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HESPERIA, Mich. (WOOD) — Michigan is a top producer of asparagus, but recently some farmers have had to throw their entire crop out.
The state ranks second in the nation for asparagus production, but trade agreement changes may change that.
"Oceana County is big in asparagus. It has been for nearly 60 years," Denise Pagura of Slocum Farms near Hesperia said Wednesday.
Pagura, whose family shifted from growing Christmas trees to asparagus years ago, said the Michigan industry is in trouble. She explained to 24 Hour News 8 that it's because farms from Mexico and Peru sell asparagus for half the price that Michigan farmers offer.
She said she began noticing the change about two years ago as lawmakers started updating trade legislation. Farmers like Pagura used to sell everything they produced, but she says that's no longer the case.
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