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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.
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Cow health monitoring co. targets $10B U.S. market
August 12, 2013Brian Walsh thinks he’s got a pill for dairy and cattle farmers’ woes. In April 2012, Walsh and partner Karim Gabriel founded Vital Herd Inc.
August 12, 2013Backyard Farms to start furloughs, 3rd tomato crop
August 11, 2013The Madison-based Backyard Farms will start furloughs after Labor Day for all but its essential personnel after a series of problems with its crop of greenhouse tomatoes this season.
August 11, 2013Buckfield lumber co. gets $1.6M in fed loan guarantees
August 6, 2013R.E. Lowell Lumber Co., based in Buckfield, plans to expand its second location in Turner after receiving over $1.6 million in federal loan guarantees from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
August 6, 2013
Beltane lines up financing to produce energy, fresh water from one device
August 5, 2013While exploring markets for a lightweight, high-capacity solar power generator, entrepreneurs Steve Musica and Laurenz Schmidt had a eureka moment: The areas around the world with the most sunlight often have the most dire shortages of fresh water
August 5, 2013Wet weather puts damper on Maine hay harvest
July 23, 2013Hay farmers in the state say this summer’s harvest has been slowed or stopped by heavy rains through June and July.
July 23, 2013Fishermen turn to dogfish after cod catch cuts
July 8, 2013New England fishermen are pushing for the federal government to buy more dogfish fillets, a fish the industry previously viewed as a nuisance that clogs nets and eats bait for more valuable fish, like cod.
July 8, 2013Washington co. to reopen Fort Fairfield starch plant
July 3, 2013Western Polymer Corp., based in Lake Moses, Wash., has purchased a Fort Fairfield potato starch factory that was placed into receivership by a court order in March and confirmed for sale earlier this month.
July 3, 2013Maine dairy farmers join national pricing debate
June 24, 2013Maine dairy farmers are lobbying for changes to the way milk is priced as Washington lawmakers deliberate the country's next five-year Farm Bill.
June 24, 2013MOOMilk's $3.9M equity investor revealed
May 30, 2013MOOMilk, which closed on a a $3.9 million equity investment deal last week, announced this week that the money came from Norman Cloutier, co-founder and form
May 30, 2013MOOMilk scores $3.9M equity investment
May 23, 2013Organic milk producer MOOMilk has attracted a $3.9 million equity investment, the largest cash infusion since the company's founding in 2009.
May 23, 2013
ME exporters change tack in marketing abroad
April 15, 2013Think marketing in the United States, and a few methods spring immediately to mind: advertising, publicity, social media, and maybe trade or consumer shows.
April 15, 2013
Oakhurst campaign fights out-of-state dairy pressures
April 1, 2013Two weeks after Texas-based Dean Foods closed its Garelick Farms processing plant in Bangor, Oakhurst Dairy launched its "Keep Your Milk In Maine" marketing campaign, displaying a 4-minute video profiling two Maine dairy families on
April 1, 2013KVCC gets $2.5M grant for ag program
March 26, 2013Kennebec Valley Community College won a $2.5 million federal grant to develop degree programs in agricultural business and sustainable agriculture.
March 26, 2013
Maine syrup makers brace for widespread variability
March 18, 2013While most Mainers enjoy the kickoff of the state's maple season in late February or early March, Eric Ellis's syrup season kicked off in late January, with his workers beginning to drill holes and lay lines for the trees in Big Six Township, nort
March 18, 2013
Belfast food hub creates new market for local vendors
March 18, 2013The world almost didn't get to taste Julie Romano's salsa.
March 18, 2013MPBN nets $750K USDA grant
January 31, 2013The Maine Public Broadcasting Network has won a $750,000 digital transition grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Program, which granted awards to only 10 projects in the latest round of funding.
January 31, 2013
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