Natural Resources Council of Maine reported on the gardening outreach program partnership between the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine State Prison. Selected inmates at the prison tend a vegetable garden on the grounds, and the produce is used in the prison’s kitchen or donated to local food banks, NRCM reports. The inmates […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Clay Kirby, a pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article on earwigs and ways to discourage the pests. “With the fierce appearance of these things, they certainly have some stigma associated with them,” Kirby said. The article clarifies that concerns about the insects burrowing […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Barbara Baker, an associate professor with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and Sheila Norman, a community education assistant for the Cooperative Extension, for a report on the Bangor State Fair. This year’s fair, located at Bass Park and running July 27—Aug. 5, is a family-friendly event featuring many classic […]
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The Daily Bulldog and Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel previewed a University of Maine Cooperative Extension class on harvesting and drying wild garlic. The class will be held from 5–6 p.m. Aug. 6 at the Hope Harvest Garden in Farmington, the Daily Bulldog reports. It will be led by Extension agriculture and non-timber forest products specialist […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension has a new guide for conventional and organic field corn growers on how to control weeds, American Agriculturist reports. The publication offers guidelines for both chemical and nonchemical methods of weed management. “New England Guide to Weed Control in Field Corn” was developed by John Jemison, a professor of […]
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The Bangor Daily News quoted Linda Trickey, a livestock specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and Jim Dwyer, a crops specialist with the Cooperative Extension, in an article on the impact of this season’s dry spell on crops. The northern part of Aroostook County is experiencing abnormally dry conditions. Temperatures have been above […]
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WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) quoted Sean Birkel, Maine’s state climatologist and a research assistant professor at the University of Maine, and Ellen Mallory, an associate professor with the Cooperative Extension and the School of Food and Agriculture at UMaine, in a report on Maine’s climate future. The average temperature in Maine has risen by […]
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The Forecaster interviewed Griffin Dill, a pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article on a woman who has become an educational activist after being bitten by a lone star tick and developing a red meat allergy. Patty O’Brien Carrier was bitten by the tick in August while working in […]
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Morning Ag Clips and the Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel published a University of Maine announcement about an online Maine hay directory offered by the UMaine Cooperative Extension. Consumers can use the resource “to find quality feed for their animals,” said Rick Kersbergen, an Extension professor of sustainable dairy and forage systems, and sellers can list […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension offers the online Maine hay directory as a means to connect buyers and sellers of Maine hay products. “It is important for livestock farmers to find quality feed for their animals,” says Rick Kersbergen, Extension professor of sustainable dairy and forage systems. “Quality forages are the backbone of any feeding […]
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