‘The outlook is pretty bleak’: Farmers brace for difficult season

LANSING

When Brian Neff retired from the Air Force, he had his eyes on a farm on the outskirts of Traverse City.

The land was once operated by his wife’s grandparents before it was leased out for years after her grandparents stopped tending to it. In 2021, the Neffs bought the property back with plans to transform it in retirement.

“We had it in mind that we were going to turn it into more of a desti…