Some crops dying without irrigation in Maine
8/18/2025 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Androscoggin County, ME
Aroostook County, ME
Island Falls, ME
Cumberland County, ME
Franklin County, ME
Hancock County, ME
Kennebec County, ME
Knox County, ME
Lincoln County, ME
Oxford County, ME
Penobscot County, ME
Piscataquis County, ME
Sagadahoc County, ME
Somerset County, ME
Waldo County, ME
Washington County, ME
York County, ME
Start Date: 8/16/2025
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Plants like blueberries and other fruits have dried up or were dying due to drought. Maine farmers have had to choose how to use short water supplies, which crops to irrigate and which to let die.
Potato growers in Aroostook County were said to be irrigating their crop nonstop during a stage of critical growth. Farms lacking irrigation for their potatoes were losing the crop.
A vegetable grower in Harpswell in Cumberland County was watering strategically and allowing some plants to die rather than stress her well and cause it to run dry.
WGAN-AM (South Portland, Maine), Aug 16, 2025
An Aroostook County gardener was hauling water from a river to part of her garden but allowed some plants to die.
Bangor Daily News (Maine), Aug 16, 2025
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