There’s more to Aroostook farms than potatoes

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 1, 2024

Aroostook County is famous for potatoes, and rightly so, because it grows 90 percent of the state’s crop. But northern Maine’s 305,000 acres of farmland grow plenty of other crops. Statewide, agricultural products were worth $870 million in 2022, and a third of that — $291 million — came from The County, according to the most recent census. In fact, Aroostook turned out most of Maine’s soybeans, nearly all of the state’s grains and more hay than any other county.