Grain: The Key To Saving Northern Michigan Agriculture?
By Craig Manning | May 18, 2026
Nic Welty wants to help local farmers diversify – and maybe build up an industry of premium northern Michigan grain products in the process.
Late last month, the Suttons Bay-based 9 Bean Rows – which Welty co-owns along with his wife Jen – landed a $163,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) and its Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure program “to launch a regional milling facility to support the grain industry.” Those funds follow a separate $40,000 grant 9 Bean Rows got last year from MDARD’s Underserved, Value-Added, and Regional Food System grant program, also earmarked for “building a small-scale milling facility.”
Welty says the grants …
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