View as a webpage / Share Animal Health Program For Immediate ReleaseJuly 1, 2022 Media Contact: Jim Britt Maine Animal Health Officials Issue Update Regarding Poultry Swaps and Exhibitions In Response to Bird Flu Cases AUGUSTA- Today, due to another detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Maine in a small, non-commercial group of […]
Board Of Pesticides Control Public Hearing For Rulemaking Amendments Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry sent this bulletin at 05/27/2022 03:49 PM EDT View as a webpage / Share Board of Pesticides Control Board Of Pesticides Control Public Hearing For Upcoming Rulemaking Amendments The BPC is conducting rulemaking to incorporate several amendments proposed in […]
EDT View as a webpage / Share Board of Pesticides Control Recent Policy Changes and Proposed Rulemaking for Chlorpyrifos (Photo of balsam gall midge damage by Ronald S. Kelley, VT Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation, courtesy of Bugwood.org) The Maine Board of Pesticides Control would like to update you on recent changes in policy […]
Board of Pesticides Control Back to Basics Pesticide Applicator Recertification Meeting The Maine Board of Pesticides Control and UMaine Cooperative Extension are holding a joint Spring Meeting. The meeting topic is Back to Pesticide Basics: IPM, Safety and Regulations Update and it will be held virtually on June 1, 2022, from 9:00 AM-12:00 PM. This […]
Good Morning, At our AgCOM meeting, information and links are placed in the chat. For those who weren’t able to attend, here are links (or information requests) that members wanted to share. Jessica Leahy (UMaine Experiment Station): This will be Dean Rowland’s first full summer here at the University. Please let me know if there […]
LD 2019 An Act To Require the Registration of Adjuvants in the State and To Regulate the Distribution of Pesticides with Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances would ban essential and safe agricultural pesticides in Maine. Please call Senator Curry today and ask him to vote for the MAJORITY OUGHT NOT TO PASS REPORT (Senate Calendar […]
Correction: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza SITUATIONAL REPORT – March 31, 2022 Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry sent this bulletin at 03/31/2022 02:52 PM EDT View as a webpage / Share Animal Health Program Correction: The report date was updated to March 31, 2022. We apologize for having to resend this information. SITUATIONAL REPORT – […]
View in Browser PFAS Legislative Listening Session for FarmersThursday, March 3rd, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. This listening session is an opportunity for farmers in Maine Farmland Trust & MOFGA’s network to share their concerns about PFAS contamination with public officials. Officials will hear from several impacted farms and there will also be […]
DACF@maine.gov for many agricultural questions. Important to all farm operations, is my land free of PFAFS in the soil? Find out how to test soils and water farm lands.
Legislative Impact Report January 14, 2022 Our Unified Farmer Voice Defeats LD 151! Thanks to your many calls and emails, Governor Mills vetoed LD 151 An Act To Protect Farm Workers by Allowing Them To Organize for the Purpose of Collective Bargaining. Governor Mills recognized the extreme challenges the complex legislation would bring to farmers […]