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Darrell McCrum, co-owner of the largest potato farm in Maine, was in New York City this week as part of a national Frito Lay ad campaign.
Each of the businesses Mainebiz talked with — S.W. Collins and McDougal Orchards — are over 100 years old and have successfully transitioned through multiple generations.
The state PFAS Fund has selected seven research projects for funding to better understand so-called forever chemicals, which some 90 farmers unwittingly applied to their soil by fertilizing with municipal sludge.
A bill would improve forest industry employment and participation through a grant program aimed at rural and underserved communities.
The system allows voluntary milking and records milking frequency and volume, quality and the number of visits by cow, offering insights into herd management.
The company, which makes high-performance wood fiber insulation, has filed a voluntary, pre-negotiated Chapter 11 reorganization plan in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.
Winners of this year's US. small Business Administration Maine District Awards represent a broad range of industries from mushroom growing to child care.
Two USDA programs fund access to about 800,000 pounds of food distributed by Good Shepherd and its partners to people in need.
From a 20,000-square-foot facility in the Lisbon Industrial Park, Blue Ox processes 5 million pounds of grain annually and supplies roughly 120 craft breweries and distilleries.
On Monday, the USDA announced that a portion of the funding for Maine agriculture contracts was being sent out, which followed ag commissioner Amanda Beal's recent appeal.
The proposal would allow 16-year-olds to work in their families’ logging businesses under parental supervision — something already possible on farms but illegal in the logging industry.
Community Plate is a new nonprofit initiative launched by the owners of Ten Apple Farm in Gray.
Dan Kaplan's Heartstone Farm offers a range of food products by mail.
The talk will be at the Maine Agricultural Trades Show, which kicks off Tuesday, Jan. 14, at the Augusta Civic Center.
Concerns going into the year include trade tariffs, the impact of stricter immigration policies on workforce shortages and a continued lack of affordable housing
A new federal program finances wood processing facilities utilizing wood products from at-risk forests. The USDA Forest Service identified Maine woodlands that fit the profile.
Maine businesses had their share of rough patches in 2024.