County Ag Report: Maine Agricultural Trades Show

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) – Next week kicks off the 82nd Maine Agricultural Trades Show from Jan 10 to 14.

“People with a genuine enthusiasm and interest in agriculture use this to kickstart their year,” stated Promotional Coordinator for the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry, Anne Trenholm.

Trenholm stated they’ve streamlined the Trades Show in its second 12 months as a very digital expertise.

“Some will be offering be pre-recorded content, some will continue in a completely online virtual meeting format via Microsoft teams or zoom or other platforms to offer workshops or trainings.”

This 12 months the present will archive contacts in a enterprise listing, so agriculturists can contact specialists 12 months spherical. And alongside conferences, the Trades present is launching “The Listening Post” so attendees can have complementary one-on-ones with enterprise advisors.

“We’re hopeful that allows people to attend from anywhere because Maine is a big state and agriculture is happening anywhere from the southern tip to the western mountains to down east and the county.”

Some occasions require pre-registration, and Trenholm recommends visiting the 2022 Maine Agricultural Trades Show web site previous to January tenth.

https://www.maine.gov/dacf/ard/market_promotion/2022-agtradesshow.shtml

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