Paul Schultz will host a free military veteran farm field day 1–3 p.m. Sunday, May 15, at King Hill Farm, 29 Faerie Kingdom Road, Penobscot. Schultz, a military veteran and farmer, owns and operates a certified organic farm with his wife, Amanda Provencher. The field day is intended to give current and prospective growers and […]
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Holstein Association USA, the world’s largest dairy cattle breed organization, has verified the recent production record of UM Eden Padme as a new Maine state record for butterfat production in her age group. Padme is a member of the dairy herd at the University of Maine’s J.F. Witter Teaching and Research Center in Orono. At […]
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Renae Moran, a tree fruit specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was interviewed by the Maine Public Broadcasting Network for the report, “Maine peach crop fails to survive winter.” About 90 percent or more of the Northeastern peach crop from Rhode Island and Connecticut to New Hampshire and Maine didn’t survive the cold […]
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Advice from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension was included in a Farm and Dairy article on how to attract native bees to your yard and garden. The article included a list of plant types — recommended by UMaine Extension and other institutions — that can attract bees by providing nectar. UMaine Extension also suggests […]
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David Fuller, an agriculture and nontimber forest products professional and fiddlehead expert with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about northern Maine entrepreneurs who are in the fiddlehead business. Fuller, who has spent years studying fiddleheads, spoke about the importance of sustainability when harvesting a wild […]
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WABI (Channel 5) interviewed Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about the risk of Zika virus in Maine. Dill said it’s unlikely anyone will contract the virus in Maine this summer, adding the mosquito species known to carry the disease isn’t found here, and mosquito surveillance efforts […]
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A University of Maine Cooperative Extension bulletin written by Jim Dill, a pest management specialist, and Clay Kirby, an insect diagnostician, was cited in a Kennebec Journal article about a reported bedbug infestation in Augusta boarding houses. According to the bulletin, bedbugs are making a comeback in the United States. The pests are brown, flat […]
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Fosters.com reported tickets will go on sale May 20 for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension “diggin’ it” Garden Tour. The self-guided tour will be held 10 a.m.–4 p.m. July 23. It will feature seven distinctive gardens and farms — all owned, managed or created with input by UMaine Master Gardener Volunteers in York County […]
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The public is invited to participate in a project to expand knowledge about wild leeks in Maine and improve opportunities for the conservation of the species. Wild leeks (Allium tricoccum) are part of the onion family and grow in rich hardwood and floodplain forests. Also known as ramps, they are listed as a Species of […]
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Morning Ag Clips published a University of Maine Cooperative Extension news release announcing a five-session course on raised bed and container gardening which begins 9–11 a.m. May 18 at the Somerset County Extension office in Skowhegan. UMaine Extension staff and Master Gardener volunteers will lead the hands-on series; remaining sessions will be held June 15, […]
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