Maine Farmer Resource Network

Friday, March 1, 9:00am-4:45pm Campus Center, University of Maine Presque Isle Topics for this year’s conference will include: Upping Your Grain Game – Best practices from seed bag to grain bin and beyond. Eric Theriault, Eastern Grain Inc., Drummond, New Brunswick Industrial Hemp – Opportunities, Production Practices, Legal Requirements, and Other Considerations for Hemp Grain […]

The North American Center for Saffron Research and Development at the University of Vermont (UVM) is hosting the 3rd annual workshop on Saffron production and marketing on Friday, March 15, 2019 in Burlington, VT. Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world, with a retail price of over $5,000/lb. It is made from the […]

Apply by Tomorrow  and Attend for FREE! Harvest New England is pleased to offer scholarships to qualified producers from New England to attend Harvest New England Agricultural Marketing Conference and Trade Show, February 27 and 28, 2019 in Sturbridge, MA. Do you meet the criteria? New farm (in business for less than 5 years) Young […]

The Maine Migrant Education Program (MEP) provides free educational assistance to families who move to work in agriculture or fishing. Children in these families often struggle to succeed academically because of frequent moves, poverty, and other barriers. The MEP provides services to help migratory children and youth (ages 0-20) succeed in school by maintaining their […]

NH Vegetable and Berry Growers’ Association Annual Meeting Saturday, February 2 9:00 am – 3:30pm Doubletree Hotel, Manchester, NH. The agenda for this meeting includes strawberry and vegetable variety updates from David Handley at UMaine, what you need to know about labor regulations and FSMA, meeting our new IPM specialist, featured farm and more – […]

Harvest New England and the New England State Departments of Agriculture are pleased to announce that they will once again be hosting the Harvest New England Agricultural Marketing Conference and Trade Show. The conference will be held at the Sturbridge Host Hotel & Conference Center in historic Sturbridge, Massachusetts, on February 27-28, 2019. Twenty-six breakout […]

The tenth annual hop conference will be held in South Burlington on February 21st. A talk by a British hop grower on hop production in his country is among several featured presentations at the tenth annual Hop Conference, Feb. 21 in South Burlington. Tom Spilsbury of J W Spilsbury & Co., will share information on […]

Date: January 24, 2019 Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Cost: Free. Registration is required. Register online for the webinar. Farmers are invited to learn about the Whole Farm Revenue Protection crop insurance program prior to the March 15 enrollment deadline with a free webinar from noon to 1:00 p.m. on January 24th. The webinar […]

Washington, D.C., January 22, 2019 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that all Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices nationwide will soon reopen to provide additional administrative services to farmers and ranchers during the lapse in federal funding. Certain FSA offices have been providing limited services for existing loans and tax documents since […]

In conjunction with the New York State IPM Program and the Department of Agriculture and Markets, the Northeastern IPM Center will host a collection of webinars, titled “Spotted Lanternfly Basics.” You can register online here. Each webinar will focus on, and be tailored to, a specific commodity group: Spotted Lanternfly Basics for Hops, Berry, and […]