UMaine News

UMaine Cooperative Extension is set to begin a four-session workshop “From Recipe to Market: Cashing in on Value-Added Opportunities,” on Thursday in Farmington.  A Lewiston Sun Journal story previews the sessions and includes comments from Extension faculty member Beth Calder.  Her Extension colleagues Jim McConnon and Marc Edwards will also teach parts of the workshop.

A column in the Morning Sentinel highlighted UMaine Cooperative Extension’s master gardening courses. The classes help gardeners get the most from their gardens.

A Saturday Lewiston Sun Journal story reported on issues related to bed bugs at a Lewiston-area hospital.  The story provides a link to a UMaine Cooperative Extension video with Extension pest management specialist Jim Dill providing advice about avoiding infestation.

UMaine Cooperative Extension blueberry specialist David Yarborough told the Ellsworth American the blueberry crop is expected to be down this year, but the reduction in supply will likely drive up prices. Yarborough also said Maine’s wild blueberry crop is expected to be one of the smallest since 2005. The Maine crop was affected by an […]

Charlie Armstrong of the UMaine Cooperative Extension faculty tells WLBZ/WCSH television that the Maine fall cranberry harvest is predicted at 20,000 barrells, or 2 million pounds. That’s about the same as last year’s yield.

Comments from John Jemison of the UMaine Cooperative Extensoin faculty are included in a Portland Press Herald story about a biotech company’s efforts to gain approval for genetically altered salmon.  Jemison, a water quality specialist who has extensively studied issues related to genetically engineered crops, provided some big-picture perspectives on these issues from his perspective […]

Contact: Kate Yerxa, (207) 581-3109 or kate.yerxa@maine.edu ORONO — For many adults and children, the idea of Halloween without candy is a frightening one. But Kate Yerxa of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension says there are several ways to both limit the amount of post-Halloween candy sitting around the house and also cut down […]

Renae Moran of the UMaine Cooperative Extension faculty was quoted in a Kennebec Journal report based on a new RSU 11 (Gardiner area) adult education course featuring content for people interested in fruit tree agriculture.  Moran, who helps teach the course, is based at UMaine’s Highmoor Farm in Monmouth.

Barbara Murphy of UMaine Cooperative Extension was featured in a Tuesday WLBZ/WCSH television report about whether it’s advisable or necessary to rake the leaves that fall on lawns during the fall.  She says it’s a matter of personal preference, but that there does not seem to be any real advantage gained from nutrients that might […]