News Center Maine highlighted wild blueberry research from the University of Maine in two separate stories focused on how new technology and tools can make growing and harvesting wild blueberries more efficient and sustainable. WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7) highlighted an event hosted by University of Maine Cooperative Extension at Blueberry Hill Farm in Jonesboro, during […]
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The Portland Press Herald featured data from University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab, which revealed that Hancock, Knox, Lincoln and Waldo counties are most likely to carry the three most common tick-borne illnesses in Maine, including Lyme disease. “We don’t have a great answer as to why the Midcoast has become Maine’s tick hotspot,” […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab recently published a research report in the Journal of Maine Medical Center highlighting trends in tick species distribution and the pathogens associated with each type. Notably, the epicenter of activity in Maine is clustered in midcoast Maine — Hancock, Knox, Lincoln and Waldo counties — where submission rates […]
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The Maine Monitor interviewed Maine State Climatologist Sean Birkel, also a research assistant professor at the University of Maine, on average summer temperatures in Maine and their variability. “When the air is more humid, that’s when we’ll get the overnight low temperatures that are in the mid- to high 60s, and so it makes for […]
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WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) interviewed Jim Dill, University of Maine Cooperative Extension associate program administrator in pest management, on pests that are commonly found in and can destroy Maine vegetable gardens, such as the hornworm. “There’s two major pests with potatoes, one is the Colorado potato beetle, and the other one is aphids. Those […]
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Farms in Maine have been identified as critical places to study the health effects of a group of chemicals known as PFAS. Ellen Mallory, one of many University of Maine faculty members working together on a variety of PFAS research projects, sat down with Tim Doak, chief environmental sustainability officer at Northern Light Health (NLH), […]
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The Spruce interviewed Peyton Ginakes, a vegetable production research associate at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about whether growing garlic can benefit other plants in a garden. “While garlic contains many of the nutrients that plants need to grow, you’d have to use a lot of garlic to fully meet those needs,” Ginakes said.
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David Handley, a vegetable and small fruit specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with News Center Maine about Extension’s soil testing service, which can help gardeners evaluate the quality of their soil.
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It’s late spring, and the leaves on Maine’s maple trees are full – the buds have swelled, and the season for collecting sap is long over. Maine maple sugar producers, like Mark Prentiss and Kim Roberts, are already at work preparing for next year’s sap-collecting season. Prentiss and Roberts, who are married, are co-owners of […]
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Lynne Holland, horticulture and social media professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was featured as a guest on “Maine Calling,” a radio show produced by Maine Public, to talk about challenges to gardening in the summertime.
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