UMaine Sustainable Agriculture Field Day July 25

A group of agricultural experts mainly from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will lead a free, public program on sustainable farming from 3:45 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 25 at the UMaine Rogers Research Farm on Bennoch Road in Stillwater. Topics include sweet corn integrated pest management and emerging pests, crow management in cornfields, tree fruit and the brown marmorated stink bug, managing the spotted wing drosophila fruit fly, pollination and the Master Gardener Program. A weed, insect and plant disease identification session will be held from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Contact: George Manlove, (207-581-3756)