DIVISIONs

• Commissioner's Office
• Animal & Plant Health
• Agricultural Resource Development
• Quality Assurance & Regulations

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

• Board of Pesticides Control
• Harness Racing Commission
• IPM Council
• Maine Milk Commission
• Seed Potato Board
• Agricultural Water Management Board

PROGRAMS

• Animal Welfare Program
• Business Development
• Farmland Protection
• Natural and Rural Resources
• TEFAP
• Senior FarmShare

Laws and Rules Concerning Maine Agriculture

Current

Title 7: Agriculture & Animals

Rule Chapters for the Department of Agriculture, Food & Rural Resources

September 28, 2009, Final Adopted Rule for the Maine Farms for the Future Program [Word or PDF]

Changes to Maine's Online Rules

www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules/changes.html

Weekly Newspaper Notices

Laws and Rules by Division

Animal Health and Industry

Animal Welfare

Plant Industry

Quality Assurance and Regulations (includes Maine Branding and Labeling Statutes, Food Regulations, Feed, Seed and Fertilizer and more...)

Board of Pesticides Control

Harness Racing Commission

Maine Milk Commission

Agricultural Water Management Board

Proposed Rules for Animal Health and Industry

Chapter 206: Prevention and Control of Certain Diseases of Domestic Animals and Poultry [Word or PDF]

Chapter 221: Cervids Importation Embargo [Word or PDF]

Chapter ---: Rules for the Operation of Commercial Large Game Shooting Areas in Maine [Word or PDF]

Proposed Rules for Harness Racing Commission

MAPA-3 C11s5W and Proposed Language

MAPA-3 C19s2W and Proposed Language

MAPA-3 C1s10-1AW and Proposed Language

Proposed Rules for Agricultural Resource Development

Chapter 37: Rules Governing the Voluntary Municipal Farm Support Program [Word or PDF]

Proposed Rules for Quality Assurance & Regulations

Chapter 136 Proposed Language

Proposed Rules for Plant Industry

Proposed Rule Requiring Best Management Practices and Notice of Rule Change