Dennis Rudat

Lansing, Michigan

Director, Information and Public Relation at Michigan Farm News

Director of Information & Public Relations - Michigan Farm Bureau

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'You've got to realize what you're up against,' political analyst warns Farm Bureau members

Dec 5, 2024 | michfb.com | Mitch Galloway |Dennis Rudat

GRAND RAPIDS — A month after U.S. citizens elected a new president, voting concerns have already shifted to the next big election — in 2026.
Wildlife, labor, animal health, farm markets and agritourism headline policy development at MFB’s Annual Meeting

Dec 5, 2024 | michfb.com | Dennis Rudat

More than 400 county Farm Bureau voting delegates considered and approved policy recommendations, establishing formal state-level organizational and national policy recommendations at Michigan Farm Bureau’s 105th Annual Meeting in Grand Rapids, Dec. 3-4.
‘Rule of Law’ Circuit Judge O’Grady earns ‘Friend of Ag’ endorsement in Supreme Court bid

Sep 30, 2024 | michfb.com | Dennis Rudat

Judge Patrick William "Bill" O'Grady, first elected to serve as a 15th Circuit Court Judge in 2008, has presided over nearly 14,000 cases since then in Branch County. In those 15 years, he has a earned a reputation as a “rule-of-law” judge. O’Grady said he intends to bring that same philosophy to the highest court as a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, which earned him a “Friend of Agriculture” endorsement from Michigan Farm Bureau’s AgriPac committee for the November general election.
USDA releases findings of investigation into spread of avian bird flu in Michigan

Jun 18, 2024 | thecountypress.mihomepaper.com | Dennis Rudat

LANSING — USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has released the findings of its investigation into how highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was introduced and, more importantly, spread among 25 Michigan dairy herds and eight poultry flocks since March 29 — when it was first confirmed in a Montcalm County dairy herd.
Global transit chokepoints threaten US ag exports

Jan 31, 2024 | michfb.com | Dennis Rudat

SALT LAKE CITY — Two separate world events are creating global transit chokepoints for U.S. agricultural exports, increasing shipping costs and potentially impacting market prices and farm profitability, according to American Farm Bureau Federation Economist Betty Resnick.
Michigan Supreme Court hears MFB’s legal challenge to state’s livestock permit

Jan 17, 2024 | michfb.com | Jon Adamy |Dennis Rudat

Attorneys representing more than 100 individual farmers, along with Michigan Farm Bureau and other prominent ag groups, made their case for why the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) overstepped its authority in adding mountains of burdensome regulations to permitted livestock farms. The case stems from a new National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit issued by EGLE in 2020.
Michigan Farm Bureau president commends member initiatives in dairy, specialty crops and land-use

Dec 19, 2023 | thecountypress.mihomepaper.com | Dennis Rudat

LANSING — Dairy pricing, a struggling specialty crop sector due to unfair trade practices and escalating Adverse Effect Wage Rates, land-use issues and food insecurity will continue to require farmer-driven policy initiatives, according to Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB) President Carl Bednarski, a Tuscola County cash-crop farmer.
County Farm Bureau delegates complete policy action on land-use, farmland protection and food insecurity

Dec 4, 2023 | michfb.com | Dennis Rudat

More than 400 county Farm Bureau voting delegates considered state and national policy at Michigan Farm Bureau’s 104th Grand Rapids, with a strong emphasis on recommendations generated from the MFB Rural Communities Task Force. A wide range of land-use issues, agricultural representation on local boards and commissions, and food insecurity were approved as amendments to existing policy and as new policy, including Food Insecurity.
Michigan Farm Bureau president commends member initiatives in dairy, specialty crops and land-use

Nov 29, 2023 | michfb.com | Dennis Rudat

Dairy pricing, a struggling specialty crop sector due to unfair trade practices and escalating Adverse Effect Wage Rates, land-use issues, and food insecurity will continue to require farmer-driven policy initiatives, according to Michigan Farm Bureau President Carl Bednarski, a Tuscola County cash-crop farmer.
Ag representation essential at all levels of government

Nov 28, 2023 | michfb.com | Dennis Rudat

Concern over his local planning commission’s plan to require 10-acre minimum building lots — and what he considered to be very poor land use — was motivation enough for then 24-year-old Lapeer County dairy farmer Kevin Daley to serve in public office. Now 66 and a “recovering dairy farmer,” Sen. Daley said the experience was a lesson that still rings true today — production agriculture needs to be represented by farmers willing to serve in elected office at all levels of government.

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Articles

'You've got to realize what you're up against,' political analyst warns Farm Bureau members

Wildlife, labor, animal health, farm markets and agritourism headline policy development at MFB’s Annual Meeting

‘Rule of Law’ Circuit Judge O’Grady earns ‘Friend of Ag’ endorsement in Supreme Court bid

USDA releases findings of investigation into spread of avian bird flu in Michigan

Global transit chokepoints threaten US ag exports

Michigan Supreme Court hears MFB’s legal challenge to state’s livestock permit

Michigan Farm Bureau president commends member initiatives in dairy, specialty crops and land-use

County Farm Bureau delegates complete policy action on land-use, farmland protection and food insecurity

Michigan Farm Bureau president commends member initiatives in dairy, specialty crops and land-use

Ag representation essential at all levels of government

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