Two leading Michigan ag groups say an infrastructure bill introduced in the Senate will greatly enhance the work of the state’s voluntary environmental stewardship program on farms.
Chuck Lippstreu with the Michigan Agri-Business Association tells Brownfield the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program, or MAEAP, is nearly 90 percent funded through fees on fertilizer and pesticide registrations which total more than $6 million annually.
“That’s up just shy of 80 percent five years ago as we see general funds decline, state funding decline for the program,” he says.
