UMaine News

A report on Maine Public Broadcasting Network radio features University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor of sustainable dairy and forage systems Rick Kersbergen, who is involved in a U.S. Department of Agriculture study on improving the marketability of organic milk. Kersbergen said the study looks at trying to decipher what forages and what pasture mixes […]

University of Maine Cooperative Extension blueberry specialist David Yarborough was interviewed for an Associated Press article about this year’s bountiful blueberry crop. The report appeared in the Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News and on Channel 6 (WCSH). Yarborough said he estimates this year’s crop will yield between 90 million to 95 million pounds of […]

The Maine Sunday Telegram interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension ornamental horticulturist Lois Berg Stack for a column about early blooming garden flowers. Stack said although some flowers may have blossomed early this year, plenty of late summer and fall flowers have yet to bloom. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756

The weekly Free Press of midcoast Maine interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension fruit and vegetable specialist David Handley about growing hops for beer. Handley said people who want to grow hops should be cautious and keep in mind that in the  early 1900s, exacerbated by the region’s moist climate, an outbreak of downy mildew […]

In a report on the advance of the emerald ash borer beetle in New England, the Portland Press Herald noted University of Maine Cooperative Extension information about the impact of the ash tree in Maine. The fruit of the ash tree provides food for animals such as quail, wild turkey, grouse, grosbeaks and other songbirds, […]

Frank Drummond, a UMaine professor of insect ecology and insect pest management and a University of Maine Cooperative Extension entomologist, was interviewed for a Portland Press Herald feature story on mason bees, which are small, passive pollinators considered more effective than honey bees. Drummond, UMaine botanist Alison Dibble, Ph.D., and graduate students Kalyn Bickerman and […]

University of Maine Cooperative Extension marine professional and Maine Healthy Beaches program staff member Keri Lindberg, who also works with the UMaine-based Maine Sea Grant, was interviewed as part of a Maine Public Broadcasting Network “Mainewatch” feature on the state’s coastal beach monitoring program. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756

Comments from Alan Majka, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator, were included in a Project Economy report by Portland TV station WMTW about changes over the years in food packaging. Majka, a registered dietician, said one way consumers can deal with confusion over package sizes is to look at the unit price. Contact: Jessica […]