Farmers storm State House calling for $50 million agriculture bond to be put to voters

By: Eesha Pendharkar, Kaitlyn Budion

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: March 26, 2026

Words: 486

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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Carrying a sign that read “I love cows,” 4-year-old Booker Ballantyne stood among the dozens of farmers who gathered at the State House on Wednesday to urge lawmakers to put a $50 million agriculture bond on the ballot.

His mother, Holly Noyes, said the funding is critical to the future of their family’s longstanding dairy farm in Albion. “Our family’s been farming since the 50s, and this bill they’re going to talk about is really …

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