BANGOR DAILY NEWS • February 10, 2026
Maine’s Wild Blueberry Commission has created a new program offering $1.3 million in emergency funding to keep growers in business after serious crop losses in 2025. The commission looked for options to offer emergency funding last fall after a season that began with a wet spring reducing pollination and then moved into a summer of high heat and fast-onset drought, leading to an estimated $28.1 million in lost revenue. The season was one of the industry’s most challenging in decades.