Cooperative Extension

Twilight soil health tour in Windham

University of Maine Cooperative Extension is partnering with New Hampshire Strafford and Rockingham counties conservation districts for a twilight soil health tour 5–7 p.m. Aug. 29, at Bumbleroot Organic Farm in Windham. The free event includes a tour of the cover crop-based no-till tarping trial plots, demonstrations of farming equipment and implements, and a discussion […]

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WGME interviews Moran about growing peaches in Maine

WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) spoke with Renae Moran, an associate professor of pomology at the University of Maine and a fruit tree specialist with UMaine Cooperative Extension, for a report about growing peaches in Maine. While it has been a good year for Maine peach growers, many varieties don’t handle the winters very well, […]

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Dill speaks with BDN about deer flies, horse flies

The Bangor Daily News interviewed Jim Dill, a pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for the article, “Why deer flies and horse flies are such dreaded summer pests.” “Their mouthparts are described as knife-like or scissor-like,” Dill said. “They basically slash their way in [to your skin]. They have a saliva […]

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Mechanical weed control field day at Rogers Farm Sept. 12

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will hold a mechanical weed control field day 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Sept. 12 at Rogers Farm in Old Town.  Designed for farmers, crop advisers and others in the agricultural community, this hands-on event will feature tool demonstrations and research results for vegetable and field crop production from local, national and […]

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UMaine Extension offers mediation training program

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a 40-hour basic mediation training beginning 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Sept. 23 at the University of Maine, 1 York Complex. The training continues at the same location Sept. 24–25 and Oct. 2–3. The hands-on, interactive training will include demonstrations, discussions, exercises, videos and role-play practice with mediation scenarios. Scheduled […]

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Garland speaks with WABI about Field Day at Rogers Farm 

Kate Garland, a horticultural professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, visited the studio of WABI (Channel 5) to speak about the annual Field Day at Rogers Farm demonstration garden in Old Town. The UMaine Extension Master Gardener Volunteers program will host the free event 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Sept. 7, rain or shine. Activities include […]

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Advertiser Democrat uses information from Tick Lab

The Advertiser Democrat utilized information from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab in the second part of its three-part series about tick identification, disease and encounter prevention. The article is titled “Ticked off: Avoid, protect, check, remove.”

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Daily Bulldog highlights 4-H Summer of Science program

The Daily Bulldog wrote about a 4-H Summer of Science activity — building catapults to launch pom poms across a carpeted floor — led by Tara Marble at the Farmington Public Library. Marble is youth coordinator for Franklin County’s 4-H program, which is part of University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Each week, participants explore a […]

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