Jim Dill, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist, spoke with the Courier-Gazette about how to combat browntail moths. Dill recommended killing them when they are caterpillars.

The Daily Bulldog, the Penobscot Bay Pilot, the Machias Valley News Observer and the Bangor Daily News highlighted a webinar offered by University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension to teach home gardeners about hydroponics. Registration for the webinar, which will be held 6–7:15 p.m. on Jan. 24, is online.

Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke to the Bangor Daily News about rats infesting homes during the winter. “In the winter they can be found if they have taken up residence in your home, garage, barn, chicken coop or other dwellings,” he said. “You may not see […]

The New York Times interviewed Rick Kersbergen, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor, about the struggles Northeast organic dairy farms are facing amid industry-wide change. “There’s been an enormous growth of organic dairy farms west of the Mississippi — Texas, Colorado,” Kersbergen said. “That’s created a situation where these mega-organic dairy farms are able […]