eaton County Extension Marshall, MI 49068-1518 Ste. One Phone: 616/781-0784 Charlotte, MI 48813-1047 Phone: 517/543-2310 Calhoun County-B MSUE Extension Councils Coord. Emmet County Extension 605 N. Dr. E 438 East Lake St. Marshall, MI 49068-1291 Petoskey, MI 49770 Phone: 616/789-1838 Phone: 231/348-1770 Cass County Extension Genesee County Extension 201 East State Street County Building #2 Cassopolis, MI 49031-1352 Flint, MI 48504-2376 Phone: 616/445-8661 Phone: 810/244-8500 Charlevoix County Extension Gladwin County Extension 319B North Lake St. County Library Building Boyne City, MI 49712-1101 Gladwin, MI 48624-2025 Phone: 231/582-6232 Phone: 517/426-7741 Cheboygan County Extension Gogebic County Extension County Building 104 South Lowell Cheboygan, MI 49721-0070 Ironwood, MI 49938-2044 Phone: 231/627-8815 Phone: 906/932-1420 Chippewa County Extension Grand Traverse County Extension 300 Court St. Suite. A Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783-2139 Traverse City, MI 49684-3232 Phone: 906/635-6368 Phone: 231/922-4620 Clare County Extension Gratiot County Extension County Building 214 East Center St. Harrison, MI 48625-0439 Ithaca, MI 48847-1446 Phone: 517/539-7805 Phone: 517/875-5233 Clinton County Extension Hillsdale County Extension County Services Building 20 Care Drive St. Johns, MI 48879-2347 Hillsdale, MI 49242-5039 Phone: 517/224-5240 Phone: 517/439-9301
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Houghton/Keweenaw County Extension Kellogg Biological Station 1500 Birch St. 3700 East Gull Lake Drive Hancock, MI 49930-1062 Hickory Corners, MI 49060-9505 Phone: 906/482-5830 Phone: 616/671-2412 Huron County Extension-A Kent County Extension Room 104, County Bldg. 836 Fuller Ave. NE Bad Axe, MI 48413-1317 Grand Rapids, MI 49503-1902 Phone: 517/269-9949 Phone: 616/336-3265 Huron County Extension-B Kettunen Center 1460 South VanDyke 14901 4H Dr. Bad Axe, MI 48413-9715 Tustin, MI 49688 Phone: 517/269-6099 Phone: 231/829-3421 Ingham County Extension-A Lake County Extension 121 East Maple St. Route 3 Mason, MI 48854-0319 Baldwin, MI 49304-2235 Phone: 517/676-7207 Phone: 231/745-2732 Ingham County Extension-B Lapeer County Extension 5303 South Cedar St. 1575 Suncrest Drive Lansing, MI 48911-3895 Lapeer, MI 48446-1138 Phone: 517/887-4588 Phone: 810/667-0341 Ionia County Extension-A Leelanau County Extension 100 Library St. 116 East Philip St. Ionia, MI 48846-1605 Lake Leelanau, MI 49653-9782 Phone: 616/527-5357 Phone: 231/256-9888 Ionia County Extension-B Lenawee County Extension-A 250 East Tuttle Rd. Suite 2020 Ionia, MI 48846-8605 Adrian, MI 49221-3855 Phone: 616/527-8014 Phone: 517/264-5300 Iosco County Extension Lenawee County Extension-B PO Box 599 Hidden Lake Garden Tawas City, MI 48764-0599 Tipton, MI 49287 Phone: 517/362-3449 Livingston County Extension Iron County Extension 820 East Grand River Ave. 2 South 6th St. Howell, MI 48843-2432 Crystal Falls, MI 49920-1400 Phone: 517/546-3950 Phone: 906/875-6642 Luce County Extension Isabella County Extension County Building, Room 26 County Annex Bldg. Newberry, MI 49868-1208 Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858-2306 Phone: 906/293-3203 Phone: 517/772-0911 x302 MSU-East Central Region Jackson County Extension 2203 Eastman Ave. 1699 Lansing Ave. Midland, MI 48640-2608 Jackson, MI 49202-2296 Phone: 517/839-8540 Phone: 517/788-4292 MSU-North Region Kalamazoo County Extension Suite 100 Room 302 Traverse City, MI 49684-8895 Kalamazoo, MI 49007-3777 Phone: 231/929-3902 Phone: 616/383-8830 MSU-Southeast Region Kalkaska County Extension 28115 Meadowbrook Rd. County Government Center Novi, MI 48377-3128 Kalkaska, MI 49646-9436 Phone: 248/380-9104 Phone: 231/258-3320 59 AGENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS
MSU-Southwest Region Monroe County Extension 310 Administration Bldg. 963 South Raisinville Rd. Kalamazoo, MI 49007-3726 Monroe, MI 48161-9754 Phone: 616/383-6465 Phone: 734/240-3170 MSU-UP Region Montcalm County Extension 702 Chippewa Square 617 North State Rd. Marquette, MI 49855-4811 Stanton, MI 48888-0308 Phone: 906/228-4830 Phone: 517/831-7500 MSU-West Central Region Montmorency County Extension 110 Commerce Bldg. Courthouse Annex Grand Rapids, MI 49503-3117 Atlanta, MI 49709-0415 Phone: 616/458-6805 Phone: 517/785-4177 Mackinac County Extension-A Muskegon County Extension Courthouse 635 Ottawa St. St. Ignace, MI 49781-1495 Muskegon, MI 49442-1016 Phone: 906/643-7307 Phone: 231/724-6361 Mackinac County Extension-B NW Mich. Hort. Res. Station HCR Box 258 6686 South Center Hwy. Gould City, MI 49858 Traverse City, MI 49684-9550 Phone: 906/586-6001 Phone: 231/946-1510 Macomb County Extension Newaygo County Extension Verkuilen Bldg. 817 South Stewart Ave. Clinton Township, MI 48036 Fremont, MI 49412-9201 Phone: 810/469-5180 Phone: 231/924-0500 Manistee County Extension Oakland County Extension 6433 Eight Mile Rd. Department 416 Bear Lake, MI 49614-9712 Pontiac, MI 48341-1032 Phone: 231/889-4277 Phone: 248/858-0885 Marquette County Extension Oceana County Extension 200 West Spring St. 210 Johnson St. Marquette, MI 49855-4630 Hart, MI 49420-0151 Phone: 906/226-4370 Phone: 231/873-2129 Mason County Extension Ogemaw County Extension Suite 4 205 South Eighth Scottville, MI 49454-1221 West Branch, MI 48661-1207 Phone: 231/757-4789 Phone: 517/345-0692 Mecosta County Extension Ontonagon County Extension 14485 Northland Dr. Courthouse Big Rapids, MI 49307-2368 Ontonagon, MI 49953 Phone: 231/592-0792 Phone: 906/884-4386 Menominee County Extension Osceola County Extension-A S904 U.S. Hwy. 41 301 W. Upton Ave. Stephenson, MI 49887-0157 Reed City, MI 49677-0208 Phone: 906/753-2209 Phone: 231/832-6139 Midland County Extension Osceola County Extension-B 220 West Ellsworth Street 127 River St. Midland, MI 48640-5194 Evart, MI 49631-1183 Phone: 517/832-6640 Phone: 231/734-3672 Missaukee County Extension Oscoda County Extension 6180 West Sandborn Rd. Courthouse Annex Lake City, MI 49651-9330 Mio, MI 48647-0069 Phone: 231/839-4667 Phone: 517/826-1160 60 AGENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS
Otsego County Extension Tuscola County Extension 800 Livingston Blvd. 362 Green St. Gaylord, MI 49735-8321 Caro, MI 48723-1910 Phone: 517/731-0272 Phone: 517/672-3870 Ottawa County Extension UP Michigan Hort Experiment Station 333 Clinton St. E3774 University Dr. Grand Haven, MI 49417-1329 Chatham, MI 49816-0168 Phone: 616/846-8250 Phone: 906/439-5114 Presque Isle County Extension Van Buren County Extension 151 East Huron Ave. Suite A Rogers City, MI 49779-0110 Paw Paw, MI 49079-1077 Phone: 517/734-2168 Phone: 616/657-7745 Roscommon County Extension WC Michigan Hort Research Station Courthouse Annex 9302 Portland Rd. Roscommon, MI 48653-0507 Clarksville, MI 48815-9731 Phone: 517/275-5043 Phone: 616/693-2193 SW Mich. Research & Ext. Center Washtenaw County Extension 1791 Hillandale Rd. 300 Parkland Plaza Benton Harbor, MI 49022-9630 Ann Arbor, MI 48107-8645 Phone: 616/944-1477 Phone: 734/997-1678 Saginaw County Extension Wayne County Extension 705 Adams St. 640 Temple St. Saginaw, MI 48602-2131 Detroit, MI 48201-2558 Phone: 517/799-2233 Phone: 313/833-3412 Sanilac County Extension Wexford County Extension 37 Austin St. 401 N. Lake St. Sandusky, MI 48471-1244 Cadillac, MI 49601-1891 Phone: 810/648-2515 Phone: 231/779-9480 Schoolcraft County Extension Room 218 Manistique, MI 49854-1485 Phone: 906/341-5050 Shiawassee County Extension 701 South Norton Corunna, MI 48817-1209 Phone: 517/743-2251 St. Clair County Extension Room 102 Port Huron, MI 48060-4015 Phone: 810/989-6935 St. Joseph County Extension Courthouse 115 Dean St. Centreville, MI 49032-0280 Phone: 616/467-5511 Tollgate Education Center 28115 Meadowbrook Rd. Novi, MI 48377-3128 Phone: 248/347-3860
61 AGENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS MICHIGAN WATERSHED Friends of the Crystal River 6275 Summit Ct. ORGANIZATIONS Traverse City, MI 49686 Phone: 616/922-5115 Anglers of the Au Sable River Email: [email protected] 403 Black Bear Dr. Friends of the Jordan River Watershed, Inc. Grayling, MI 49738 800 W. Water St. Phone: 517/348-8462 East Jordan, MI 49727 Web: http://www.mich.com/~anglers/index.htm Phone: 616/536-3132 Bear Creek Watershed Council Friends of the Rouge PO Box 357 22586 Ann Arbor Trail Bear Lake, MI 49614 Dearborn Heights, MI 48127 Phone: 616/864-3228 Phone: 313/792-9900 Chocolay River Watershed Project Web: http://www.motor-city.com/rouge/friends.html 1030 Wright St. Friends of the Rouge River Marquette, MI 49855 220 Bagley, Ste. 950 Phone: 906/226-2461 Detroit, MI 48226-1412 Web: http://www.portup.com/~lindq Phone: 313/792-9900, Fax: 313/792-9628 Clean Water Action Email: [email protected] 4990 Northwind Dr., Suite 210 Web: http://www.motor-city.com/rouge/friends.html East Lansing, MI 48823 Friends of the Shiawassee River Phone: 517/337-4447 PO Box 402 Web: http://www.cleanwateraction.org Owosso, MI 48867 Clinton River Watershed Council Phone: 517/723-5256 1970 E. Auburn Rd. Email: [email protected] Rochester Hills, MI 48307-4803 Web: http://www.shianet.org/~shiriver Phone: 248/853-9580 Friends of the St. Joseph River Association Inc. Web: http://www.crwc.org PO Box 354 Clinton River RAP Athens, MI 49011 49 Breitmeyer Phone: 616/729-5174 Mt. Clemens, MI 48043 Web: http://www.fotsjr.org Phone: 810/468-4028 Galien River Watershed Council Crystal Lake Watershed Fund P.O. Box 345 PO Box 104 New Buffalo, MI 49117 Beulah, MI 49617 or Phone: 616/469-3826 3901 Orchard Dr. Grand Traverse Bay Watershed Initiative Midland, MI 48640 1102 Cass St., Ste. B Phone: 616/882-5149 Traverse City, MI 49684 Web: http://rorykate.ce.utep.edu/clwf/clwf.htm Phone: 231/935-1514 Deer Lake RAP Web: http://www.traverse.com/nonprof/gtbwi/gtbwi.html 1711 Mildred Ave. Great Lakes Commission Marquette, MI 49855 The Argus II Bldg. Phone: 906/227-2812 400 Fourth St. Detroit River RAP Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Wayne State University Phone: 313/665-4370 Detroit, MI 48202 Great Lakes Fishery Commission Phone: 313/577-3861 2100 Commonwealth Blvd., Ste. 209 East Michigan Environmental Action Council Ann Arbor, MI 48105 21220 W. 14 Mile Rd. Phone: 734/662-3209 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301-4000 Phone: 810/258-5188
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Huron River Watershed Council Northern Michigan Environmental Action Council 1100 North Main St., Ste. 210 106 S. Union St., Suite 201 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 PO Box 1166 Phone: 313/769-5123 Traverse City, MI 49685-1166 Web: http://comnet.org/hrwc Phone: 616/946-6931 Kalamazoo River RAP Northern Tittabawassee River Task Force 432 N. Maple St. 4667 Appleby Court Hopkins, MI 49328 Gladwin, MI 48624 Phone: 616/321-0689 Phone: 517/426-4345, Fax: 517/426-4336 Web: http://www.kalcounty.com/hsd/watershed/ Partnership for the Saginaw Bay Watershed watershed.htm 400 Court St. Lake Erie Advisory Committee Saginaw, MI 48602 47 East Elm Phone: 517/797-6800 Monroe, MI 48161 Pere Marquette Watershed Council Phone: 313/242-0909 PO Box 212 Lake Michigan Federation Baldwin, MI 49304 161 Muskegon Mall Ste. 600 Phone: 616/745-PMWC, Fax: 231/745-7692 Muskegon, MI 49440 Web: http://www.il-com.net/~pmwc Phone: 231/722-5116 Raisin River Watershed Council Web: http://www.lakemichigan.org/aboutlmf.htm 1040 S. Winter, Ste. 2020 Lake St. Clair Advisory Committee Adrian, MI 49221 PO Box 272 Phone: 517/264-5321, Fax: 517/264-5317 Mt. Clemens, MI 48046 Raisin River RAP Phone: 810/725-8827 15460 Cadmus Rd. Macatawa Watershed Project Hudson, MI 49247 400 136th Ave., Suite 416 Phone: 517/264-5300, Fax: 517/264-5317 Holland, MI 49424 Rifle River Watershed Restoration Committee Phone: 616/395-2688, Fax: 616/395-9411 501 Norway Email: [email protected] Grayling, MI 49738 Web: http://www.macatawa.org/~macc/wshed/wshed.htm Phone: 517/348-9319 Manistique River RAP Rouge River Watershed Council 453 South Mackinac Ave. 660 Plaza Dr., Ste. 1900 Manistique, MI 48854 Detroit, MI 48226 Phone: 906/341-2175 Phone: 313/965-2526 Menominee River RAP Rouge River RAP PO Box 427 PO Box 8645 Menominee, MI 49858 Ann Arbor, MI 48107 Phone: 906/863-2679, Fax: 906/863-3288 Phone: 313/971-4542, x2001, Fax: 734/971-6947 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Michigan Environmental Council Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative Network 119 Pere Marquette Dr., Ste. 2A c/o The Conservation Fund Lansing, MI 48912 53 W. Jackson Blvd. Phone: 517/487-9539 Chicago, IL 60604 Web: http://www.mecprotects.org Phone: 877/275-4946, Fax: 312/913-9523 Michigan United Conservation Club Email: [email protected] 2101 Wood St., PO Box 30235 Web: http://www.saginawbaywin.org Lansing, MI 48909 Saginaw River/Bay RAP Phone: 517/371-1041 PO Box 325 Web: http://www.mucc.org 716 E. Forest Blvd. Muskegon Lake RAP Lake George, MI 48633 1001 E. Wesley Ave. Phone: 517/588-9343, Fax: 517/588-2574 Muskegon, MI 49442 Phone: 231/773-0008 63 AGENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS St. Clair River RAP ORGANIC GROWERS 108 McMorran Blvd. Port Huron, MI 48060 OF MICHIGAN Phone: 810/987-4884 St. Marys River RAP Contact: Nancy Zennie PO Box 520 7723 Quincy St. Sault Ste Marie, MI 49783 Zeeland, MI 49464 Phone: 906/635-1581 Phone: 616/875-7811 Email: [email protected] Thornapple River Watershed Group Web: http://macatawa.org/org/ogm/ogm.html P.O. Box 341 Caledonia, MI 49316 Organic Growers of Michigan (OGM) is a non-profit Phone: 616/868/5831 organization of more than 200 organic farmers, gardeners Email: [email protected] and friends who are interested in organic practices and Web: http://www.angelfire.com/wa/riverhouse organically raised food. Organic Growers of Michigan (OGM) is Good for You: Thunder Bay River Watershed Council • If you are an organic producer looking for places and Alpena Community College people to market your organic produce, fruits, grains 666 Johnson, PO Box 751 and livestock. Alpena, MI 49707 • If you are an organic grower or producer looking for Phone: 517/379-3740 sources of seed, fertilizer, minerals and anything Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council needed for organic farming. PO Box 300 • If you are an organic grower or producer with questions. Conway, MI 49722 • If you need information on becoming certified as an Phone: 616/347-1181, Fax: 616/347-5928 organic grower or producer. Email: [email protected] • If you want information on where to buy organic Web: http://www.nature.org/tomwc produce, vegetables, fruit or meat. Torch Lake RAP • If you need info on solving problems organically ie: PO Box 486 without the use of synthetic pesticides and herbicides Dollar Bay, MI 49922 and chemical fertilizers. Phone: 906/487-7757, Fax: 906/482-6120 • If you want to raise livestock without the use of Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition hormones, antibiotics and synthetic feed additives. PO Box 34 Houghton, MI 49931 West Michigan Environmental Action Council 1432 Wealthy St., SE Grand Rapids, MI 49506 Phone: 616/451-3051 Web: http://www.iserv.net/~wmeac Whestone Watershed Project 1030 Wright St. Marquette, MI 49855 Phone: 906/226-2461 Email: [email protected] White Lake RAP 714 Alice St. Whitehall, MI 49461 Phone: 231/722-5116
64 AGENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS USDA FARM SERVICE Certified Conservation Planning The NRCS offers certified conservation planning for the AGENCY (FSA) reduction of environmental degradation and pollution prevention on private land. NRCS conservation planners Michigan State FSA Office use the highest quality standards and specifications for 3001 Coolidge Rd., Ste. 100 designing conservation practices. Technical assistance East Lansing, MI 48823 from the certified conservation planners is free and Phone: 517/324-5100, Fax: 517/324-5119 completely voluntary, based on the needs of the landowner. Web: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/mi/location.html Various tools are available to assist landowners plan and implement conservation systems, such as the Soil Survey The Farm Service Agency (FSA) supports American which describes soil types in a county, and the 1996 Farm farmers through commodity programs, operating and Bill programs. emergency loans, conservation, domestic and overseas food assistance and disaster programs that improve the USDA Farm Bill Programs economic stability of agriculture and the environment. The 1996 Farm Bill includes programs designed to prevent These programs help farmers produce an adequate food and reduce pollution resulting from agricultural activity on supply, assist farmers to compete for export sales of private lands. These programs are completely voluntary. commodities in the world marketplace, and keep consumer A producer must request assistance from the Natural prices reasonable while caring for the environment and Resources Conservation Service, the Conservation natural resources. District, or the Farm Service Agency. A conservation plan will be developed by a certified conservation planner at the resource management systems level, meaning all aspects of the land will be considered when developing the conservation system. The following is a summary of the 1996 Farm Bill programs involving pollution prevention. Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Established in the 1996 Farm Bill, EQIP provides a voluntary conservation program for farmers and ranchers who face serious threats to soil, water, and related natural resources. Nationally, it provides technical, financial, and educational assistance primarily in designated priority areas - half of it targeted to livestock-related natural resource concerns and the remainder to other significant conservation priorities. The Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) The WRP is a voluntary program to restore and protect wetlands on private property. It is an opportunity for landowners to receive financial incentives to restore USDA NATURAL wetlands in exchange for retiring marginal agricultural land. The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) RESOURCES The CRP is a voluntary program that offers annual rental payments, incentive payments for certain activities, and CONSERVATION SERVICE cost-share assistance to establish approved cover on eligible cropland. The program encourages farmers to plant 3001 Coolidge Rd., Suite 250 long-term resource-conserving covers to improve soil, East Lansing, MI 48823-6350 water and wildlife resources. The Commodity Credit Phone: 517/324-5270, Fax: 517/324-5171 Corporation (CCC) makes available assistance in an Web: www.mi.nrcs.usda.gov amount equal to not more than 50 percent of the participant’s costs in establishing approved practices. The Contact: Ronald Williams, State Conservationist durations of contracts are between 10 and 15 years. Phone: 517/324-5277 Email: [email protected] Summary of Programs Contact: Kimberly Neumann, Farm Bill Program Coordinator
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Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) CREP is a Federal-State conservation partnership program Contact: Alan Herceg, Assistant State Conservationist targeting significant environmental effects related to for Programs agriculture. It is a voluntary program using financial Traverse City Service Center incentives to encourage farmers and ranchers to enroll in 1501 Cass St., Suite A the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in contracts of Traverse City, MI 48684-4187 10-15 years in duration to remove land from agriculture Phone: 231/941-0951 production. CRP is that nation’s largest private lands Email: [email protected] conservation program and is implemented through the RC&D is a rural development program administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA). the US Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Forestry Incentives Program (FIP) Conservation Service. It is focused on the conservation, The 1996 Farm Bill extends the FIP, originally authorized development, and utilization of natural resources to in 1978 to share up to 65 percent of the costs of tree improve the standard of living. planting, timber stand improvements, and related practices Within RC&D areas, several counties and conservation on nonindustrial private forest lands. FIP’s forest districts work as a team to improve the social, economic, maintenance and reforestation provide numerous natural and environmental opportunities for citizens of the area. resource benefits, including reduced wind and soil erosion RC&D councils comprised of local representatives, decide and enhanced water quality and wildlife habitat as well as which projects the RC&D will focus on. Technical helping to assure a reliable future supply of timber. assistance is available from the NRCS RC&D coordinator. Improving timber stands, which help to sequester greenhouse gases, also contributes to the President’s Since the program was created, six RC&D areas have been Climate change initiative. authorized in Michigan. These areas cover the entire upper and lower peninsulas, except the southeastern counties Farmland Protection Program (FPP) of the lower peninsula The FPP is a voluntary program that helps farmers keep their land in agriculture. The program provides funding to State, local, or tribal entities with existing farmland protection programs to purchase conservation easements or other interests. The goal of the program is to protect between 170,000 and 340,000 acres of farmland. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has been designated as the lead agency in implementing this program. Conservation of Private Grazing Land The Nation depends on its 642 million acres of private grazing lands. They produce food and fiber. They provide aquifer recharge, stream flow, and flood protection. They offer wildlife habitat and recreational opportunities. To people in rural areas, private grazing lands are the economic lifeblood. And the environmental benefits that healthy private grazing lands provide make life better for us all. Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) WHIP is a voluntary program for people who want to develop and improve wildlife habitat primarily on private lands. It provides both technical assistance and cost-share payments to help establish and improve fish and wildlife habitat. Continuous Conservation Reserve Program The CRP is a voluntary program that offers annual rental payments and cost-share assistance to establish long-term resource-conserving covers on eligible land. The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) makes annual rental payments based on the agriculture rental value of the land and provides cost-share assistance in an amount equal to not more than 50 percent of the participant’s costs in establishing approved practices. The duration of contracts is from 10 to 15 years. 66 AGRICULTURE POLLUTION PREVENTION CASE STUDIES
Several case studies have been produced that tell the story of agriculture pollution prevention on real-life farms. These case studies are available from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Environmental Assistance Division, by contacting the Environmental Assistance Center at 800-662-9278, or through the internet at www.deq.state.mi.us/ead/.
Amazing Graze – Kalkaska, Michigan
Cherry Bay Orchards – Suttons Bay, Michigan
Circle K Farms – Carson City, Michigan
Rich Ro Farms – St. Johns, Michigan
Sklarczyk Seed Farms – Johannesburg, Michigan
Sunshine Prairie Farms – Delton, Michigan
Three Potato – Blanchard, Clio and Mecosta, Michigan
Wirbel Corn – Hope, Michigan
67 EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS
National Response Center Hotline ...... 800/424-8802
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Pollution Emergency Hotline (if calling from within Michigan) ...... 800/405-0101
(if calling from outside Michigan) ...... 517/373-0440
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Pollution Emergency Alerting System (PEAS) (if calling from within Michigan) .. 800/292-4706
(if calling from outside Michigan) ...... 517/373-7660
Chemtrec Emergency Hotline ...... 800/424-9300
National Pesticides Information Network ...... 800/858-7378
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tailor this page for your individual needs 68 AGRICULTURE POLLUTION PREVENTION STEWARD SURVEY
1. State the purpose of the program sponsored by your organization or company:
2. Briefly describe the results to date:
3. Describe regional , state, or national program(s), sponsored or supported by your organization, that prevent agricultural pollution (list by program name and state). If you have more than one program, please list each one on a separate form. (Include regional, state, national or private sector efforts that demonstrate, promote, or educate farmers about soil testing, precision application, Integrated Pest Management, composting, manure management, forestry manage- ment, and rangeland management, etc.)
4. Circle all the levels within your organization that actively participated in, or promoted, your organization’s program:
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This directory was an action item of the Pollution Prevention Strategy for Michigan Agriculture. It was initially developed by members of national and state workgroup committee from the following organizations:
AgriBank, FCB American Farm Bureau Federation Conservation Technology Information Center Farm Assessment (Farm*A*Syst) Program Groundwater Foundation National Association of Conservation Districts National Rural Water Association North Central Regional Center for Rural Development Tennessee Valley Authority USDA NRCS USDA CSREES USDA Working Group on Water Quality US EPA Office of Ground Water & Drinking Water
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