J Mulder/Parks Agency - Farm Bureau Insurance

06/03/2026

Our farmers would love some rain! 🌧️ 😩

After a prolonged dry stretch of weather, our highly scientific maps tell us some positive news! Tomorrow brings a chance of rain to the Upper Peninsula! For those downstate, unfortunately it won't rain tomorrow, but Friday and onward does look promising for at very least scattered showers and storms!

06/03/2026

🗼 The Eiffel Tower gets TALLER every summer.
It's true — heat causes the metal to expand, and the Eiffel Tower actually grows up to 6 inches taller during warm summer months. Then shrinks back down when it cools off in winter! 🌡️
Happy Hump Day from Middleville! 🐪 Hope YOUR week is expanding as nicely as the Eiffel Tower!
— J Mulder/Parks Agency | Farm Bureau Insurance

06/01/2026

Sometimes we like to just have fun. So here are some Red Hot Chili Pepper (in song) state references in map form. Enjoy our humor.

The Number of Times Each State Is Referenced in Red Hot Chili Peppers Lyrics

06/01/2026

Farm Fact of the day. What's your favorite food grown on a farm?

Is bacon an acceptable answer? I mean, pigs grow on a farm.... If not, I think sweet corn is probably the thing that screams Michigan Summer to me!
- Jordan

Did you know? Corn can help pump moisture into the atmosphere! A process called evapotranspiration can release up to 5,000 gallons of water PER ACRE - per day. This can make the muggiest summer days feel unbearable!

06/01/2026

⚡ Giraffes are struck by lightning 30 TIMES more often than humans.
Yep — being the tallest animal on the planet has its drawbacks! Scientists estimate giraffes are hit by lightning at roughly 30x the rate we are. Nature is wild. 🦒
Hope your Monday is going better than a giraffe in a thunderstorm! 😄
— Your friends at the J Mulder/Parks Agency | Farm Bureau Insurance, Middleville

05/22/2026

Zach, Katie, and fam enjoyed a whitecaps game with some tickets from our agency!

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05/16/2026

Game 7 this time is going to be nuts 🥜! Let’s go Pistons.

Little Caesars Arena is going crazy today! Game 7! Go Detroit Pistons!

05/16/2026

Game 7! Let’s go Pistons!

YOU KNOW THE PISTONS WON AGAIN

05/15/2026

Field trips trump work!

Today Josie & Dad learned how we get milk, yogurt, and cheese. We learned the difference between calves, heifers, full grown milk cows, and bulls.

Thanks for hosting our preschool class Swisslane Dairy Farms!

Thanks to the team back at the agency for holding down the fort!

- Jordan

05/11/2026

I love this saying. As a kid that worked at a family’s landscape company growing up I couldn’t agree more!

- Jordan

It's a great week to remember to focus on the present and take action. It's not too late to plant those seeds.