Might want to consider Wisconsin, you can get farther north in Wisconsin and still have decent soil (Northern Lower Michigan is spodosols, inceptisols and maybe even some entisols). In agribusiness Wisconsin has some potential for hay/forage production, raising veal calves, cranberries and potatoes there are also several canneries in Wisconsin so there is potential to raise vegetables under contract to a cannery. If in Southern Wisconsin there is the potential to market hay (horse feed) into Northern Illinois along with specialty crops like pumpkins, sweet corn, corn bundles and maybe u-pick fruit. If you're looking to do fruit or farm-to-user vegetables SW Michigan has some attractive features along with grapes. Some folks going into a retirement or the downshifting mode have found some success in Tennessee, Kentucky, Southern Illinois, Southern Indiana, Southern Ohio, Arkansas, Missouri and Northern Mississippi and Alabama growing chickens for the likes of Tyson or Seaboard Farms. I wouldn't make a decision about Wisconsin until after the recall election next week, you need to gauge if the reforms for business are going to stick first. By the way I have an Ag degree from Michigan State University and was raised in lower Michigan, I now live in Wisconsin that's got to tell you something.
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