MSU Extension Agriculture

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  Animal Raising Label Claims

  Published on September 30, 2020
  These labeling terms are used on products to describe the environment in which animals were raised during their life span. Animal raising claims describe the care the animal receives and how the producer maintains the land and environment.

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  Policy Memo: Michigan Farmers of Color and the Future of Sustainable Food Systems​

  Published on September 30, 2020
  This policy memo describes how sustainable agriculture with a strong orientation toward racial justice can serve as a medium for building more racial equity and transforming our racialized food system.

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  Natural and Organic Label Claims

  Published on September 30, 2020
  Natural or organic label claims are used on food products to describe how they were grown, raised, and/or processed. Two government agencies oversee the production and labeling of food in the United States to ensure that label claims are truthful.

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  What are GMOs?

  Published on September 27, 2020
  GMO stands for genetically modified organism and is sometimes referred to as genetically engineered (GE), bioengineered (BE) or genetically modified (GM).

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  Fact Sheet #40: Overview of Youth Employment (Child Labor) Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for Agricultural Occupations

  Published on September 20, 2020
  This publication by the US department of labor is a fact sheet providing an overview of youth employment (child labor) provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for Agricultural Occupations .

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  Child Labor Bulletin 102

  Published on September 20, 2020
  This bulletin details the child labor requirements in agricultural occupations under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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  Dairy Incentive Pay

  Published on September 20, 2020
  Dairy Incentive Pay 4th Edition

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  Federal Income Tax and FICA Withholding for Foreign Agricultural Workers with an H-2A Visa

  Published on September 20, 2020
  This publication by the IRS details federal income tax and FICA withholding for foreign agricultural workers with an H-2A visa.

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  Agricultural Employer Checklist

  Published on September 13, 2020
  This publication is a guide to the legal requirements for hiring agricultural employees in Michigan.

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  Agriculture Employee Handbook Template

  Published on September 12, 2020
  This Employee Handbook was designed as a sample document to be used by farms at their discretion. Once you as the user, insert your name and make the applicable changes, it becomes your farm document and you are solely responsible for the contents.