West Michigan Agriculture Output More Than $1.6 Billion
Monday, October 26th, 2009
WEST MICHIGAN—October 26, 2009—Agriculture is a business, and in West Michigan it’s a very good business.
That’s the lesson from a new report by the West Michigan Strategic Alliance (WMSA), the Land Policy Institute of Michigan State University and MSU Extension. West Michigan Agriculture: The Status and Conditions is a 50-page report that measures changes in economic data about agriculture from 1997-2007, including number of farms, crop sales, and acres of farmland. The study compares West Michigan to the rest of the state and has detailed assessments of the agriculture sector in each of the region’s eight counties.
The report will be presented Monday, November 2 to agricultural preservation board members, economic developers, farmers, government leaders, and foundation representatives from the region at the MSU Extension and United Growth of Kent County offices, located at 775 Ball Avenue N.E., in Grand Rapids from 8 - 10 a.m. Click on the link below to read the entire story.
West Michigan Agriculture: The Status and Conditions- The Report
West Michigan Agriculture Output More Than $1.6 Billion- News Release