Morning Ag Clips published a University of Maine Cooperative news release announcing a Dec. 18 dairy forage conference on growing corn silage in a changing climate. UMaine Extension will host the daylong event at Governor’s Restaurant in Waterville. The conference will focus on management techniques, variety selection and environmental stewardship to help producers grow healthier, […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on a $17,500 grant from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection that was awarded to Bó Lait dairy farm and Scrapdogs Community Compost. The grant allows the companies to work together to produce nutrient-dense compost and take food scraps out of the waste stream, according to the article. Travis Blackmer, […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the North American Maple Syrup Council recently announced that Kathryn Hopkins, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator, will be inducted into its Maple Hall of Fame. Hopkins is one of the creators of the International Maple Syrup Institute Maple Grading School, which has helped the industry make strides in […]
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The Associated Press, Mainebiz, WABI (Channel 5) and Fiddlehead Focus reported the Caribou Russet potato, developed by the University of Maine, is now available in more stores throughout New England. The Caribou Russet first went to market in the fall of 2016 and has seen its popularity explode in the last two years, according to […]
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University of Maine students Will Carter and Austin Cashman visited the studio of WABI (Channel 5) to speak about their research project, Undiscovered Maine. The project, which involves Maine Business School faculty and students, aims to provide opportunities for students to learn web and social media strategies as well as organizational, management and marketing skills […]
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WVII (Channel 7) spoke with the University of Maine’s Habib Dagher, executive director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, and James Anderson, senior research and development program manager at the UMaine Composites Center, about using 3D printing for boatbuilding. The center recently received $500,000 from the Maine Technology Institute to form a technology cluster […]
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Developing tools and information resources to help small to medium-size farms in New England address climate change-related issues that affect productivity, including changes in growing season, drought risks and new pests, is the focus of a new University of Maine research project. The initiative is part of a nearly $500,000, three-year grant to the University […]
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Weed management strategies for organic vegetable growers, including challenges to implementing them, will be the focus of a more than $1.9 million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to the University of Maine. The research will be led by Eric Gallandt, a UMaine professor of weed ecology […]
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Jim McConnon, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension specialist and professor of economics at UMaine, spoke with the Kennebec Journal for an article about the 38th annual Fall Holiday Arts and Craft Fair that was held in Augusta. McConnon, who studies small businesses with 1–5 employees, said these businesses make up more than a fifth […]
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A new collaboration among researchers at the University of Maine and Saint Joseph’s College of Maine was included in a Bangor Daily News business roundup. The researchers plan to work with seafood wholesaler Ready Seafood Inc. of Portland to create an environment where a soft-shell lobster can turn into a hard-shell one after it has […]
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