Maine Farm Bureau lobbies on the priorities set by our members. The most important benefit of being a Maine Farm Bureau member is the ability to vote on policy positions each year to promote legislation which support and preserve Maine farms. Below is the list of bills Maine Farm Bureau members have voted to Support,… Read more >

MONDAY, APRIL 1ST Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Cross Building, Room 206, 9:00 am Public Hearing – LD 1307, SP 403 An Act To Promote Snowmobiling in Maine – Timberlake – Work Session, 10 am – LD 275, SP 87 An Act To Change the Bag Limits on Wild Turkey – Miramant – LD 713, HP 518 An Act To Strengthen… Read more >

– MONDAY, MARCH 25TH – Labor and Housing Cross Building, Room 202, 9:00 am Public Hearing LD 1211, HP 875 An Act To Protect Farm Workers by Allowing Them To organize for the Purpose of Collective Bargaining – Harnett – This bill is an insult to Maine’s farmers. There has been no request to the bill’s sponsor,… Read more >

– MONDAY, MARCH 18TH – Labor and Housing Cross Building, Room 202, 9:00 am Public Hearing LD 425, HP 334 An Act To Strengthen Small Businesses in Rural Maine by Changing the Minimum Wage – White LD 612, HP 44 An Act To Promote Youth Employment – Bradstreet SUPPORT LD 670, HP 491 An Act To Increase the Minimum Wage… Read more >

– Monday March 11 State and Local Government Cross Building, Room 214, 9:00 am Public Hearing – LD 144, HP 126 An Act To Opt Out of Federal Daylight Saving Time and To Ask the United States Secretary of Transportation To Place the State in the Atlantic Time Zone – Kessler OPPOSE This bill would change the State of Maine from… Read more >

Here’s what’s happening in the legislature this week that’s of interest to Maine farmers:   MONDAY, MARCH 4TH (Hearings today may be impacted by the weather) State and Local Government Cross Building, Room 214, 9:00 am Public Hearing LD 687, HP 508 An Act To Restore the Former State of Maine Flag – Cooper OPPOSE… Read more >