| A. Urban
centers
B. Manufacturing
C. Agriculture
D. Forestry
E. Shipping
F. Recreational opportunities
G. Mining
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C. Agriculture
history of agriculture in Michigan
agricultural regions in Michigan
major agricultural commodities
cash grain
corn
FEATURE: irrigated agriculture in Michigan
soybeans
wheat
sugar
beets
FEATURE: the sugar beet industry in Michigan
dry beans
Part I: What?
Part II: Where?
FEATURE: a primer on dry bean types
potatoes
FEATURE: potato harvesting THEN
FEATURE:
potato havesting NOW
dairying
crops: hay, oats, corn silage, corn for grain,
barley, rye
FEATURE: how does a dairy farm work?
hogs/pork
cattle/beef
chickens
and turkeys
fruit
cherries
apples
FEATURE: Which apple to cook with?
plums
peaches
grapes
FEATURE: Michigan wines, Part I
FEATURE: Michigan wines, Part II
FEATURE: Michigan wines, Part III
pears
FEATURE: Failed farms, where and
why?
irrigation or not?
draining wet soils
crop rotations
agroforestry
Christmas
trees
specialty agriculture
blueberries
strawberries
asparagus and other vegetables
mint
crops
grown primarily on Histosols
cabbage
land conversion and loss of farmland
to development
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