UMaine News

The Portland Press Herald cited resources from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in an article describing fall tasks for homeowners seeking to maintain their lawn using organic, low input practices.

The Associated Press spoke with Dave Yarborough, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor emeritus of horticulture, about the 2021 wild blueberry harvest, which is the largest in Maine since 2016. WCVB (Channel 5 in Boston), Fresh Fruit Portal, the Portland Press Herald, Spectrum News (Channel 13 in Orlando), Morning Ag Clips, the Times Record, Maine Public, the Bangor Daily News, WABI […]

The Penobscot Bay Pilot reported that Maine FishAbility, a division of the Maine AgrAbility program, will sponsor a team of runners in the 2021 Maine Marathon Run for a Cause virtual relay on Oct. 8. Maine Agrability is a University of Maine Cooperative Extension initiative that seeks to address health and safety and prevent injuries […]

The Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5), the Sun Journal, The Irregular, The Piscataquis Observer and Morning Ag Clips highlighted updates to the University of Maine Cooperative Extension hay and straw directory for the 2021 growing season. The directories are available online.

The Bangor Daily News noted that University of Maine Cooperative Extension experts are participating in a Facebook Live Q&A session hosted by the Maine Organic Farmers and Growers Association at noon Saturday. MOFGA is hosting the session and other virtual events in lieu of an in-person Common Ground Fair, which it canceled in response to […]

Griffin Dill, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension integrated pest management professional and manager of UMaine Extension’s tick lab, told the Bangor Daily News that deer ticks are most active in the fall and will remain active in great numbers, possibly into December when the temperature drops below freezing.

The Sun Journal promoted “DIY Pickles,” a hands-on food preservation workshop presented by Kate McCarty, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension food systems professional at the Lewiston Public Library. More information about the event, which begins at 4 p.m. Sept. 30, is online.

Best Life cited advice from Jim Dill in a 2020 Bangor Daily News story about slowing the spread of the browntail moth. In that article, Dill, an integrated pest management professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, advised that people should kill the caterpillars any way they can. 

The Bangor Daily News spoke with Colt Knight, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension livestock specialist, about a recent lightning strike that killed eight beef cows in Winslow. “I wouldn’t say lightning strikes are common, but they definitely happen,” Knight said, noting that livestock deaths from lightning are more common in western states where cattle […]