Maine Climate and Ag Network

A recent USDA grant will provide roughly $500,000 for this work, some of which is taking place in greenhouses, laboratories and research facilities in eastern and northern Maine. View video and read more

Maine Public | By Robbie Feinberg Published November 26, 2021 at 8:43 AM EST Robert F. Bukaty/AP file In this Sept. 27, 2017, file photo, potatoes await harvesting at Green Thumb Farms in Fryeburg, Maine. University of Maine researchers have received about half a million dollars toward the development of new potatoes that can better […]

Sam Schipani Bangor Daily News November 22, 2021 All reds, dark red Norlands, and purple skinned yellow flesh potatoes are shown in this 2005 file photo. Credit: Denise Farwell / BDN For decades, the University of Maine has devoted valuable agricultural research to studying how to improve potato crops, a central element of the state’s […]

The Maine Summer 2021 Climate Summary was prepared by Sean Birkel, Assistant Extension Professor and Maine State Climatologist with the Climate Change Institute and Cooperative Extension. The Maine statewide climatological summer (June-August) 2021 average temperature was 65.6°F or 4th warmest on record for the 127-year period beginning 1895. This temperature is 0.1°F cooler than for the same […]

“Growing conditions have been really good. We have a quality crop and we expect good yields. Market demand is good,” said Don Flannery, executive director of the Maine Potato Board. (Photo by Kieran Murphy on Unsplash) PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (AP) — Potato growers anticipate a solid crop and stronger demand thanks to reopening restaurants — […]

(Photo by Jesse Echevarria on Unsplash) AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s Forest Carbon Task Force invites public feedback by September 17 on possible strategies outlined in its draft report. Created by Executive Order, the task force was recommended by “Maine Won’t Wait,” the state’s new four-year climate action plan. The task force aims to develop a […]

This workshop brings together a diverse group of climate experts at the state, regional and national levels to showcase climate services, products and data and to seek input on improving these offerings to meet your needs. The workshop is for all current and potential users of climate services, products and data within Vermont, New Hampshire […]

A firefighter in an area burned by the Bootleg fire near Paisley, Ore., last month.Credit…Kristina Barker for The New York Times The wildfires in the American West are burning vast expanses of specially protected forests — those that are part of carbon-offset projects meant to counterbalance the carbon dioxide pollution being pumped into the atmosphere […]

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) first report in its sixth assessment, Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis (link) was released August 9. Watch this video and read the article to learn what the findings mean for Maine.

Climate change, drought and high demand are expected to force the first-ever mandatory cuts to a water supply that 40 million people across the American West depend on — the Colorado River. Cuts will spare cities and tribes, but hit Arizona farmers hard. They knew this was coming. They have left fields unplanted, laser leveled […]