An electrical blaze destroyed a 200-year-old barn and forced the family that runs Flaggy Meadow Farm to question what its future would be.
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Cows fed hemp produced milk with marijuana compound, researchers say
But supporters remain hopeful the plant could eventually be approved for use in animal feed.
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Organic dairy co-op offers membership to 80 Northeast farms
Last summer, Danone, the parent company of Horizon Organic, announced it would stop buying milk from dozens of Northeast farms, including 61 in Maine.
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No chocolate milk? Don’t blame the cows in Houlton
The supply chain disruptions extend to a custom-made chocolate powder used by Houlton Farms Dairy for 4 decades to make their chocolate milk, offering one small snapshot of a worldwide problem.
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Contracts ending, Northeast organic dairies ask consumers to jump in
Horizon Organic plans to stop buying milk from 89 organic dairy farms in the Northeast because it doesn’t want to transport the milk from the region to its plant in New York.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Local organic farms hopeful for new milk market
Danone/Horizon has offered to extend its contracts an additional six months but most local producers are looking to be picked up by another processor.
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Organic dairy farmers in Maine, Northeast offered new assistance in wake of contract cancellations
The proposal falls short of what state officials and organic agriculture groups had sought after Horizon Organic announced in August that it would not renew dairy contracts with organic dairy farms across the Northeast, including 14 in Maine.
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Organic dairy farmers face uncertain future after food conglomerate cuts contracts
The decision by dairy giant Danone North America could be catastrophic for 14 Maine farm families when their contracts end next summer.
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Dairy farmers, specialty crop growers see most Maine coronavirus aid
Farmers in the state have received nearly $20 million in total.
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Already in an unpredictable business, farmers face more uncertainties than ever
As planting season looms, the state’s farmers wonder what to plant, how much to plant and how to sell it safely.