Adding Profits to Organic Grains in Aroostook County

The demand for organic grains is growing. Aroostook County, Maine is a region that could help to meet this gap in supply, but organic grain farming as a standalone business is not profitable in Aroostook County, at the scale that most grain farms currently operate at. Mixing other, more profitable crops into a rotation with organic grains is a possible path to increasing organic grain production. This report combines market research with grower cost of production analysis to evaluate which crops might be most profitably and easily expanded in Aroostook County.

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