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MDARD bureau details invasive-species detection, Right to Farm mediation and regenerative-agriculture pilot
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The Bureau of Environment and Sustainability described early detection and eradication of plant pests, Right to Farm complaint mediation that led to on-farm improvements, a regenerative agriculture demonstration with a Veterans of Foreign Wars National Home, and export-certification work.
LANSING — Mike Phillip, director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Bureau of Environment and Sustainability, told the House Appropriations Subcommittee that the bureau focuses on invasive-species prevention, water and soil quality, Right to Farm complaints and support for agricultural trade.
Phillip described a plum pox virus detection years ago that MDARD identified on a single backyard plum tree, sent for USDA confirmation and then eradicated; subsequent surveying of roughly 200,000 leaf samples found no further detections,…
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