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Houlton area From our Files – Week of July 24, 2024
35,000 Are Needed For Spud Harvest — The Maine Unemployment Compensation Commission estimates that more than 35,000 workers will be needed to harvest Aroostook County’s potatoes this Fall. This means that over ten thousand workers will have to be recruited from outside of the County to aid in picking the yield from approximately 128,000 acres. In addition to the local offices of the Commission at Houlton and Caribou, temporary offices will be put into operation on or about August 1 to assist in assembling orders from the various growers. These orders will allow accurate estimates to be made of the number needed in the various areas and permit proper allocation of labor in sufficient numbers to meet the growers’ needs. It is now estimated that potato picking will start between the 15th and 20th of September but workers will not be needed in all areas at the same time.
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