Maine Climate and Ag Network

The warming of the blueberry fields could imperil the berries and the farmers who tend to them because the rising temperatures have brought loss of water, according to a group of scientists who are affiliated with the University of Maine. The scientists analyzed 40 years of data and found that the state experienced a 1.98 […]

Much of the Western half of the United States is in the grip of a severe drought of historic proportions. Conditions are especially bad in California and the Southwest, but the drought extends into the Pacific Northwest, much of the Intermountain West, and even the Northern Plains. Irrigation water needed by farmers and ranchers has […]

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is sponsoring an Agricultural Solar Stakeholders Group public remote meeting on June 3 at 9 a.m. Register for the zoom meeting and find an agenda and more information here.

Maine’s wild blueberry barrens are warming faster than the rest of the state. That’s according to a new study, recently published by scientists at the University of Maine. It found that across 26 wild blueberry fields in Washington and Hancock counties, the maximum recorded air temperature over the last 40 years had risen by about […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has published the 90-Day Progress Report on Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry reflected their shift toward exploring the potential of agriculture and forestry practices to aid climate mitigation efforts. The Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad signed in January 2021 stated “America’s farmers, ranchers, and […]

The Maine Climate Change Institute has put together resources in support of climate education in Maine for the Department of Education.

For information on the Maine Climate Council’s Natural and Working Lands Working Group, including their membership, and their greenhouse gas reduction and climate change adaptation strategy recommendations visit this page.

Post-doctoral researcher Sonja Birthisel was cited in a February 2nd, 2020 Portland Press Herald article about the impacts of a changing climate on weed pressure and possible control methods, entitled Maine Gardener: And you think you hate weeding now?

Weather-based crop management tools are a strategy farmers can use to increase resilience to extreme weather. Farmers and service providers are invited to five sessions about using weather-based tools 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Jan. 17 at the Augusta Civic Center, Howard Room, 76 Community Drive. The free sessions, to be held during the Maine Agricultural Trades Show, are sponsored […]