The Biddeford Journal Tribune, Turner Publishing and Morning Ag Clips advanced a five-week beginner bee school offered by University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine State Beekeepers Association (MSBA). Sessions will be held 6–8:30 p.m. Thursdays from Feb. 7 through March 7 at the Springvale Public Library. Larry Peiffer, master beekeeper and former vice president of […]
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The Penobscot Times published a University of Maine news release about UMaine Cooperative Extension’s 2018 Harvest for Hunger accomplishments. In 2018, volunteers in the program donated 231,752 pounds of produce directly to neighbors in need and to 187 sites including food pantries, soup kitchens and low-income senior centers, the article states. More than 500 people […]
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Turner Publishing announced University of Maine Cooperative Extension is accepting applications for its Master Gardener Volunteers program in Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties. The program will be held 4:45–8 p.m. Tuesdays April 2 through May 28, and will resume Aug. 24 to Oct. 15. Sessions will be held at the UMaine Extension office in Lisbon Falls. […]
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Renae Moran, an associate professor of pomology and tree fruit specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Associated Press for an article about espalier pruning. Espalier pruning is the practice of training and trimming fruit trees, vines or flowering shrubs to grow into artistic, two-dimensional forms, the article states. It can make […]
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Morning Ag Clips previewed Flowering in the North, a conference for flower growers, Jan. 28–30 at the University of Southern Maine Abromson Center in Portland. The conference is sponsored by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA), University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Broadturn Farm and the Snell Family Farm. The event will focus on […]
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Weather-based crop management tools are a strategy farmers can use to increase resilience to extreme weather. Farmers and service providers are invited to five sessions about using weather-based tools 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Jan. 17 at the Augusta Civic Center, Howard Room. The free sessions, to be held during the Maine Agricultural Trades Show, are sponsored […]
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Morning Ag Clips advanced a free workshop on the process of making maple syrup from 9–11 a.m. Jan. 12 at the University of Maine Regional Learning Center in Falmouth. University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Southern Maine Maple Sugarmakers Association will partner to teach participants about identifying and tapping trees, collecting and boiling sap, […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for the article, “How to keep rodents from trashing your vehicle.” Vehicle owners who may not be using a certain vehicle for extended periods of time during the winter should take precautions to prevent rodents from nesting […]
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David Yarborough, a professor of horticulture and wild blueberry specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Associated Press for a report on a possible turnaround for the recently suffering Maine wild blueberry industry. The Maine wild blueberry harvest in 2018 was about 57 million pounds, down almost 11 million pounds from 2017, […]
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The Associated Press quoted Richard Kersbergen, an extension professor of sustainable dairy and forage systems with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in a report on the summer corn harvest. Maine corn grain growers saw the highest yields ever recorded in the 2018 National Corn Growers Association contest, according to Kersbergen, who said it was the […]
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