Fiddlehead Focus previews Extension Aroostook field day Aug. 8

Fiddlehead Focus previewed the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Agricultural Field Day at UMaine’s Aroostook Research Farm in Presque Isle. The free event, from 8 a.m.–3 p.m. Aug. 8, is open to all agricultural providers and will include presentations on topics like potato cultivation, nutrient management and late blight control, Fiddlehead Focus reports. UMaine presenters include Jay Hao, an assistant professor of plant pathology, Andrei Alyokhin, a professor of entomology, Gregory Porter, a professor of agronomy, and Sukhwinder Bali and Lakesh Sharma, extension assistant professors of sustainable agriculture at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact Sharma at 207.498.0316 or lakesh.sharma@maine.edu.