Maine Climate and Ag Network

Tools & Resources

Tools

• Agriculture Weather & Climate Apps: visit Farms.Com for a variety of options including Climate FIELDVIEW and the ColdSnap! Frost Alarm.
• Climate Hubs Tool Shed: this USDA database lists tools intended to help land managers incorporate climate change into their decision-making.
• Climate Smart Farming: this Cornell University-based site features useful farming decision-support tools including water deficit and freeze risk calculator for anywhere in the Northeast USA.
• Crop Progress and Condition Reports: this USDA NASS report includes degree days, temperature, precipitation, crop planting progress, crop development and harvesting progress for New England.

Pest & Disease Forecasts

• Ag-Radar for Apples: this UMaine Extension tool uses weather forecasts to inform pest management.
• Blight Forecasting: this UMaine Extension site provides early and late blight disease forecasts.
• Mummy Berry Forecasting Method:  this UMaine Extension tool uses weather forecasts to improve control of the mummy berry disease in wild blueberry.  Forecasts updates are posted here.

Agricultural Adaptation Resources

• Resources to Navigate Drought Successfully: this UMaine Extension page outlines how to monitor drought and what steps to take when your well runs dry.
• USDA Adaptation Resources for Agriculture: this workbook provides a flexible, self-guided structure to help you identify climate change impacts, challenges, and opportunities on your farm.
• Maine Futures Community Mapper: this interactive map was created by a team at UMaine to help inform land use decisions in light of climate change.
• Maine Risk Management and Crop Insurance Education Program: this UMaine Extension page features resources, news, and webinars to help you learn more about crop insurance and risk management.

Climate Change Resources – Maine

• Maine’s Climate Future Report: this report outlines Maine’s climate history and delves into implications of predicted 21st century climate change for Maine people.
  • Original 2009 Report
  • 2015 Update
• Maine Climate News: this UMaine Climate Change Institute website is updated periodically with new climate information.
• Gulf of Maine Council Climate Network: this website features resources for climate-smart land use planning.

Climate Change Resources – National

• U.S. Climate Resilence Toolkit
• U.S. National Climate Assessment – Northeast
• USDA Northeast Climate Hub
• Climate Reanalyzer
• Northeast Climate Change Adaptation
• Northeast Climate Science Center
• Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange
• USGCRP Climate Indicators
• Skeptical Science

General Agricultural Resources

• Beginning Farmer Resource Network
• Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
• Farm Credit East
• Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
• Maine Farmland Trust
• Maine FarmLink
• Maine Harvest Credit Project
• Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
• Maine Soil and Water Conservation Districts
• Natural Resources Conservation Service – Maine