FARM DOMINANCE

Michigan Farm Dominance: Feeding America, Enriching Families, and Securing Our Future

Michigan’s farms are the backbone of our state and a vital part of America’s food security. Family farms built this state, yet overregulation, foreign ownership, unfair trade, and corporate consolidation have threatened their survival. The Michigan First Movement declares Farm Dominance as a strategic priority: making Michigan the most productive, resilient, and prosperous agricultural state in the nation, while protecting generational family farms and putting food sovereignty first.

Core Vision

Michigan will become America’s premier agricultural powerhouse through expanded production, innovation, reduced bureaucracy, and strong protection of family farms. This dominance will create jobs, lower food costs, generate export revenue, and strengthen rural communities for generations.

Key Policy Pillars

1. Regulatory Relief and Farm Freedom

• One-for-One Regulatory Reduction: For every new agricultural regulation, two existing ones must be repealed.

• Right-to-Farm Strengthening: Expand protections for family farms against nuisance lawsuits, restrictive zoning, and activist harassment.

• Streamlined Permitting: Fast-track approvals for farm expansions, processing facilities, and infrastructure while maintaining environmental stewardship.

2. Production Expansion and Innovation

• All-of-the-Above Agriculture: Support traditional row crops, livestock, dairy, specialty crops (cherries, apples, blueberries), and emerging sectors like hemp, aquaculture, and vertical farming.

• Research and Tech Incentives: Fund and incentivize Michigan-based research in precision agriculture, soil health, drought-resistant crops, and advanced genetics, with results prioritized for Michigan family farms.

• Value-Added Processing: Tax credits and grants for on-farm and local processing facilities to keep more economic activity in Michigan instead of shipping raw commodities out of state.

3. Protecting Generational Family Farms

• Farmland Preservation Priority: Ban foreign ownership (especially CCP-linked entities) of Michigan agricultural land. Create incentives and tax breaks for multi-generational family farms to keep land in production.

• Succession Planning Support: Grants, tax relief, and technical assistance for transferring farms to the next generation of Michigan families.

• Anti-Consolidation Measures: Limit corporate and out-of-state megafarm dominance that squeezes family operations.

4. Market Access and Economic Strength

• Buy Michigan First: Mandate state institutions, schools, and prisons to prioritize Michigan-grown food when feasible.

• Export Dominance: Aggressive promotion of Michigan agricultural exports while protecting against unfair foreign dumping and subsidies.

• Rural Economic Hubs: Develop processing, distribution, and agritourism centers in small towns to create high-wage jobs and keep young people in rural Michigan.

5. Labor and Trade Protections

• American Worker Priority: Strict enforcement of immigration law on farms, no illegal labor. E-Verify mandatory. Support legal guest worker programs only when they do not displace American workers.

• Fair Trade Enforcement: Oppose trade deals that harm Michigan farmers. Demand reciprocity and crack down on foreign subsidies and dumping.

6. Environmental Stewardship Done Right

• Focus on voluntary, incentive-based conservation, soil health, and water quality rather than top-down mandates that hurt family farms.

• Reward farms that demonstrate best practices through tax credits and grants.

Implementation and Metrics

• Michigan Farm Dominance Authority: A lean, farmer-led body to coordinate policy, cut red tape, and measure results.

• Legislative Package: Pass the Michigan Farm Dominance and Family Farm Protection Act.

• Public Dashboard: Track key metrics including:

  • Total agricultural output and exports.

  • Number of family farms preserved and expanded.

  • Jobs created in farming and food processing.

  • Food self-sufficiency ratios for Michigan.

  • Rural population and young farmer retention.

Expected Outcomes

• Michigan becomes a top-5 agricultural state with record production and profitability.

• Generational family farms thrive and expand instead of disappearing.

• Lower food prices for Michigan families through increased supply and local production.

• Strong rural economies that support small towns and reverse population decline.

• Greater national food security with Michigan as a reliable, dominant producer.

Farm Dominance is not just about food, it is about sovereignty, family wealth, rural vitality, and national strength. Michigan was built by farmers. We will make it great again through agriculture.

Family Farms First. Food Sovereignty First. 

Farm Dominance Now.

This platform will be introduced as priority legislation. We call on every rural legislator, farm organization, and Michigan citizen who values real food, strong families, and agricultural independence to stand with us.

FARMERS FIRST. PATRIOTS FIRST. MICHIGAN FIRST.