| What we
have accomplished |
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Established a voice for growers
identifying and addressing issues and threats to profitability |
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Updates e-mailed monthly to keep
members current on industry and government issues |
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Liaison to government assuring that
public officials hear the grower's views |
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Advocate
for the preservation of agricultural product sales exemption in
the new Michigan Business Tax |
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Channeled MSU's Project GREEEN research
and education to grower topics: energy efficiency and sources,
crop time, post-harvest quality enhancement,
including: |
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Energy
Efficiency and Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Michigan Greenhouse
Operations |
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Photoperiodic Lighting Strategies to Accelerate Development of
Floriculture Crops |
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Understanding Risks Associated with Quarantine Pests in the
Floriculture Industry |
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Improving the Energy Efficiency of Greenhouse Crop Production in
Michigan |
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Reducing
Production Time to Increase Profitability of the Michigan
Greenhouse Industry |
| Issues
we are addressing |
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Continue
to monitor water-use and energy regulation; provide industry
input for consideration by legislators |
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Support
the U.S. Farm Bureau's immigration policy and the proposed
national Ag Jobs bill |
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Actively
participate in the new State Invasive Pests Work Group |
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Support
Michigan Agriculture Statistics Service funding of floriculture
industry statistics |
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Advocate
for research projects in the growers' interest, such as cost of
crop losses due to quarantines and publicly ordered plant
destruction |
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Preserve
state support for industry public programs (MSUE, MAES, and MDA) |
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Increase
the political influence of Michigan's floriculture industry by
increasing policy makers' awareness of floriculture's importance
to Michigan's economy |
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Continue
to advocate for grower interests in taxation, eminent domain,
pesticide registration, labor, safety, APHIS policies, and other
issues identified by YOU and other MFGC members |
