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State offering grants for agriculture industry wastewater infrastructure

LANSING–The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is seeking applications for a new Wastewater Infrastructure Fund Grant. As a reimbursement grant, this program will be assisting the food and …

Agricultural Industry / Biofuels / Recycling

California firm recycling Michigan animal waste into natural gas, fertilizer, water

SAN FRANCISCO–Brightmark RNG Holdings LLC is positioned to expand renewable natural gas production with five new anaerobic digestion dairy farm projects in western Michigan, designed to convert animal waste to …

Agricultural Industry / Biotech / Startups

Zivo Bioscience receives $1 million bridge financing

BLOOMFIELD HILLS–Zivo Bioscience Inc. (NASDAQ: ZIVO), a biotech and agriculture-tech research and development company developing medicines and nutritional products from algae cultures, announced a $1 million unsecured six-month loan from …

Agricultural Industry / Solar Power / Sustainability

Sustainable business group sets webinar on ‘agrivoltaics’

GRAND RAPIDS—The Michigan Sustainable Business Forum is hosting a webinar to introduce the state to agrovoltaics, the planting of food crops, pollinator habitats, and other vegetation underneath photovoltaic solar panels. …

Agricultural Industry / Cannabis Industry / Carbon Neutrality

Heartland wins USDA grant to expand research on regenerative agriculture, carbon sequestration

DETROIT—Heartland Industries has won a three-year, $360,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to continue research in its “Hemp4Soil” program. This grant will allow …

Agricultural Industry / Biology

UM study finds biodiversity protects bee communities from disease

ANN ARBOR—A new analysis of thousands of native and nonnative Michigan bees shows that the most diverse bee communities have the lowest levels of three common viral pathogens. University of …

Agricultural Industry / Sustainability

General Mills moving to ‘regenerative dairy’ in Michigan for yogurt

MINNEAPOLIS—General Mills, the Minneapolis, Minn.-based maker of Yoplait, Liberté and Mountain High yogurt products, announced the start of a three-year regenerative dairy pilot in western Michigan, a key sourcing region …

Agricultural Industry / Biotech

Neogen acquires its distributors in Argentina and Uruguay

LANSING–Neogen Corp. (Nasdaq: NEOG), the manufacturer of food and animal safety testing products, announced it had acquired Productos Quimicos Magiar, a distributor of Neogen’s food safety diagnostics for the past …

Photo of a 2011 algae bloom on Lake Erie by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon -- NASA
Agricultural Industry / University Research / Water Resources

New UM study: Lake Huron a crucial part of controlling toxic Lake Erie algal blooms

ANN ARBOR—A new study from the University of Michigan asserts that targets to reduce phosphorous outputs from the Detroit area to control toxic blooms of cyanobacteria in Lake Erie are …

Agricultural Industry / Food Industry

New food risk analysis software for Neogen customers

LANSING—The Lansing-based food and animal safety testing developer Neogen Corp. (NASDAQ: NEOG) announced it has signed a development and licensing agreement with Boston-based Corvium Inc., that will allow Neogen’s customers …

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