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President Obama, Senator Stabenow and USDA Sec. Vilsack Support biotech industry Efforts to spur economic growth and create jobs

News Stories — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , — CBI — February 24th, 2012

ruralU.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow announced her “Grow it Here, Make it Here” plan will encourage bio-based manufacturing in Michigan by giving tax cuts to businesses who invest in bio-manufacturing or purchase equipment to manufacture bio-based products. If adopted, the plan will lead to heightened investment and job creation.

She joined with President Obama and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to call for a 50% increase in government purchases of new bio-based products to boost America’s rural economy through innovative agriculture.

Secretary Tom Vilsack said, “The companies that manufacture these goods employ about 100,000 Americans - many of them in rural communities - by marrying together two important economic engines: agriculture and manufacturing.” Read more.

Michigan Agri-Business Association hosts winter conference

Ag Biotech Across the Nation, News Stories — Tags: , , , — CBI — January 11th, 2010

Agri-business in Michigan is gearing up for spring at the 77th Annual Michigan Agri-Business Association’michigans Winter Conference and Trade Show, January 11-13. The conference will have numerous informative sessions, including sessions on climate change, and the public image of agriculture and sustainability, among others.

On January 11, the lunchtime speaker was Bill Daley, Midwest Chairman of J.P. Morgan Chase, Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1997-2000, and former special counsel to the President on issues relating to NAFTA.

Agriculture is one of the few bright spots in Michigan’s economy, generating more than $73 billion and creating more than 1 million jobs. And because Michigan agriculture is driving new opportunities in bio-tech, the MABA event devotes several sessions to issues related to bio-tech, from seed and fertilizer to maba120 renewable energy.

For more information on the conference, click here or call MABA at (517) 336-0223.

The Michigan Agri-Business Association was established in 1903 (then called the Michigan Grain Dealers Association) to further the development and prosperity of businesses engaged in agriculture.

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