Processing Your Payment
Please do not leave this page until complete. This can take a few moments.
Agriculture
Mars Hill potato farmer chosen for nat'l ad campaign
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.
-
Maine wild blueberries will be in schools in eight more states
May 10, 2017The Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine's 2017 initiative to get more public school systems to offer wild blueberries to their students is quickly — and literally — gaining new ground.
May 10, 2017Auburn golf course's new owner scouting sites for mushroom facility
April 13, 2017As the new owner of the Prospect Hill Golf Course in Auburn prepares for next month's opening, she's also on the lookout for land suitable for a 15-acre mushroom-growing facility.
April 13, 2017
Maine egg farm donates 100,000 eggs to food bank
April 11, 2017Hillandale Farms, a national egg supplier with a facility in Turner, donated 9,000 dozen eggs to Good Shepherd Food Bank on Monday.
April 11, 2017Stored Solar planning greenhouses next to biomass plant
March 27, 2017Stored Solar, which acquired Covanta Energy's two closed biomass power plants in Maine last fall, is looking into establishing greenhouses next to the West Enfield plant to grow peppers and providing a new source of revenue that would make the
March 27, 2017
Maine blueberry growers struggling with plummeting prices
March 24, 2017Maine's wild blueberry growers are facing market challenges stemming from declining prices and increased competition from cultivated blueberries.
March 24, 2017Farm Credit East pays dividends to Maine farmers, foresters, fishermen
March 8, 2017Farm Credit East, the Northeast's largest agricultural lending cooperative, distributed a record $56 million in cash patronage dividends to more than 11,000 farm, fishing and forestry business owners and operators, including 750 members in Maine.
March 8, 2017Houlton rolls out 'cannabiz' welcome mat
March 6, 2017Although the effective date for most provisions related to retail sales of marijuana is delayed until Feb. 1, 2018, Houlton officials are making sure their Aroostook community will be ready to capitalize on business opportunities arising from
March 6, 2017
'Ripeness is all' as Backyard Farms marks 10th anniversary
March 6, 2017The Madison-based tomato grower has come a long way since 2007. It's producing 30 million pounds of cocktail, beefsteak and tomatoes on the vine in two adjoining greenhouses totaling 42 acres. It is the largest building in Maine, says sales director
March 6, 2017
Aroostook vegetable processor closes; searching for buyer
March 1, 2017Northern Girl, a vegetable processor and packer in Van Buren, Aroostook County, suspended operations and is looking for a buyer.
March 1, 2017
This farm encourages weed growth
February 20, 2017On a dank Maine winter's afternoon, a guard escorts me into a nondescript boxy building, then takes my driver's license for the duration of my stay.
February 20, 2017
Coast of Maine Organic Products merges, will expand in Mid-Atlantic
February 7, 2017Coast of Maine Organic Products of Portland and Frey Brothers Inc., a farm-product supplier based in Quarryville, Pa., said they have merged.
February 7, 2017
Wellness Connection of Maine's cannabis business poised for growth
February 6, 2017As the legal jangling over Maine's new law allowing retail sales of marijuana continues, and would-be growers snap up commercial real estate around the state, the potentially new business brings with it high startup and ongoing costs.
February 6, 2017
Bob Evans' stock skyrockets on Dow Jones' record-breaking day
January 26, 2017Bob Evans Farms got an initial vote of confidence from investors over its announcement Tuesday that it was selling its national chain of 523 restaurants to a California-based private equity company for $565 million and buying Pineland Farms Potato
January 26, 2017
Bob Evans buys Pineland Farms Potato Co.
January 25, 2017BEF Foods, a division of Bob Evans Farms Inc. (NASDAQ:BOBE), is buying Pineland Farms Potato Co. in Mars Hill for $115 million.
January 25, 2017Now that Trump scuttled TPP, how might it impact Maine?
January 24, 2017President Trump signed an executive order on Monday ending the United States' participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a sweeping trade pact negotiated by the Obama administration with 11 other nations on the Pacific Rim. The proposed
January 24, 2017
Packed house for annual Maine farm show
January 23, 2017Tractors, harvesters, tillers and seeds filled the Augusta Civic Center Jan. 10-12 as the 76th annual Maine Agricultural Trades Show came to town, bringing in the most attendees and exhibitors ever.
January 23, 2017
Most Recent
