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The Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation is studying the needs of livestock producers relative to slaughter and meat processing. The intended audiences for this survey includes both current livestock producers, and those who might consider raising livestock commercially if there were slaughter and processing infrastructure that met their needs. The survey covers red meat and poultry producers i...

Please join the Mosquito Control for the Twenty-First Century Task Force on May 3, 2021 from 11:00am-1:00pm for a virtual public listening session on mosquito control in the Commonwealth. The purpose of this session is to accept comments pertaining to mosquito control, for the use of the task force in developing recommendations, per Chapter 120 of the Acts of 2020. If unable to attend the virtual ...

Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) benefits are now available to your employees as of January 1, 2021 and we have already received a lot of interest in the program.

Please join us for a webinar on Wednesday May 19th at 7:30 PM EDT. Chris Laughton, Director of Knowledge Exchange at Farm Credit East will present on “Farm Financing and Access to Credit.” He will cover farm financing for both new and established farms, including various sources of capital, credit scores, how loan decisions are made, how to apply for a loan or approach a lender, and will give an o...