Funds from three federal programs will provide relief to producers experiencing income losses due to COVID-19.
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Posted inMaine, News
Outfoxed: Why Bath failed to capture any of species behind rabies attacks
A USDA wildlife biologist said box traps aren’t the most efficient way to catch foxes, but they were chosen because it would prevent injuries to pets.
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Janet Mills seeks to help Maine’s struggling hunger relief charities
Maine’s governor calls for more federal help to secure more food and give priority access to emergency food providers.
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Bath residents call for rabies vaccine baits over traps
Peter Owen, Bath’s city manager, said a vaccine baiting program was reviewed, but not considered a viable option by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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To fight rabies, Bath will start trapping wildlife
The trapping process, which will take $26,611 out of the city council’s contingency budget, will take place over 10 days before the end of February.
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Monmouth dairy uses federal, local grants to go solar
The Milkhouse was awarded $36,000 from the USDA and $10,000 from the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments to install a solar array that will eventually fill all the farm’s energy needs.
Posted inConnections
USDA opens signup for Market Facilitation Program through Dec. 6
Market Facilitation Payments will be made to producers of certain nonspecialty and specialty crops as well as dairy and hog producers.
Posted inBusiness
USDA issues renewable energy grants to 12 Maine businesses
The grants, which total $156,000, will be used by the rural businesses to install solar panels.
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USDA's enforcement of animal welfare laws plummeted in 2018, agency figures show
Two years ago, the Agriculture Department issued 192 written warnings to breeders, exhibitors and research labs that allegedly violated animal welfare laws, and the agency filed official complaints against 23, according to agency data. This year, those figures plummeted: The department had issued just 39 warnings in the first three-quarters of fiscal 2018, and it […]
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Bethel special Town Meeting canceled
BETHEL — An Oct. 15 special town meeting to decide on funding for proposed improvements to the wastewater treatment plant has been canceled. Interim Town Manager David Holt said he learned that a USDA Rural Development program grant of $485,000 — that the town had expected to receive for the project — had just been denied in […]