Maine Farmer Resource Network

(Lewiston, Maine), June 11, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) encourages America’s farmers and ranchers to nominate candidates to lead, serve and represent their community on their local county committee. According to USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) Androscoggin-Sagadahoc County Executive Director Marcia Hall, FSA will accept nominations for county committee members beginning Friday, […]

Need Pesticide Recertification Credits? Upcoming Opportunities Include: Summer Potato Field Meeting Organic Wild Blueberry Field Meeting Wild Blueberry Summer Field Day & Meeting Pomological Society Summer Meeting Maine Farm Days 2018 For details on these and other meetings, visit Board of Pesticides Control Credit Calendar.

August 8, 2018 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM Aroostook Research Farm 59 Houlton Road, Presque Isle, Maine This FREE event is open to all agriculture producers (potato growers, grain growers, dairy people, etc.) No pre-registration is required. Lunch will be provided. Organizers: Lakesh Sharma, Assistant Extension Professor, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, University of Maine […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) encourages America’s farmers and ranchers to nominate candidates to lead, serve and represent their community on their local county committee. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will accept nominations for county committee members beginning Friday, June 15, 2018. Producers across the country are already serving on committees where they play […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will be collecting information about colony loss in the honey industry. The Quarterly Colony Loss survey will be conducted over the period of June 2018 through July 2018. This survey collects information about colony inventory and loss from more than 400 producers with bee colonies […]

New PSA from Sec. Perdue (YouTube) regarding the last chance to complete the 2017 Census of Agriculture. Please visit the website for more agricultural information.

One-Year Extension Available to Holders of Many Expiring Contracts through Continuous Sign-up As part of a 33-year effort to protect sensitive lands and improve water quality and wildlife habitat on private lands, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will resume accepting applications for the voluntary Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Eligible farmers, ranchers, and private landowners […]

The Maine Soil Health Dairy team has a new case study, Piper Farms Saves Big with a Center Pivot about this farm’s innovative irrigation technique which in turn has some soil health benefits.

The Dairy Improvement Fund (DIF) is a new revolving loan program to help Maine dairy farms and enterprises fund capital improvements to maintain and enhance the viability of their farms. The DIF program will assist farms that are engaged in the commercial production of cow milk or cow milk products. It was developed by the […]

There is still time to fill out your 2017 Census of Agriculture survey. USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is making progress every day, but they need to hear from all producers. Help NASS spread the word that farmers and ranchers still have time to be counted in the 2017 Census of Agriculture.