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In January all (farm) roads lead to Augusta. The Maine Agricultural Trades Show<\/strong><\/a> is an event coordinated by the Agricultural Resource Development Division of Maine DACF. In the trade it is often referred to as the \u201cMaine Ag Trades Show\u201d for the farmers of Maine. It is not often that farmers are able to leave the farm for a day or two to network and learn. The demands of the farm and for some, the offseason plowing work, mean that a lot has to be packed into a few days and this show has so much to offer to people from every facet of the agriculture industry.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spread over three days in the middle of January each year, farmers, trade representatives, educators, and agriculture service providers meet, teach, and network all day long. UMaine Extension participates on many levels. Many of our Professionals and Faculty coordinate or participate in the educational portions of the show. The UMaine Extension, UMaine School of Food and Agriculture, UMaine Natural Sciences Forestry and Agriculture School as well as the UMaine Extension Crop Insurance Education Program all exhibit at the fair. A varied cross-section of our Extension folks will be at the show each day working the UMaine Extension booth and participating as speakers or representatives in commodity meetings.<\/p>\n

\"Tracey
Tracey Ferwerda, Publications Manager\/Graphic Designer, UMaine Extension, at a recent Maine Agricultural Trades Show. Photo by C. Eves-Thomas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you do decide to attend, please stop by the UMaine Extension booth and let us know you saw this on our website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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