Maine Farmer Resource Network

The University of Maine Cooperative Extension has put together a fact sheet on the explanation of required records for the food safety modernization act produce safety rule.  This new fact sheet can be found in the  Food Safety category under Food & Health

Interested in Growing Your Business?  CEI has developed a collection of resources designed to help accelerate the growth of 3-5 businesses in our next round of the Tastemakers initiative.  Visit CEI’s newsletter for more information.

Registration is now open for The Business of Farming for Wholesale.  Are you an experienced Maine farmer who wants make more money wholesaling your products?  Farming for Wholesale helps farmers participate in, or scale up for, wholesale markets. We combine ongoing farm business planning assistance with day-long workshops and grant opportunities.  For more information and […]

The Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs were authorized by the 2014 and 2018 Farm Bills. For more information on ARC and PLC including two online decision tools that assist producers in making enrollment and election decisions specific to their operations, visit the ARC and PLC webpage.

Producers who had 2018 covered commodities enrolled in ARC-CO can visit www.fsa.usda.gov/arc-plc for payment rates applicable to their county and each covered commodity. For farms and covered commodities enrolled in 2018 PLC, the following crops met payment triggers: wheat, canola, barley and corn.  Oats and soybeans did not meet 2018 PLC payment triggers.

Are you unsure who will take over your farm? Feel like your family needs to start talking, but you don’t know where to start? Have questions about retiring that you don’t know how to answer? Can the farm support two generations? For more information and to register.

SCORE Maine and Mass Mutual are presenting a workshop on November 21st in Augusta.  This free workshop is to help farmers plan exit and retirement strategies while preserving the business they have built.  For more information and to register.

CEI has developed a collection of resources designed to help accelerate the growth of 3-5 businesses in our next round of the Tastemakers initiative – learn how to apply to be in the 2020 Tastemakers cohort.  For more information visit the announcement page here.

MOFGA is now accepting applications to their technical assistance grant.  The application period is now open for certified organic businesses to apply for up to $2,000 in funds for technical assistance. Apply here! Please note: this grant is NO LONGER limited to businesses focused on wholesale markets, it is now also open to direct-marketing businesses. The deadline […]

The registration for the Farmland Access and Transfer Conference on November 18 is now open. This conference is being co-hosted by Maine Farmland Trust and Land For Good, and is being made possible thanks to the sponsorship by and presentations from many BFRN organizations.  Register here for the Farmland Access and Conference.