The number of foreign-owned acres went from 5.8% to 8.6% of all agricultural land two years ago, the latest federal data shows, putting Michigan among the top states for increases.

The department argued the land use was similar to other leases located on its 4.6 million acres of state-owned land — leases for oil and gas extraction, pipeline routes, mineral mining, timber ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is asking the public for recommendations to buy, exchange or sell state land. They are asking the public for recommendations in several counties in the ...