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Block Party podcast: The growing deer-management challenge for Michigan Farmers

Date Posted: March 3, 2025

Listen in on the new Block Party podcast for a conversation with MFB staffers Andrew Vermeesch and Pierce Bennet about March’s discussion topic on deer management, and how it remains a growing challenge for Michigan farmers.

Relevant Policies discussed in this episode include MFB Policy #35 TB, Mycobacterium Bovis Tuberculosis, and #90, Wildlife Management.

Click here to listen in on this episode and earlier Block Party episodes. And if it sparks a policy idea, share that with your county Farm Bureau Policy Development chair. You can also submit your policy idea online

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Rebecca Gulliver

Member Engagement & Field Training Manager
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DISCUSS: The growing challenge of deer management

Thanks to new hunts and extended seasons, Michigan’s 2024-25 deer harvest increased 5% from the previous year. Even so, more action is needed.