Maine Revised Statutes Title 7. Agriculture and Animals § 422. Purposes

1. Correlated marketing. To enable producers of agricultural commodities of this State, with the aid of the State, to more effectively correlate the marketing of their crops with market demands;

2. Uniform grading. To provide for uniform grading and proper preparation of agricultural commodities for market;

3. Development of markets. To provide methods and means for the development of new and larger markets for agricultural commodities grown within the State;

4. Orderly marketing. To establish orderly marketing and pricing of agricultural commodities grown within this State; and

5. Elimination of economic waste. To eliminate or reduce economic waste in the marketing of agricultural commodities grown within the State.