SUN JOURNAL • January 6, 2025
The Hillandale Farm shut down its poultry-raising facilities permanently last month, state Sen. Jeff Timberlake of Turner confirmed Monday. “Basically, they can’t afford to do business in Maine,” Timberlake said. “It’s gonna affect all farming in the state of Maine because there was an awful lot of dairy farmers around the state who used the chicken manure from Hillandale to spread on their cornfields to grow corn.”