News Center Maine reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is accepting tick submissions from people across the state to identify what type of tick they are and to see if they carry diseases. Since April 1, UMaine Extension has received about 1,500 ticks and tested around 900. They found about 45 percent of the […]
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Hello Homestead, an offshoot of the Bangor Daily News, interviewed Kate Garland, a horticultural professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about how to plant a fall vegetable garden. Fall gardens can supply fresh produce late in the season, and cool temperatures in late summer and fall can add sweetness to some […]
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Pamela Hargest, a horticultural professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was a recent guest on Maine Public‘s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show addressed listener questions about summer gardening, including tips on planting, weeding, pruning and picking. The program was posted online along with UMaine Extension resources — a plant identification submission form and […]
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The Lincoln County News spoke with David Handley, a vegetable and small fruit specialist and cooperating professor of horticulture with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for a report on this year’s strawberry season. Strawberry farmers in Lincoln County are reporting a late and short season that is already coming to a close, the article states. […]
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Hello Homestead, whose parent company is the Bangor Daily News, and WABI (Channel 5) featured GPS Cows, a collaborative project involving the University of Maine, in which high school students build cow collars with built-in global positioning systems, then collect, analyze and present data about grazing ruminants. “Large-scale farming is increasingly digital,” said Colt Knight, […]
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WABI (Channel 5) interviewed Griffin Dill and Thomas Rounsville about testing done at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab, which is part of the Pest Management Unit within the Cooperative Extension Diagnostic and Research Laboratory. Maine residents can have ticks tested for pathogens for $15 per sample. “We can get a good idea […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed James McConnon and David Marcinkowski for its story about cheesemakers forming a Midcoast Cheese Trail, similar to the wine, beer and ice cream trails in Maine. McConnon, University of Maine Extension business and economics specialist and professor of economics, told the BDN that agritourism is a natural fit for the […]
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Morning Ag Clips and The Piscataquis Observer posted a University of Maine Cooperative Extension release about the Aug. 6 Food Preservation Hands-on Workshop at the Piscataquis County office, 165 East Main St., Dover-Foxcroft. Learn to can and freeze garden vegetables and how to use a water bath canner to preserve pickles, jam and vegetables. For […]
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James Dill, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist, was a source for The Associated Press article “Benevolent or fearsome? Yellow jackets can be both.” Yellow jackets, which have a supportive role in gardening, can be dangerous for families and pets, according to the article. “Their nests are usually small and placed under […]
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Maine Public interviewed David Handley about the impact of the cold, wet, spring on the harvest of high-bush and wild blueberries. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension vegetable and small fruit specialist says the harvest is between 10 days and two weeks late and he suggested that people call the farms at which they pick […]
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