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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The University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer was featured in News Center Maine and Daily Express reports on heat records worldwide. Nearly the entire planet was labeled red this week, meaning most of the world experienced hotter-than-average temperatures for late July. The effects of the heatwave include wildfires in Greece, forest fires in […]
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The Machias Valley News Observer reported the University of Maine at Machias is a partner in a project to protect downtown Machias from increasing flooding events. The other partners are the Town of Machias and the Washington County Council of Governments. Members of the public learned about the Machias Waterfront Resilience & Renewal Study at […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Erik Blomberg, an assistant professor of wildlife, fisheries and conservation biology at the University of Maine, for an article about a recent study of ruffed grouse. Blomberg was a collaborator on the study, along with biologists from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) and other UMaine researchers. […]
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Jordan LaBouff, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show focused on why it is difficult for people to admit when they are wrong, and how that relates to conflict and divisiveness in modern society.
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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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The Bangor Daily News, News Center Maine, WABI (Channel 5), WVII (Channel 7) and Q1065.fm reported on the completion of a new mural in Bangor painted by artist and University of Maine undergraduate student Liam Reading. Spanning two walls of the Together Place Peer Run Recovery Center at 150 Union St., the mural depicts famous […]
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