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Maine Agriculture TODAY

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According to data compiled by the New England field office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Maine farmers led New England in 2006 with cash receipts generated by farm marketing totaling $593 million, a 9-percent increase over the previous year.

Farm-gate sales in the six New England states amounted to $2.28 billion in 2006. Sales in the other states amounted to $523 million in Connecticut, $503 million in Vermont, $433 million in Massachusetts, $162 million in New Hampshire, and $65 million in Rhode Island.