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New technology will hitthe woods of Maine and later, directly upon the coast with theannouncement by Cate Street Capital that it will expand thetorrefied wood pellet machinery operation planning forMillinocket again in Eastport in order to add additional manufac-ture placement and retool a world shipping facility fromdowneast Maine.The exclusive North American trade process Th The exclusive North American trade process with a registeredname of ‘Aurora Black’ pellet has a great market in Europe forcoal fired electric plants there as the moisture proof productwhen fired with coal lessens the emission impact of coal savingmoney and the environment. This additional plan of investmentof $120 million for Eastport coupled with a $35 million projectalready scheduled at Millinocket will produce between 200-300,000 tons of pellets from wood waste byproducts. Added jobsat each pellet mill and in the woods providing wood fiber forGreat Northern Paper and East Millinocket paper machines withpellet fiber sourcing from other biomass providers will feed eachpellet manufacturing site from all angles. Thermogen Industries,a Thermogen Industries, a subsidiary of Cate Street Capital hasexclusive North American rights to the torrefied wood processthat microwaves wood waste to give it a final high BTU outputand handling factor similar to coal without the pollution of coalor the breakdown of traditional pellets to moisture. Bulk loadingtechnology already at Eastport with ship’s hold loading andcontainer shipping of this seaworthy new product makes torre-fied pellets a unique new industry for Maine. More pg. 10

Investments by thestate, railroads, forestry businesses and pe-troleum entities augurs economic growth isplanned for towns like Searsport,Millinocket and Eastport no matter if ahuge propane tank proposal at Mack Pointis ever improved at Searsport as Thermo-gen Industries - a subsidiary of Cate StreetCapital - gets ready to establish productionof a specialized wood pellet product manu-facture used as a co-burner for coal basedpower generation at Millinocket. Shippingthis by rail to Searsport and drop shippingto United Kingdom is already planned.Expanding this torrefied pellet productionto Eastport and using a specialized pelletmoving system already in place there willmake the ‘Aurora Black’ product available

for other European ports of call within thenext five years also. Construction of thefirst pellet production facility at Millinock-et as soon as 2014 with further investment atthe Port Authority of Eastport expected tofollow after that, takes advantage of stategrant money beyond private investments.Also, by adding rail beyond the city ofEastport and the Port Authority speculatesa larger container sea shipping facilitymight be constructed to eventually estab-lish intermodal activity for the east-westhighway, existing rail / truck services andocean port capacities. Potential numbers ofjobs at the seaport, the two new pellet man-ufacture locations, trucking and present /future railroad shipping may be as high as500-800 good paying jobs within 6-8 years.

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SAN ANTONIO, TX - Notified in Decemberthat articles and editorials penned by the publisherdisplayed “…outstanding year-long coverage ofthe sheep industry for a media not directly relatedto the sheep industry…” we made a long trip south-west and accepted our wall hanging as the nationalwinner for 2013 with pleasure. The contest wasoffered by the American Sheep Industry (ASI) andthe National Lamb Feeders Association (NLFA)for their Annual Conventions at the Hyatt Regencyin San Antonio January 23-26. Mainely Agricul-ture was treated to lodging and partial air trans-port costs attending events and meetings of the twonational organizations. The national winner hasone opportunity to earn the award and is thenretired to the sheep associations’ history listings.cc

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Association tracks Maine’s 12 papermills which employ more than 7,300workers and generates about $470 mil-lion in payroll annually. For everypaper mill job, another six or seven jobsare created in the community and Maineis the second-largest papermaking stateby volume, after Wisconsin, accountingfor nearly 80 percent of the property taxrate in all mill towns where such indus-try thrives. More pg. 10

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PITTSFIELD - Cianbro Corporation’s new task masterhired to usher in construction of an east-west, 4 lane com-mercial highway says the project may take 10 years tocome about but will come about. When it happens, allother investments made by industry, railways, the legisla-ture and Maine Department of Transportation will cometogether to make Maine the new hub for national andinternational trade. When voters approved the state pur-chase of the north south rail lines canvassing AroostookCounty a few years ago, that set into play some $30 million

in public ownership and improvements to those rail linesthat serves present and future bulk loading needs as fiber,lumber, produce already feeds intermodal shipping, catch-ing dispatch to points west, south or east as is commercial-ly needed.Darryl Brown, a former Maine DOT Commi

Originally known as the IcelandicSteam Ship Company, has justannounced it will make Portland its official NorthAmerican seaport over all other US ports, due to therailroad feeder soon to be extended past Internation-al Marine Terminal here, reportspresident David Fink and city officials. Previousport calls at Norfork, VA and Everett, MA end inMarch. Larus Isfeld, managing director of Eimskipcited the depth of the Maine seaport and recent pos-itive action by state and local government to makeMaine their hub for all rail, trucking and seaportdispatch. Faster logistics for European shipping -bread and butter of Eimskip - gives Portland the nodas they seek to reach midwest and Canadian marketsfor inbound/outbound products faster and quickerthan any other American ports can offer.Contributed photo from Thermogen showing wood waste unloading.

sionDarryl Brown, a former Maine DOT Commissioner who replaced CianbroCEO Peter Vigue to orchestrate this project says container traffic will more thantriple by 2023 nationwide and Maine is poised to run some of that by tandemtrucks along the (EW) highway and sees double deck railroad car shippingexpansion from seaport pivots at Eastport, Searsport and Portland. More pg. 10

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NEWPORT — VicFirth Inc., has sold itsVic Firth Gourmet di-vision to MaineWood Concepts ofNew Vineyard. Theproduct line of saltand pepper mills, roll-ing pins and muddlers(A thick stick used tomash fruits and herbsfor mixed drinks) willbe added to the pres-ent product line ofMaine Wood Con-cepts. Doug Fletcher, presi-dent of Maine WoodConcepts, told the Ban-gor Daily News “We’reabsolutely thrilled to beable to bring this well-known and well-estab-lished ‘Made in MaineGourmet Line’ into ourcompany.” It will add20 jobs to the plant inNew Vineyard. Accord-ing to a press releasefrom Maine Wood Con-cepts the sale includesall of equipment, inven-tory, intellectual proper-ty and customer listsassociated with thegourmet line business. Maine Wood Conceptshas been a manufacturerof custom wood turn-ings and moldings suchas wooden nickels, craftitems, toy parts, woodenknobs, handles and in-dustrial wood compo-nents since 1971. Theyacquired Cincinnati-based Lutz File andTool Co. and the PrideManufacturing Co plantfacility based in Guil-ford and employs 80workers presently atNew Vineyard. Vic Firth Company inNewport manufacturesworld known drumsticks and employs 150people year round andwas not part of the salesof the gourmet eatingutensil division. A re-cent feature on Bangortelevision indicated theVic Furth drum businesshas ridden the recent de-pressed economy as if itdid not exist.

parts. In this teaching the body/mind is composed of 5 sheaths (Model of the TaittiryaUpanishad) Food Sheath, Energy Sheath, Mental Sheath, Intellectual Sheath, and HappinessSheath. Imbalances due to a faulty lifestyle can cause disturbances in these sheaths manifest-ing itself as disease. The idea is that through proper diet and nutrition (organic vegetarianfood), exercise, yoga, and Pranayama (Breath) the disturbances in Food and Energy can befocused. So, one of their first teachings to all is to learn what to eat, when, why, how to eat,how to grow vegetables, how much time each needs to be digested, etc. In comparison towestern example, they are served 2 meals per day, not three. In this ashram, they maintainthese traditions: the children are taught not only courses of calculation and communication,computer science and the good things that are modern, but also Vedanta classes (based onBhagavat Gita and Upanishads) to teach them Self-knowledge; (by memorizing and chantingMantras, performing rituals). They are taught Yoga and Pranayama, Dance, and Sport. Theyare taught three languages, and culturally, these orphans must know all this to fulfil all thesesheaths. I was impressed by the high level of education.

This former ashram was run by a married couple, Anitha and Prabhu, two former students inSelf Knowledge Course under the well known Swami Suddhananda’s tutelage, and they wenton to accomplish a little miracle themselves, turning sheer barren land of just 15 acres into aprosperous mini farm in a very few years, where a temple, orphanage, houses for workers,kitchen, a Hospital clinic, Meditation Hall were built, and 150 Mangos trees were planted,along with the necessary garden, and cow farm set up.

Unfortunately, life is not a fairy tale and Anitha and Prabhu have since met seen difficultieswith that situation and left this farm where they gave so much skill to restart another Ashramin a new place with the twelve children. The former ashram conducted many social activitiesin the villages around the area and ashram influence went far beyond teaching orphans.Distribution of Food for the destitute, and 31 Free Education care Centers were held at 20nearby villages measured the further success of the earlier example.

Anitha and Prabhu have established a new Ashram with the children elsewhere. It is called‘Panchakosha’, and they have new acreage with an old house to repair and house the children.They seek donations and new trustees to help with this latest project. For more informationor details about this type of education, you can write to: [email protected]

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During old Far East history,children of eight years and olderin India were sent to a Gurukulaor a spiritual Master, before theywould be caught up by the worldoutside. In that time, the first 25years of their life, would be de-voted to learn how to channeltheir individual focus within. Aguru lived with family membersand students (Shishyas) of thecommunity imparting knowl-edge orally in various fields.This knowledge (Self-knowl-edge) is holistic, based in thelaw of nature that a whole ismade up of interdependent

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“In the first two weeks of life, scours is a common problem,”he says, adding that calves must be protected from mycoplas-ma, coronavirus, rotavirus and cryptosporidium. To promote earlycalf health and long-term productivity, Hayes encourages producers tocomplement colostrum feeding programs with a concentrated andtargeted antibody product that protects against coronavirus andIn the video, he explains that producers should utilize products thatcan be fed without delaying colostrum feeding.

and learn from one another about newborn calf management. Theactions we take on day one play a pivotal role in the growth andproductivity of the calf’s future.” As a resource center on newborncalf health readers may view videos on the Immediate Immunity You-Tube channel by visitingwww.youtube.com/ImmediateImmunity.Additional information is available on the Immediate Immunity Face-book page at:www.facebook.com/ImmediateImmunity.

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As part of an ongoing out-reach to farmers and newborn calf health pre-vention and shared knowledge,recently added an informational video to theImmediate Immunity YouTube channel. Thevideo offers advice and experiences from aveterinarian’s viewpoint.

owner of , is fea-tured in the piece titled “A Veterinarian’s Per-spective: Achieving Immediate Immunity.”Hayes offers advice applicable to both beefand dairy producers on the importance of pro-tecting newborn calves from pathogens.

Bobbi (Kunde) Brockmann,director of sales and marketing withImmuCell, says the video adds to theexpertise already available on the Im-mediate Immunity YouTube page.She says. “It’s vital to the beef anddairy industries that producers andveterinarians share their experiences

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While two bills in Congress last fall called for somereform of the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) that mandates ethanolproduction, mostly from corn, it is unlikely the standard rates will berepealed, Rep. John Kingston (Ga.) told members of the NationalChicken Conference at their annual conference.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a 30-daycomment period in response to petitions yet no EPA decision wasforthcoming citing after election Congress fiscal cliff arguments.

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Of the two bills, onecalls for a waiver ofthe RFS when cropsare short and suppliestight, while the othercalls for the standardto be repealed.

Kingston predictedthat while there maybe some pushback onthe standard, he doesnot think Congresswould be able to getthe RFS repealed say-ing, "The environ-mental lobby inWashington is verystrong,"

Millennials now Outnumber BoomersFor the first time, the number ofpeople in the so-called Millennialgeneration (ages 15-36) has sur-passed the number of Baby Boom-ers in the U.S. Studies also suggestthis group suffers from greaterstress than other generations withhigher unemployment rates anddebt from education making for anincreased depression rated illnesses.

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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and theMaine Sheep Breeders Association are planning three hands-on sheep-shearing schools in to address increasing need forskilled shearers. A two-day school, from 8:30 a.m. to mid-afternoon,Friday and Saturday, takes place April 5-6 at the Sabbathday LakeShaker Village, 707 Shaker Road, New Gloucester, will feature blade-shearer Kevin Ford of Massachusetts instructing in the use of nonelec-tric hand shears. This clinic is limited to 10 students; an $85.00 feeincludes a shearing manual and lunch each day. The registrationdeadline is March 29. Two other sheepshearing schools will offerbeginner-level sessions on Saturday, April 20 at Wolfe’s Neck Farm inFreeport, and Saturday, May 4 at the Arledge Farm in Littleton, . Bothare from 8:30 a.m. to mid-afternoon and will feature teams of shearinginstructors. The electric clipper schools are limited to 15 participants;a $35.00 course fee includes a shearing manual and lunch. Registrationdeadlines are April 12 for the Freeport school and April 27 for theLittleton clinic. Spectators are welcome at all three schools at no cost.With sheep markets strong, there is a push to expand sheep numbers,says Richard Brzozowski, UMaine Extension educator. For moreinformation, to register or request disability accommodations, visithttp://umaine.edu/cumberland/programs/agriculture/sheep-shearing-schoolcall UMaine Extension at 207-781-6099 or [email protected]

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The Ashland HighSchool Outing Club in AroostookCounty was started at the beginningof last school year when Outing ClubAdvisor Megan Fowler observed thatelementary and middle school stu-dents have planned recreational

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Outing Club making stridesactivities after school, but high school students areoften left to their own devices for entertainment.They had success taking students to ski weekly at"local's night" at Big Rock Mountain. They had avery well-attended paddling trip on the AroostookRiver last spring. Typically, there are 15-20 studentswho attend Outing Clubs trips, many of whom areregulars.

says Ms, Fowler.

In the comingspring/summer, the students are hoping to hikeKatahdin. There are plans to add snowshoeing,geocaching and more paddling to their agenda aswell. Ashland's Outing Club will also be workingwith the University of Maine at Presque Islethrough the College Outdoor Mentor program.

Permit limits for glass eels

Elvers or glass eels are juvenileeels born in the Sargasso Sea area of the Gulf ofMexico and then migrate to North American fresh-water lakes and rivers. Generally caught at night intidal streams using funnel-shaped nets or small,hand-dip nets mounted at the end of poles this verylimited, controlled fishing is allowed just five daysa week, from noon Sunday until noon Friday inMarch. Elver fishermen have been known to catchseveral pounds in a single night and last year’sprice reached nearly $2,000 lb. The number of elverlicenses has been limited in order to protect thepopulation. In 2012 and again this year, the numberof licenses are capped.

Marine patrol officers check on dealers to makesure they only buy elvers from licensed fishermenwith unannounced spot checks on fishermen anddealers to make sure all comply with regulations.Air observations are made to check fishing sites.

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A new U.S.Ag Department report on climate change says there are likely moreclimate change risks coming that farmers will have to anticipate and manage. BillHohenstein, who directs the USDA Climate Change office says, agriculture, within theU.S., is highly adaptive as our farmers have a variety of technologies and practices thatcan help manage agronomy and water risks and those practices can also help managefor climate change. Hohenstein says in the early part of this century, through about2040, science expects a mixed bag of climate effects on specific commodities andanimal agriculture in various geographic regions. The second half of this century seespotentially more negative effects. Particularly for regions of the country that are alreadyclimate stressed, areas like the Southwest and Southeast, where high temperatures arelikely to dominate, he adds other critical issues we need to be concerned about is theeffects on water and water availability. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the USDA hasplans it will unfold in the coming months that involve more climate research, best usetechnologies, best practices and better use of existing land resources, especially water.Among proposed solutions: desalination of seawater, multi-cropping, double cropping,cover crops, integrated operations and agro-forestry. Agro-forestry like silviculture is akind of return to the past when settlers grazed livestock in woody areas to help clearfresh farmland. Agro-forestry may take on a wider new landscape standard with treeplantings and cropping row by row that would offer multiple use commodity productionwith livestock agriculture and long term forestry production in dramatic change. Itwould not be out of the picture to have fruit trees with nearby saw log tree growth mixedin with grass grazing, hay production paddocks and even limited row cropping depend-ing upon the lay of the land and the ultimate landscape design of such multistoryagricultures mixed in with more routine styled average farmstead gardening designs.

With anticipated new technologies for expanded wind and solar power production, thefeasibility of cheaper power sources in many areas of the US, leads science to thinkwater recycling and desalination will have to come into play to meet the needs ofindustry and agriculture more and more with drinking-water-needs having to becomemore carefully monitored and regulated to keep shortages at bay, especially alongcoastal regions. In terms of technology, it is anticipated that as the industrialized worlduses less greenhouse gas carbon power sources such as oil and coal, lessening climaticchange effects there will have to be an additional agricultural science objective for everysociety. Farmers and ranchers are leading the way in the clean energy revolution,providing feedstocks to advanced biorefineries and harnessing wind and sun to powerthe electric grid nearby as well as their own farm operations and bringing manuredigestors into the new wave of power production alternatives for the near future.

For arid regions like the middle east and Africa, they just do not have that much waterto begin with, experiencing less rainfall before and after climate change. Such dry areasare getting dryer and the world's arid region governments need to manage all availablewater resources better or the notion of water conflicts/wars become more realistic andactually lead to protracted conflicts over water not politics.

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USDA has prepared its 2012 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan to underscorestrategies and goals to reduce carbon emissions, cut waste and save energy. It has prepared aClimate Change Adaptation Plan that outlines how to address the impacts of climate changeon agricultural production, food security, rural development, forestry and natural resourcesconservation. It provides a detailed vulnerability assessment, reviews risks from climatechange, and provides specific actions and steps to build resilience to climate change. The planadvances President Obama's efforts to prepare the federal government for climate change yetwill revise and update the same in 2013 in response to comments received from the public.

Specifically, the Plan provides a review of challenges to achieving sustainability, discusseslessons learned, and outlines actions planned beyond 2012. The Plan also highlights thefollowing achievements within the USDA that can be mirrored in the private sector:

-Purchase and generate enough green power to meet 19.5 percent of the Department'selectricity use, thus improving it's ranking to number seven on the U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency's list of the largest Federal agency users of green power

-12.1 percent reduction in indirect greenhouse gas emissions compared to the 2008 baseyear.

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Spring is around thecorner and everythingis waking up, theflowers the trees andyes even bears. Ourtopic this time will bethe American BlackBear. The black Bearis something helddear to us here inMaine. We havesports teams, hotels,and even brewery'snamed Black Bear.The Black bear isquite the athlete also,they are strong swim-mers able to run up to35 miles an hour andusing their non re-tractable claws theyare able to climbtrees.

A Black Bear canlive up to 23 years inthe wild. Though ablack bear can be ac-tive during the day aswell as at night Bearsliving closer to hu-man habitat are morelikely to be nocturnal.This is because blackbears tend to be terri-torial marking theirdomain by clawingand rubbing their

bodies against trees.Black bears are onlyseen congregatingwhen the foraging isplentiful such as atsalmon spawning.

Their diet mainlyconsists of insects,but a black bear willalso eat berries, hon

ey, carrion, and fish. Itmay interest many toknow that a blackbear has the ability tosee in color, and isable to smell seventimes greater than abloodhound.

So the next time youtake your drink of ale,

cheer for your favor-ite team, or curl up ina nice hotel, take asecond to think aboutthe truly magnificentBlack Bear.

It was a cold March day, spring had not fully graced us yet. FarmersFarmers Almanac said warm days are a coming, so I decided to use theuse the last of the winter season to do some ice fishing. Checking mymy gear I headed out to the lake, lugging all my supplies on a smallsled. The weather had proved warmer than I expected the day before.before. The ice made soft creaking and cracking noises as I walkedout, and the noise was enough to tell me to stay off the center. Pickingmy spot I begin drilling about seven holes, set my traps, took a seatand cracked a Bud. The sun was so warm and there wasn't much actionon any of my lines to speak of and I soon found myself drifting off. Iawoke with the sound of my reel catching. Running over to the line Iwas five or so steps in before I realized the splashing sound I was hear-ing was me. The day was warmer than I thought. Even in my bud in-duced stupor I remembered the first rule of ice, running will get youkilled. Slowing my pace I changed plans grabbing the four nearesttraps including the one with the fish on line and slammed everythinginto the sled and headed for shore at a brisk pace. A difficult trip.Once I stepped through the ice up to my hip and by the time I made itto shore I was soaked and half my gear was at the bottom of the lake.But I still had that fish, a beautiful twenty six pound lake trout latermounted and still hanging above my gun rack to this day.

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pring is my favorite time of year as abeekeeper. (Of course writing this column inMarch during yet another snow storm…itseems so far away!) Right now I am preparing equipment forthe spring and when there is a warm spelltaking a peak into the hives to see how mygirls are fairing. Perhaps the best thing going on right now is theBeekeeping for Beginners classes I am teaching aspart of Hampden and Orono Adult education. It hasbeen hugely satisfying to see how many folks in theBangor area are keen to start beekeeping, My class-es have been filled to capacity! Between the twoclasses in Hampden and Orono I hope to helplaunch more than 40 beginners or “NewBees”, intothis great hobby! The motives of my students vary.Some folks have a love of nature and having heardso much about the problems facing honeybees andthe extent to which we depend upon them, want tohelp bees with one or two more safe homes. Others,with small farms, would like to have some bees forimproved pollination. Then there are those who arejust big fans of honey! When I was a kid starting my first hives, keepingbees was very simple. Get your bees, give themplenty of room, protect them from predators andleave them with enough food stores over the winterand hey presto you could harvest 80 lbs of honeyand the bees would more or less look after them-selves. Not so any more. Since 1986 and the arrivalof the Varroa mite, the beekeeper must be constant-ly on guard to avoid the loss of his or her bees tothis tiny pest which feasts on bee larvae. Bees liv-

mites or hinder their build-up. A good deal of time in my beekeeping lessons isdevoted to integrated pest management. This in-volves utilizing a number of biological, physicaland cultural tactics to give bees a better chanceagainst mites, before resorting to natural and ulti-mately chemical pesticides. Despite our best ef-forts, all beekeepers including all of my students,will see mites in their bee colonies. Many will man-age to keep the mites in check, most of the time andhopefully will not see their hives succumb to eitherthe mites or the range of diseases that mites makethem particularly vulnerable to. Over the next few months my students will besetting up their new hive bodies in a nice sunny, drylocation protected from wind and not too nearneighbors or areas with heavy foot traffic. Manywill be starting in mid to late April with threepound packages of bees. (Yes, bees are sold by thepound!) A three pound package of bees is a woodand screen cage which contains about 12000-13000worker bees and one queen bee. The worker beeswill build honey comb from wax they produce andthe queen will get busy laying eggs, up to 3000 perday! When housed in its new home this artificialswarm will, with a bit of tender loving care, grow to

a strong colony of up to 60,000 or 70,000 bees in aslittle as 2-3 months. The worker bees will benefitfarms and gardens in up to a five mile radius, visit-ing flowers to collect pollen and nectar. Each beecollects half her weight in nectar every day and inmid-summer she will work herself to death in only3-4 weeks! I love opening up my hives on a warm spring daywhen the bees are busy working on dandelions andapple blossoms. These early blossoming plantshelp the colonies grow so fast providing pollen andnectar just when the bees need it most. The bees arebusy going to and from the flowers, bringing theirloads into the hive. They dance on the combs incircular patterns when the food source is nearby orin a figure eight pattern if further away. Each danceconveys to her sisters, who follow excitedly, thedirection and distance from the colony and by shar-ing a taste of what she has found they also knowwhat to look for. The comb they dance on is anincredible feat of engineering, a delicate beeswaxlattice, so light but able to hold hundreds of timesits weight in bees and honey. The middle of eachcomb is filled with eggs, developing bee larvae andpupae. It takes 21 days for a worker bee egg to hatchas an adult bee. Around this oval pattern of beelarvae is a multicolored rainbow of pollen packedinto cells and mixed with a little honey. Each colorrepresents a different species of plant from which ithas been collected. This pollen/honey mixturecalled “bee bread” is fed to the developing larvae.At the top of the comb the bees store honey. Thehoney is a concentrated solution of nectar whichhas been mixed with enzymes the bees produce toconvert the sugars. After days of fanning with theirwings, the bees drive off much of the water in thehoney at which time it is cured. They then seal thefull cell with a bright white beeswax cap. There, ifundisturbed, it could last for a thousand years with-out spoiling. All this made and organized by thousands ofinsects with brains smaller than the head of a pin!O On those days, when the bees are so preoccupiedthey don’t really seem to notice you are there butseem to sense that you mean no harm. It’s a timewhen you really do feel as close to nature as Ibelieve it is possible to feel.

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a statewidemaple syrup regale held annually on thefourth Sunday in March, is turning thirty yearsold this year. Thirty years ago in the winter of1983, in Jack Steeves’ kitchen in Skowhegan,the Maine Maple Association’s Board of Di-rectors launched a statewide open sugarhouseevent, an event that would promote and cele-brate Maine’s long-standing maple syrup cul-ture. Maple producer Arnold Luce of Luce’sMaine Maple Syrup in Anson, served as Pres-ident of MMPA then. Directors included cur-rent Maine producers Greene Maple Farm,Sebago; Jackson Mountain Farm, Temple;Maple Hill Farm, Farmington; and Strawber-ry Hill Farm, Skowhegan. MapleHall-of-Famer Bob Smith, now retired fromSmith Maple Products in Skowhegan alsoparticipated in the meeting, as did hostess EvaSteeves, who served chocolate chip cookiesand hot drinks. It’s not known for sure whichdirector actually came up with the festivalidea, but Luce is a suspect. John Hodgkins,Jackson Mountain Farm—or perhaps TedGreene, Greene Maple Farm—may havecoined the descriptor, “Maine Maple Sun-day.” But the directors all agreed with theidea. The vote to go ahead was unanimous.The first Maine Maple Sunday took placebarely six weeks later, March 27, 1983.

The 1983 Maine Maple Sunday was a first-in-the-nation event. A dozen Maine producershosted open houses. “Come and see Mainemaple syrup made,” they broadcast. Enter-tainment featured syrup making, sleigh rides,sap collecting tours, syrup tasting, pancake

breakfasts, maple sundaes, and syrup selling.Acceptance by the public was unexpectedlyhigh. Maple Hill Farm in Farmington counted1500 visitors. Jillson Farm in Litchfield soldout of maple syrup early and, before the dayhad ended, out of all their preserved fruits andvegetables stored in the cellar, too. Two yearslater in 1985, benefiting from the considerableassistance of Sherry Moen, marketing special-ist at the Maine Department of Agriculture,nineteen sugarhouses hosted open houses, and12,000 visits to Maine’s participating sugar-houses were counted on Maine Maple Sunday.

Soon Maine Maple Sunday had become sopopular that similar celebrations had sprungup all across the maple syrup world from New

Hampshire to Ohio and beyond. Many of theother thirteen maple producing states had ad-opted Maine’s lead, affixing such names tocompeting events as Maple Syrup Weekend,Open House Weekend, All-Things-MapleMonth, Maple Festival, and Maple Madness.Consequently, MMPA, to protect Maine’sunique descriptor from being duplicated byothers, registered its trademark name, MaineMaple Sunday™.

The partnership of MMPA and the MaineDepartment of Agriculture has over the years,through effective promotion and local adver-tising, expanded participation in the annualcelebration year after year. And more andmore folks have come out and celebrated syr-

up-making. In 2012, Maine Maple Sunday™

saw more than one hundred participating sug-arhouses and hosted more than 50,000 visitsdespite a mid-March spell of mid-summerweather that forced many producers to pre-serve sap as a hedge and boil it late—but onMaine Maple Sunday™.

The fourth Sunday in March in Maine hasbecome a bellwether of spring, the first outingfor many Mainers since the onset of winter.Maine Maple Sunday™ this year will be heldon Sunday March 24. Maine maple producersstatewide will open their doors once again anddemonstrate syrup making, offer sugar bushtours, sleigh rides, pancake breakfasts, sugaron snow, and tasty samples of freshly boiledoff maple syrup on snacks and ice cream.Another 50,000-plus visits to a hundred ormore Maine sugarhouses is expected. “Comeand see Maine maple syrup made.”

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Overall, readers should be realistic in that fresh-water farming in Maine enjoys both some opportu-nities, but also faces some specific challenges. Thewise prospective grower will plan on investing agood bit of time in research and planning beforestarting the operation; not unusual advice for anysort of farming venture. There is ample opportunityto follow up on new angles to the market, newproduction technologies and techniques, and inno-vative business practices, but there is also no sub-stitute for doing your homework, learning frompast experience in the state, and due diligence.

To cut right to the chase, freshwater aquaculture issimply another option to meet a market need, and togenerate income for the producer. Some circum-stances exist which are good for Maine growers:including an abundance of surface and subsurfacewaters of good quality, decent proximity to a mar-kets in the northeast US, and a strong and generalreputation for excellent products - including forfood. Challenges will include market strength inthe region for freshwater products, costs of produc-tion, processing and delivery, and navigating regu-latory requirements.

Prospective growers may find that things fallout into a few general categories in terms of theuses of their crops: human consumption, recre-ation, ornamentals, or enhancement of a wild stock,and these categories can help with thinking throughthe processes and species. Alternately, given theresources at hand for the farmer - maybe a pond,maybe a building, perhaps some expertise in some

specific area - a grower may want to follow up onone area in particular.Some of the common species under freshwater pro

duction in the US include: rainbow trout, browntrout, brook trout, yellow perch, striped bass, andcatfish. Growers should know that species notnative to Maine (such as koi) will be either illegal toimport, or will be subject to very tight controls.These measures are in place to prevent the spreadof non-native species to the wild, or the introduc-tion of disease.

Related to the issue above, one particular area toemphasize is baitfish production, and this is largelybecause of the importation restriction. Given thesize of the recreational fishery in Maine, sources ofhealthy and affordable bait - both live and fresh-packaged baits are desirable. In the US, the baitfishmarket is valued at approximately $5 million.

Systems for producing freshwater species canrun the gamut from a simple farm pond to a fullyrecirculating indoor system. As a general rule, theuse of surface waters such as a pond, are relativelyinexpensive, and expense will increase as the sys-tem gets more complex - such as using pumps,tanks or filters. On the other hand, growers havemore control with the more complex and containedsystems. The regulatory environment for each willalso be different and again, prospective growersshould become thoroughly familiar with the lawsand rules that will apply to each.

A good first point of contact for prospectivegrowers is the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries andWildlife. Since producers will have to obtain aCultivator’s Permit to conduct any growout activi-ties, it can pay off to make that contact early in theprocess. Contact Todd Langevin, at 207.287.5261, [email protected].

The Maine Aquaculture Association is a goodsource of information regarding production tech-nology, market and regulatory concerns. MAA canalso help startup and existing companies when they

encounter technical and business challenges. Con-tact Sebastian Belle, at 207.622.0136, [email protected], www.maineaquaculture.com.

The USDA Regional Aquaculture Centers(RAC’s), are centralized sources of informationand technical help. RAC’s list extension contactsand a suite of publications tailored to freshwateraquaculture; the Northeast Regional AquacultureCenter is based at the University of Maryland, andcan be accessed via their website:http://www.nrac.umd.edu/.

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The anaerobic digestion (AD)facility at markedits first full year in operation in late Decem-ber, and the operators of the cutting edge tech-nology say production data confirms theproject is a solid success.

In the future, as a result, Maine couldreap significant benefits in renewable energy,cleaner watersheds near dairy farms, landfill con-servation, reduced methane pollution of the atmo-sphere and economic development that stabilizesand sustains family farms. “We combined about

with food waste inour first year, allowing us to produce

for the grid,” said Ad-am Wintle, managing partner of Biogas EnergyPartners,the development arm of

“That’s good in itself, but our ‘secret recipe’,so to speak, is what has the industry taking notice.”

Wintle said the Maine project is the onlyone of its kind in New England that “co-digests”manure and food waste on a large scale. That pres-ents Maine with a future opportunity to divert large

amounts of food waste away from landfills and intoenergy production. He said the project has alreadycreated three full times jobs, and has allowed hisfamily to begin considering future expansion ofenergy production and farm-associated ventures.

Andrew Landry, an attorney with PretiFlaherty in Augusta who advises the project onregulatory matters, said his firm’s research con-firms that the Maine-grown innovation in Exeter isamong the best in the biogas industry. “It is noexaggeration to say that the anaerobic digestionfacility at Stonyvale Farm is the cutting edge in-dustry leader,” Landry said. “They’ve found thewinning formula, and that’s good news for eco-nomic development in Maine and the region.”

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Though Eimskip is forsaking theEverett, MA port for Portland, it will resume thecall there seasonally “depending on the marketfor traffic,” said Eimskip’s Larus Isfeld. Everettis the only cold storage warehouse in New Eng-land with rail on the seashore, presently offeringboth truck and rail inbound and outbound. Addingrail service in Portland past the IMT will changethat fact. Patrick Arnold, MPA director of opera-tions and business development, said during a tourof the IMT that the Authority is working on theterminal for Eimskip. The IMT now has 32 reeferplugs. In the spring and summer, MPA will in-crease that number to 150. If additional cold stor-age is needed, Arnold noted that Americold has afreezer on Read Street. “We have spend $8.5 mil-lion” on the IMT since leasing it from the city in2009 . That includes repairing the mobile crane. Even without a feeder call, MPA operated abonded container yard, so that Maine customerscould have their containers drayed to Portland andpass US Customs here. Mayor Michael Brennantold the press that the city in the near future willdedicate some staff to the waterfront as it has to theairport, given the burgeoning commercial activity:the Sprague terminal, the Cianbro constructionfacility, the Unitil natural gas terminal, the FinnSprague marina, and now Eimskip at the IMT. Thecity will profit by the revival of freight at the IMT:per the lease agreement with MTA, it will receive25% of gross revenues the MTA receives fromEimskip for the lease, up to $120,000.

Janine Bisaillon-Cary, the head of the MaineInternational Trade Center, said the arrival ofEimskip marked Maine as “a transport hub.” Thisis “not just a barge” moving containers to NewYork. With Maine's other two marine ports Maineis “becoming a hub for all of the Northeast.” Mainehad a “24% export increase, in the last five years,and 74% in the last ten years.” The Eimskip trafficwill “bring in containers, and quality reefers”which Maine manufacturers can use to export. Itswood product exports come to $900 million, itsseafood $315 million. Container traffic for Sear-sport, Eastport is considered for the near future.

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The east-west highway projectpushed by Pittsfield based Cianbro Corpora-tion is looking to potential future containertraffic at Eastport to additionally support itsproposed highway across northern Mainescheme. During presentations in and aroundMaine in the past two months, company offi-cial Darryl Brown, argued that:- Container ship traffic is the most effi-cient means of transporting goods, and that trafficis expected to triple from that in 2008 to 2024. Withthe expansion of the Panama Canal, many majorports are having to dredge or cannot handle thelarger post-Panamax vessels.- The Port of Eastport has the greatest nat-ural depth, at 64 feet, of any port in the continentalU.S., not needing dredging.- Asked why a highway instead of rail, hesaid rail works best for transporting bulk materialsbut trucks are better for "just in time" delivery, aproduction strategy used by certain businesses andindustries. “The best model is to have rail, trucksand ports.”

On 20 February, Brown noted that such a terminalcould utilize “not just Eastport, there's lot of avail-able land along Passamaquoddy Bay up to Calais,which has “deep water,” rail and would be the startof the new E-W road.

Brown acknowledged that other sites are also inter-ested in more container traffic, such as Halifax.However, Eastport should be considered for its po-tential. As to rail, he is envisioning a “rail and truck-ing combo, looking out a few years.” The EastportPort Authority is looking at extending rail back toEastport, or to points “up the coast.”

In 2012 the Maine Legislature authorized $250,000for a study of the highway, but the study was heldup “during the election season.” Cianbro is movingahead, Brown said. “We are not dependent on thestudy.” MDOT should not conduct the study until“we know where the interchanges will be,” as re-ported Brown to reporter Chop Hardenburgh.

Some 8 other bills are currently in hoppers at thestate legislature as representatives and senatorsconsider if this project will be in the best interest ofMaine citizens, business, farming and industry.

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Paper company investmenttax breaks and other tax subjects are understrict review presently as Governor PaulLePage moves to trim state reimbursementsto towns, hospitals, schools, and city gov-ernments in his attempt to direct the legisla-ture to balance all state budgetsconsequently, such mill towns are followingsuch debate with cocked ears. In terms oftax reimbursement, the paper and pulp in-dustries accounted for five of the top 10 in-vestment tax recipients of fiscal year 2012,when this industry alone received $15.5 mil-lion, or about 30 percent of Maine’s totalprogram reimbursements while also havingdirect effect on the mill rate of each town’slocal taxes. At this writing, the Legislature is workingup the supplemental budget for the currentbiennial. Public hearings on the next budgetwill soon start with municipalities and busi-nesses — not just paper mills — offeringtestimony, pro and con. At the top of thistax burden for industry is the so called BE-TA or Business Equipment Tax Reimburse-ment with another proposed alternative, theBETE or Business Equipment Tax Exemp-tion. Where the first reimburses the townsand paper mills for investment taxable im-

provements, BETE would - at a point in thenear future - exempt such investments fromtax at the outset. BETA reimburses 100percent of investment taxes for 12 years, af-ter which time reimbursement drops to 75percent and decreases 50 percent each yearthereafter. The new Governor would over-turn this program started by former Gover-nor Angus King and in turn, exemptbusinesses from paying such tax in the firstplace through another plan, BETE. UnderBETE, municipalities would be reimbursedby the state for 60 percent of what theywould have collected in taxes — an immedi-ate 40 percent revenue dive. Over time, thatreimbursement would drop to 50 percent.Where towns across the state have problemswith such change the short term likelyhoodmay result in higher local taxes to make upthe loss of reimbursed taxes. Maine Reve-nue Services estimates such changes wouldsave state government roughly $11.8 millionin fiscal year 2015 — about $10 million ofwhich would come out of the pockets ofmunicipalities. When BETR was created,the goal was to encourage business and in-dustry to make job ready investments. Thequestion in towns across Maine now is, willBETA as business-friendly?

the port's Estes Head Terminal. The compa-ny intends to start construction in early 2014.This facility will produce 200,000 to 300,000tons of torrefied wood pellets annually, cre-ating about 75 new jobs in Eastport and morethan 300 jobs in the woods. The clean fuelproduct will be shipped overseas as an alter-native for coal-fired power plants that needto reduce harmful emissions. Site planningpreparations for a separate production facil-ity in Millinocket, has already started withconstruction to begin in late spring 2013.Production of torrefied wood products atthat location is expected to start by the end

of 2013. The project could end up benefitingfrom the state’s New Markets Capital In-vestment Program, which provides state taxcredits of up to 39 percent to investors inqualified community development entitiesthat reinvest in qualified businesses in eligi-ble low-income communities in Maine.Torrefied wood pellet operation at Eastportis not expected to displace any present ship-ping traffic at the port and depending on theeventual level of pellet shipments leavingEastport, the port may consider adding morepersonnel to its workforce.

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were recognized as theMaine Outstanding TreeFarmers for 2013 at theMaine Ag Trade Show inJanuary. The KennebecCounty farmers were salutedby Maine Tree Farm Commit-tee officials and Bettina Ring,Senior Vice President of Fami-ly Forests, American ForestFoundation with Miriam Laddaccepting the award for herhusband, Abbott, who passedaway last year, and herself.Abbott and Miriam have beenexemplary stewards of their120 acre Tree Farm in Belgradefor over half a century. Timbervalue, wildlife habitat and rec-reational opportunity have allimproved greatly during theirtenure. The Ladds were alsothe recipient of two KennebecCounty Outstanding TreeFarmer awards. In 2010, he wasthe runner up for the state Out-standing Tree Farmer awardand was one of the originalTree Farm inspectors in Maineworking as a Tree Farm Fami-ly Forester for the old OxfordPaper Company. He was theKennebec County Tree FarmChair for as long as most folkscan remember and set a stan-dard that all tried to meet. Hiscounty inspections were al-ways completed by year’s endand he did not miss a singlequarterly Tree Farm Commit-tee meeting. Foresters whohave worked with the Laddsinclude: Patty Cormier, MarkBrown, and Steve Elliott. Ab-

bott Ladd, himself a licensedMaine Forester, was the prima-ry (forester in charge) of hisfamily woodlands. From 1956until 2010, Abbott and his fam-ily planted nearly 27,000 redand white pine, white and Nor-way spruce, and Europeanlarch trees, in the old pastureson the Cummings Farm wood-lot, which has been in MiriamLadd’s family since the mid-1800s. The woodlot sufferedextensive damage in the 1998Ice Storm. A road was built inorder to facilitate the salvageoperations. Since that time,some of the area’s loggers, in-cluding Wade Drake, Don andWill Cole, and Jeff Michaud,have carried out thinning oper-ations, and harvested theequivalent of over 1500 cordsof firewood, pulpwood, bio-mass chips and sawlogs. Thisfigure does not even count thethousands of Christmas treesthe Ladd children and grand-children have sold over theyears. The American TreeFarm Program is also aboutteaching and passing on thephilosophy of good forestmanagement to future genera-tions. Abbott Ladd hostedmany tours, field days andstudy sites on his Tree Farm, incooperation with the SmallWoodland Owners Associa-tion of Maine, the Maine For-est Service, the UniversityMaine and local churches.Classes from Belgrade CentralSchool were also frequent visi-tors.

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DEXTER - After years of delays and set-backs the Dexter Farm Project is pleased toannounce that we expect to open the Fossa'sGeneral Store on the corner of Main streetand Route 7 in Dexter soon. We will be of-fering food products produced primarilywithin 35 miles of Dexter. We hope to beable to offer a wide variety of items rangingfrom fresh fruits and vegetables to meats,dairy products, baked goods, and value-add-ed items. We aim to offer the consumer thewidest variety of products that we can,whether that be certified organic or not. Weare currently seeking products that will be

available for our opening in April. Interestedproducers are welcome to contact either Er-nest Rollins at 717-7057 or by [email protected] Judy Wilbur Craig at 924-3067 or by [email protected] For folks on Fa-cebook we post nearly daily updates on ourconstruction progress atwww.facebook.com/groups/dexterfarmproject

Maine State Farm Service Agency (FSA) willconduct a four-week Conservation ReserveProgram (CRP) general sign-up beginning

May 20 and ending on June 14. Pro-ducers accepted in the sign-up receivecost-share assistance for plantingcovers and an annual rental paymentfor the length of the contract (10-15years). A second funding round forHigh Tunnel Initiative cutoff will beclose of business April 19. Contactyour nearest USDA Service Center, athttp://offices.usda.gov

The SWD is small fruit fly, similar to they type that flies around the over-ripebananas in your kitchen. The features that help to distinguish this insect fromsimilar pests are: males have a dark spot near the tip of each wing and femaleshave a long, sharp, serrated ovipositor.

Female SWD puncture soft fruit with their serrated ovipositor and lay 1 to 3 eggsper insertion in healthy fruit that are still attached to the plants. A female may layas many as 300 eggs during its lifetime. Early on, the fruits show no sign ofdamage. Eggs hatch soon after being laid and the hungry maggots begin theirdevastating feeding. In addition to the feeding damage, the fruit can exude fluidwhich may attract secondary pests, bacteria, and fungi that accelerate decompo-sition. Pupae may leave the fruit, or remain inside it. Depending on location andoptimum growth temperature (68 °F) this fly may have up to 13 generations peryear.

The prolific SWD is very difficult to control. The first line of defense for homegardeners is to keep gardens/fields clean of over-ripe and rotten fruit. Dispose offruit by burying at least 2' deep. If you have large stands of soft-fruited crops, youmay want to consider using simple traps to monitor for the pests. Once theirpresence is confirmed, contact your local Extension office to see if chemicalcontrol is a suitable option for your situation. Since this is a new pest for Maine,additional studies are needed to improve management practices.

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Recent Congressionalactions / inactions as regards renewal ofa farm bill amid a general consensus for abalanced approach to spending and in-creasing revenues for maintaining thegovernment we have for the immediatepresent and future American obligationsis a double edged sword. Investments infarm infrastructures translates into fur-ther investments in other Maine employ-ment. As the following breakdowns bycounty suggests, small improvements tovarious commodity production here inMaine, helps with crop insurance andconservation measures to insure cropland and water protection measures forlong term benefits to future farming pro-duction in Maine.

earned $239 in subsi-dies 1995-2011. $62.5 in commodi-ty subsidies in 17 years. $55.2 incrop insurance subsidies. $84.3 inconservation subsidies. $36.5 indisaster subsidies. 41 of50 states subsidy levels offarms in Maine did not collect subsidypayments - according to USDA.

collected of all Mainefarm related subsidies. Amounting to

over 17 years.$10,680 average per year between 1995and 2011. $258 average peryear between 1995 and 2011.

$111 in subsidies 1995-2011.

$10.0 in commodity sub-sidies.

$43.9 in crop insurancesubsidies.

$30.2 in conservationsubsidies.

$27.1 in disaster subsi-dies.

$8.48 in subsidies 1995-2011.




$701,000 in disaster subsidies.

$4.37 in subsidies 1995-2011.$1.84 in commodity subsi-dies.$376000 in crop insurance subsi-dies.$1.64 in conservation sub-sidies.$506,000 in disaster subsidies.

$4.59 in subsidies 1995-2011.


$74,539.00 in crop insurance sub-sidies.



$2.38 in subsidies 1995-2011.

$306,000 in commodity subsidies.$525,000 in crop insurance subsi-

dies.

$819,000 in conservation subsi-dies.


$12.7 in subsidies 1995-2011.

$7.47 in commodity subsi-dies.$1.14 in crop insurancesubsidies.$3.27 in conservation sub-sidies.$801,000 in disaster subsidies.

$1.30 in subsidies1995-2011.

$663000 in commodity subsidies.$95,195.00 in crop insurance sub-

sidies.



$1.77 in subsidies 1995-2011.





$1.77 in subsidies 1995-2011.





$19.4 in subsidies 1995-2011.




$2.36 in disaster subsi-dies.

$4.23 in subsidies 1995-2011.


$230000 in crop insurance subsi-dies.



$1.11 in subsidies 1995-2011.

$492,000 in commodity subsidies.$22,688.00 in crop insurance sub-

sidies.



$9.09 in subsidies 1995-2011.


$236,000 in crop insurance subsi-dies.



$6.55 in subsidies 1995-2011.

$559,000 in commodity subsidies.$3.53 in crop insurance

subsidies.



$4.13 in subsidies 1995-2011.


$686,000 in crop insurance subsi-dies.



Kennebec County

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The new boiler makes use of leftover waste chips as feedstock insteadof the mills previous boiler that con-sumed thousands of gallons of oil amonth according to Pleasant RiverLumber Vice President Chris Brochu."We're burning about a half a ton of(waste) product an hour. It would takeabout 80 gallons (of oil per hour) toreplace that," said Brochu. Since first opening the Hancockmill last fall, Pleasant River has hiredaround 35 employees. The federal

grant will cover about 25% of the to-tal cost of it's new boiler that totaledaround $850,000. Meanwhile, thelumber manufacturing plant in Do-ver-Foxcroft is in its early spring in-ventory buildup before road limitsand spring cutting limits raw productmoving into the mill pending the endof mud season. On an average day,trucks are lined up 5 deep waiting tobe weighed and unloaded to feed themill that works two shifts to producedimension products.

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and only port of call – at least for now – is both abusiness decision and a logistics study. At a pressconference held in the new office-gate building ofthe International Marine Terminal (IMT), LarusIsfeld, managing director of Eimskip Logistics, aswell as other officials, made these points:- The shipping company will end its callsin Norfolk and Everett but will do some seasonalcalls at Boston and Everett, MA for warehousingneeds, and call in Portland starting in March.- Eimskip chose Portland in part becauseof the rail service Pan Am can provide. Pan AmPresident David Fink said that during 2013 the line(formerly Yard 8) which runs along the Fore Riveras far as the propane facility will be extended intothe IMT. Eimskip will also use the Sprague Ener-gy (formerly Merrill) terminal for transloading- Eimskip will use 400 TEU vessels with140 reefer plugs each, anticipating traffic of 5000containers a year.

Nate Moulton, MDOT rail administrator, wrotethis reporter 'All parties are working together to getthe new extension to the IMT designed and built ina timely manner to meet Eimskip's needs. Whileawaiting spring, the parties are – they said – clear-ing up the track ownership east of the Spragueterminal, the city, IMT and other parties. JohnHenshaw, MPA executive director, told the pressMPA leased the IMT long-term from its owner, theCity of Portland. In turn MPA has leased a 6000SFRubb building on the pier, and office space, toEimskip. “There are no exclusive arrangementswith either the stevedore [PortsAmerica] or theFacility.” Isfeld said later the lease had a five-yearterm. Henshaw praised the partnership as provid-ing Maine companies “cost effective access to ex-isting markets, and to entirely new markets.”

- A year has passed since Pleasant River Lumber LLC openedits Hancock facility, and in just that time the mill has been recognized at thefederal level and found out last month they were approved to receive a grantof $160,000 through USDA's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). Thisis one of 244 projects nationwide focused on reducing energy consumption andlowering production costs. The Hancock Mill will use the money to help payfor it's new Biomass Boiler it installed earlier this year.

From February 19-23, Belfast Co-op reports that it’s customerspurchased $16,774 of it’s normal inventory of 100% Maine-grown, raised orharvested products and $1,142,155.00 over the past year. This represents asignificant measure of buying local in just one community.

Responding to unprecedented customer demand last sum-mer at it’s ice cream stands, is packaging its popularL.L.Bean Muddy Bean Boots ice cream in quarts for retail sale. HannafordStores now distributes the product all over New England.

School districts are buying more local foods recognizingunprocessed produce is healthier. According to the National Farm to SchoolNetwork, more than 2,000 districts in 40 states are purchasing direct from localfarmers, putting tax dollars back into the community. RSU 20 surroundingBelfast), Five Town CSD, and MSAD 28 (Camden/Rockport) are purchasingbetween 15 and 20 percent of school food from local producers. Among thoseparticipating are: Maine Coast Heritage’s Erickson Fields garden, NorthernGirl gardens, Beverage Farms, Beech Hill, Hope Orchard and others.

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Publichearings held since No-vember have ended forpresenting oral publicand commercial argu-ments for construction ofa 23 million gallon lique-fied petroleum gas stor-age tank service area onMack Point that wouldimport and export gas bysea, rail and trucking asof Feb. 25. The nextround of the town’s plan-ning board permittingprocedure will involveopen deliberations by theboard March 27 at UnionHall without public ex-pression. Written mate-rial for and against theproposed project may besubmitted in the mean-time. A A Coloradodeveloper, DCP Mid-steam and citizens andexperts have expressedthemselves along withprotests held by thegroup

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Outstanding U.S.sheep farmers were honored for their contributionsto this agriculture at an awards luncheon at theAmerican Sheep Industry Association/NationalLamb Feeders Association Convention in San An-tonio, Texas Jan. 25.

Florence Cubiburu from Stockton, Calif., re-ceived a standing ovation as she accepted the

for her lifetime ofachievement and dedication to supporting thesheep industry. Called the epitome sheep ambassa-dor in one of her nomination letters, "Florence Cu-biburu is well known to producer, industry,legislative and regulatory offices across this conti-nent. There is no more deserving individual weknow who meets the quality of the McClure SilverRam Award."

was presented toCharles Parker, Ph.D., of Columbus, Ohio, for hiswork as educator, scientist, industry leader, pro-moter and visionary in the sheep industry for thepast 50 years. Parker focused his research at theOhio Ag Research Station on intensive manage-ment systems and genetic selection for reproduc-tive growth efficiencies, his work then continued asdirector of the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station inDubois, Idaho. His research activities cut acrossthe full spectrum of sheep performance traits, in-cluding the assessment and improvement of car-cass merit, performance recording, eweproductivity, genetic resistance to foot rot and in-ternal parasites new breed development and more.He is well-known for his pursuit of the "HolyGrail" of sheep production: maximizing thepounds of quality lamb marketed per ewe per year.

Francis and Shirley Steffee of Steffee Farms,Dresden, Ohio, were awarded the

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Receiving thewas Wallace Sinclair of Milo, Maine. This awardgoes to a general circulation media providing anannual contribution of sheep related articles thatinforms and educate readers about sheep farming.Sinclair is the publisher of astatewide newspaper containing news about allagriculture. The newspaper was started five yearsago to help complete a sheep dairy building projectat Sinclair's farm and as a farm paper has devel-oped into a respected marketing tool for farmersthroughout Maine promoting agriculture and aqua-culture. Last year’s ASI media winner was thecommunication division of the California FarmBureau. Other media winners in the past havebeen: ,

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An organi-zational meeting to es-tablish a PenobscotBeeKeepers Associa-tion will be held Thurs-day, at 6 PM

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Open year’roundSaturdays 8:30-12:30pm

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Across from Thornton Bros.

Coming events, news, classifieds, etc.

152 Rockland Rd., Washington845-2480

Linscott’s FeedsBig Hits 99.3

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Slaughter/Processing/Custom Meat Cutting Processing Game Animals

Hay & Feed Sales The Higgins Family Family Farm since 1941

We sell all natural beef & pork

243 Knights Pond Road

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Mon-Wed 8:00am-5:00pmThur-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm

Sat 8:30am-5:00pmSun 9:00am-1:00pm

Feed and supply store, offeringgrains, supplements, hayand livestock supplies.

Additionally, wehave pet feed and supplies.

Sanding,Refinishing

& Installation

Lewiston HighSchool will host the 20th year cele-bration of Maine Garden Day withtwo featured speakers:

, University of Deleware pro-fessor, researcher, and author of theaward winning book

and ,founder and director of Kitchen Gar-dens International. A renownedwriter/public speaker known for hissuccessful campaign to replant akitchen garden at the White House.Additionally, there are over 30 work-shops to choose from. Including:

Eat the Suburbs:

Orchids for the Home Gar-denBackyard Poultry Man-agement for BeginnersDrying Fruits, Vegetables,and HerbsPlanning a PreservingGardenFruit Tree Bench Grafting& Bark Cleft Grafting

Advance registration only. Seatinglimited. First come, first served. Tolearn more and to register, visitumaine.edu/gardening/maine-gar-den-day/

Abundant hay in storage, order yours!Custom cutting Pork, Beef, Sheep & Goats

Make your freezer plans now!

20th Annual Maine Garden Day

in the Auditorium.bdnmainegardenshow.com

6-8pm at Northern PenobscotTech Region III. Registration is required. Call-Glenda Shorey 207-794-8596 ext 211.

9-noon at Treworgy's Orchardin Levant. Free. Learn the basics and grafting. Formore information call Kate 207-942-7396.

May 17 & 18, 19 at Littlefield Gardens atthe University of Maine


The first annual Pis-cataquis Heritage Hot Air Balloon Festival has beena dream in the making for many years. It will be held

at the Charles A Chase Jr Memo-rial Field in Dover. In addition to balloons, therewill be food vendors (nonprofit organizations), arti-sans, tradesmen, trades demonstrations, agriculturaldisplays and sales. Entertainment throughout theevent along with rides and tethered balloon rides forthe less adventurous. Balloon lift off are at 6 am and

BalloonFestivalplanned

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Arsenic Iron Hardness

pm Fri andSat ‘glows’/ eveningsbetween 8and 9 PM.Admissionto the eventwill be$1.00 ea andheld rain orshine ap-propriate toconditions.

Farm Fact #5 Doomsday vault: polar bunker holding viable seeds for future life.

Gorham 839-3321

BoothbayHarbor 638-2400 [email protected]

New Limerick [email protected]

Houlton 532-3520, [email protected]

Rockland 594-8008

New Gloucester897-926-3776

Morrill 342-5677 [email protected]

E Millinocket 447-3027

Kennebunk 985-2995 [email protected]

Scar\aScarborough 883-5494

Bowdoin [email protected]

Belfast3338-2050

Sabattus [email protected]

,So Paris 743-6301

Caribou [email protected]

Caribou492-4241 [email protected]

Damariscotta


Farmington 778-3566 800-564-3566

Falmouth

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Dexter 924-7102, 877-742-5119

Fairfield 453-6036

Surry 667-6751 / 4730

Sweden 647-8419

Casco 655-5459

Bangor 941-9898

, 207 New Rd.,Penobscot 326-4978

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173 AtwoodHill, New Portland [email protected]

560Norridgewock Rd., Fairfield [email protected]

1362 MedfordCtr. Road. Medford [email protected]

45 Stevens Rd.,Augusta 622-3927 [email protected]

1640 Broadway, So Portland 454-3983

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518 Graytown Rd.,Sedgwick 326-9311 [email protected]

, 4 Cedar Lane,Meddybemps 454-3983

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268 Bald Mt Rd.,Dedham 843-7496 [email protected]

72 Karn Rd.,Livermore Falls 897-5909

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1294Aroostook Ave., Wallagrass 834-6584

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346 Williams Rd.,Newport 368-4828

[email protected]

, 1204 MainRd., Bradford [email protected]

1452 New SwedenRd., Woodland 492-4162

[email protected]

218 Old Town Rd.,Hudson 327-4674 [email protected]

, 262 HorsebackRd., Burnham 948-3240

www.entwoodbonsai.com

337 E MainYarmouth 571 Rt 1, Scarborough 396-5301www.estabrooksonline.com/colorspot

2106 Essex St., Bangor947-8836 [email protected]

, 55 Quaker Lane,Vassalboro 923-3836

www.fieldstongardens.com

440 Stickney Hill Rd,Brownville 965-8399

296 Main Rd.,Hampden 444-0755

www.forestsedgegarden.com

, Rt 222, Stetson296-3443www.fossfarm.com

6 Country Rd.,Gorham 839-4362

, 45 Maxell Settlement Rd.Orient 448-7266 [email protected]

96 Lincoln Rd., Enfield732-3907 [email protected]

299River Rd., Lewiston [email protected]

529 Mountfort Rd.,NoYarmouth 829-5004,

ww.plainviewfarm.com

334 EnfieldRd., Lincoln 794-8306

[email protected]

313 rebel Hill Rd., Clifton843-6916 [email protected]

264 Main Rd., Edding-ton 843-7462 [email protected]

26 Randolph St.,Portland 797-0066 [email protected]

55Cemetery Rd, Wilton

527 Jackson Rd.,Monroe 525-4577

[email protected]

225 MonroeRd., Monroe 525-6621

[email protected]

27 OrganicFarm Rd., Pittsfield 487-5057

[email protected]

1664 Union St.,Bangor 942-1394 [email protected]

438 Exeter Rd,Corinna (105 Barrows Pt. Rd., Newport


109 Orrington [email protected]

Mid Maine GreenhouseAssociation annual listing

Maine FloristAssociation


Hardware& Feed

MAC’s

Waldo Area Farm & Ag Bus Directory

FEEDS- full line -

of animal feedsRte 139 Unity 207 948-3800

73 Reynolds Rd., Unityph 207 948-3071fx 207 948-5139

New England Organics

Compost Feed, Hdwe

earthlife

Tractors

IngrahamEquipment

Association annual listing

www.blueseal.com/dealer.BSF_ Bangor

97 Madawaska Rd.,Palmyra 341-1711

[email protected]

239 Central St.,Bucksport 469-3295

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29 Main St.,Franklin 565-3851

[email protected]

, 1779 HammondSt.,Hermon 848-5453

www.greencareplants.com

Box 159Jonesboro 434-6611

, 50 W. Gray Rd., Gray657-5442 [email protected]

14 Kelley Rd.,Glenburn 884-8884

[email protected]

Box 3038Brewer [email protected]

1779Hammond St., Bangor [email protected]

396 Bridge Rd.,Parkman 876-2944

[email protected]

39 HansonRd., Scarborough 883-5750

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30 MiddleRd., Fairfield 453-6601

[email protected]

310 Commercial St.,Rockport 236-3023

www.hobokengardens.com

Box 581 Holden843-0653

267 Littlefield Rd.,Newburgh 234-2115

www.iriscreekgreenhouse.com

880 Lege Hill Rd., E. Corinth884-8888 [email protected]

Box 6 Wesfield 425-5361 [email protected]

Box 9 Parsonfield 625-8709 [email protected]

563 Johnson MillRd., Orrington 825-4707

[email protected]

81 Puddle-dock Rd., Manchester 622-5965

www.longfellowsgreenhouses.com

103 Park St., Farmingdale582-7701 [email protected]

316 BackSt., Hebron 577-1612

[email protected]

464 West Shore Rd., WestportIsland 882-4214 [email protected]

124 Bangor Rd.,Ellsworth 667-7333

www.newlandnursery.com

90 Coldbrook Rd.,Hermon 848-5363

[email protected]

348 Betts Rd., Orrington825-3438 [email protected]

Robin’s Flower PotGarden Center & Nursery387 Webster Rd.,


[email protected]

Rockwall Gardens523 Sebec Shore Rd.,

Guilford 564-3627

Some MFA members are listed withinMid Maine Greenhouse Assoc and not

duplicated within this listing. SomeMFA Growers may not grow vegetables.

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Added Sponsorship of the 4th annual MFAflorist and Central Maine Greenhouse

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