AG LABOR BILLS SCHEDULED FOR HEARING WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7TH The Joint Standing Committee on Labor and Housing will hold public hearings on two bills that would:FORCE FARMS TO PAY OVERTIME AND ELIMINATE ABILITY TO PAY PIECE RATE (LD 1022 An Act To Make Agricultural Workers and Other Workers Employees under... READ MORE ›

Many farms throughout Maine have experienced significant crop loss due to wildlife. Maine Farm Bureau is working with the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to create a better balance between crop production and wildlife invasion. Dear Farm Bureau members and supporters,  Last spring, I wrote to solicit your participation... READ MORE ›

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REVIEW 1,812 BILL TITLES Clark Granger, BOD Vice President and Legislative Committee Chair and Julie Ann Smith, Executive Director, spent the last week reviewing the 1,812 bill titles recently published. Over 300 bill titles have been identified as potentially impacting Maine agriculture. While the... READ MORE ›

Stasha Baldwin, YFR Chair At the annual meeting on November 17, 2020, the members of the Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee elected Stasha Baldwin of Sidney to serve as Chair. Stasha is the co-owner of Wolf Creek Maple and serves on the Kennebec County Farm Bureau board. In addition to... READ MORE ›

Agriculture, Conservation and ForestryJames F. Dill, Chair (D-Penobscot)Margaret M. O'Neil, Chair (D-Saco)Chloe S. Maxmin (D-Lincoln)Russell Black (R-Franklin)David Harold McCrea (D-Fort Fairfield)H. Scott Landry, Jr. (D-Farmington)Laurie Osher (D-Orono)Randall C. Hall (R-Wilton)*Thomas H. Skolfield (R-Weld)Susan Bernard (R-Caribou)Jeffrey Allen Gifford (R-Lincoln)Joseph F. Underwood (R-Presque Isle)William D. Pluecker (I-Warren) Appropriations and Financial AffairsCatherine E.... READ MORE ›