Smithsonian Magazine referenced research from the University of Maine and interviewed Lily Calderwood, a wild blueberry specialist for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for a story about wild blueberries harvested in the state. University researchers are analyzing how the berries respond to heat stress and excessive precipitation in order to help farmers predict how […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Jason Lilley, a Maine sustainable agriculture and maple industry educator with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and assistant Extension professor, and Colt Knight, a livestock educator with UMaine Extension and associate Extension professor. Lilley talked to the BDN for a story about risk factors and safety precautions for operating […]
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WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) talked to Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management specialist and director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab, on how the recent heat wave could have affected tick populations in Maine. Dill said ticks have shown resilience to extreme temperature fluctuations and are unlikely to be impacted […]
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News Center Maine highlighted “Maine Farm News” from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, which listed reminders for how to navigate extreme heat across a wide range of agriculture and animal farming practices.
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Maine Public highlighted a new service the state of Maine is launching through the University of Maine Cooperative Extension that will help farmers whose land is contaminated with “forever chemicals,” or PFAS, explore their options for buyout.
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The Sun Journal interviewed David Handley, a vegetable and small fruit specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension and cooperating professor of horticulture, on strawberry season. A rainy June last year damaged the strawberry crop, but Handley said this year has the best crops he has seen in a while. The season lasts for about […]
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News Center Maine highlighted the 4-H Tick Project from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The program, currently underway on Swans Island — located off the coast of Mount Desert Island, teaches kids how to protect themselves against ticks carrying diseases. Students from Aroostook County to southern Maine are involved in the free community science […]
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Pamela Hargest, horticulturist specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, talked about garden watering techniques with News Center Maine for a segment titled “Gardening with Gutner.” Hargest said she is more careful to monitor rainfall in her vegetable gardens as opposed to perennial gardens because vegetables need a certain amount of rainfall each week. […]
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WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) interviewed Jim Dill, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension associate program administrator in pest management, on the abundance of forest tent caterpillars in Aroostook County this summer. Dill said the caterpillars can defoliate and kill trees over a span of several years and cause roads to get slick if […]
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Bangor Daily News referenced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension newsletter on a group of chemicals known as PFAS written by Caragh Fitzgerald, an associate Extension educator for agriculture and an associate Extension professor. Fitzgerald wrote that uncoated corrugated cardboard is less likely to contain PFAS, and any PFAS in it will likely be diluted […]
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