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Michigan corn growers reject proposed assessment increase

Michigan corn farmers have voted against an increased assessment proposal.

The Michigan Department of Agriculture says the proposed amendments would have increased the current assessment by one half cent per bushel and required seed corn to be included in the checkoff. The changes would have also revised the nomination process for the Corn Marketing Program of Michigan.

Almost 60 percent of farmer ballots voted no on the measure, representing about 60 percent of the state’s corn crop, 177 ballots were disqualified.

The Michigan corn assessment will remain at one cent per bushel.