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Up North Lowdown: How now in cows?

By Ed Ronco,
Max Copeland
Published June 8, 2024 at 6:00 AM EDT
Top left: A group of Holstein cows jostle for hay at the farm run by Laurie Stanek and her family. June 3, 2024. (Photo: Izzy Ross/IPR News) Top right: These are some of the few survivors among the stinkbugs that washed up on Frankfort beach recently. (Photo: Cheryl Bartz/IPR) Bottom left: Each sample goes through a digestion process which leaves behind only sediment, minerals and microplastics. Plastic fibers, if present in the sample, are visible under a microscope. (Photo: Ellie Katz/IPR News) Bottom right: Downtown Boyne City in July 2015. (Photo: Michigan Municipal League)
Top left: A group of Holstein cows jostle for hay at the farm run by Laurie Stanek and her family. June 3, 2024. (Photo: Izzy Ross/IPR News)
Top right: These are some of the few survivors among the stinkbugs that washed up on Frankfort beach recently. (Photo: Cheryl Bartz/IPR)
Bottom left: Each sample goes through a digestion process which leaves behind only sediment, minerals and microplastics. Plastic fibers, if present in the sample, are visible under a microscope. (Photo: Ellie Katz/IPR News)
Bottom right: Downtown Boyne City in July 2015. (Photo: Michigan Municipal League)

Bird flu has begun showing up in cattle. We visit an Antrim Co. dairy farm to learn what's being done about it. Also: Microplastics, beach bugs and housing issues.

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Ed Ronco
Ed Ronco is IPR's news director.
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Max Copeland
Max Copeland is the local weekday host of All Things Considered on Interlochen Public Radio and the producer of The Up North Lowdown, IPR’s weekly news podcast.
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