The head of the Michigan Agri-Business Association says standing up for agriculture is making a difference in Lansing.
Chuck Lippstreu tells Brownfield the past year focused on educating new lawmakers about the state’s second-largest industry and finding bipartisan solutions on several issues.
“There was legislation, for example, earlier in the year in the Michigan Senate that would have placed some new restrictions on the movement of grain trains and fertilizer transportation that was concerning to us,” he shares.