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Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station

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Meet the experts

Dozens of Experiment Station faculty are advancing science inspired by the Pine Tree State.

Science in all 16 counties

Explore ongoing research by location or subject.

The Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station powers research inspired by Maine. 

Explore our impact

  • A photo of a person in an estuary with a mountain in the background

    UMaine Ph.D. candidate’s new tool helps predict pollution vulnerability in coastal waters statewide

  • A photo of researchers measuring a rockweed bed on the coast of Maine

    Study unravels the impact of rockweed harvest at the bed-scale

  • A photo of soil and crushed lobster shells

    UMaine researchers testing lobster shells to thwart potato soil pathogens

  • A photo of blueberries on a bush

    New study to assess how biochar from Maine forest biomass can help wild blueberry farmers

  • A photo of a person in a winter coat carrying split wood

    UMaine awarded Forest Service grant for National Wood Bank project

  • A photo of two people working on a farm

    UMaine pilots affordable well design for farms

  • A photo of a wasp on a blueberry

    UMaine testing natural control for berry-eating pest

  • Landscape rendering of the future Wyman’s Wild Blueberry Research and Innovation Center. 

    Wyman’s gift to establish first-of-its-kind wild blueberry research field at UMaine

  • Hay bales in a field in Maine

    UMaine study shows alfalfa and other legumes may be less responsive to preservatives than grass hay

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    Old Town Elementary School 2nd Grade Field Trip to Rogers Farm
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    Old Town Elementary School 2nd Grade Field Trip to Rogers Farm
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