He also plans to auction sheep, goats and other livestock. It should bring a new market for everybody to try. Charrier will raise replacement heifers. He also will buy and sell beef for shipment out of state. I've got a route I'll stick by.
Any new market is a boost to the industry.
The Maine farmers need all the help they can get the way milk prices are. They're getting less for milk now that they got in the '60s. There is competition in Corinna, Burnham, Thorndike and Skowhegan. But Charrier says there is plenty of room for such a business. Especially in winter and early spring, people are looking for things to do on a Saturday afternoon, he said.