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Statewide crop outlook is positive for 2012

Last updated Friday, March 30, 2012 - 6:24pm

HOOPER — Rulon Fowers, a hay farmer in Hooper, is hopeful for the next year.

Statewide, farmers intend to plant more acres of barley, wheat and hay than they did last year, and sow just as much corn and oat seeds, according to a report released Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The most significant increase is in the amount of barley that farmers intend to plant, which the USDA reported as up 14 percent.

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Grains are newly popular for taste and health benefits. Pictured: bulgar, red quinoa, pearl barley, amaranth, farro and white quinoa.

Newly popular grains offer taste and health benefits

Susan M. Selasky Detroit Free Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 10:01am

During March, National Nutrition Month, it's worth taking another look at the Agriculture Department's My Plate, the daily food plan tool unveiled in June. It shows that a quarter of a typical healthy plate should be filled with grains -- at least half of them whole grains.

Eating more whole grains, the USDA says, can help reduce the risk of certain diseases. Folks at the Harvard School of Public Health take it a step further, saying that whole grains should fill up the entire quarter of our plates.

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