Centralmaine.com posted the University of Maine Cooperative Extension release about Maine AgrAbility’s resource for farmers who hire workers with disabilities. “Tips for Farmers Who Hire Individuals with Disabilities” offers guidance throughout the process, including identifying goals and expectations, understanding limitations, safety and health considerations, and developing adaptations for workers for successful outcomes.
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Morning Ag Clips, the Daily Bulldog and Bangor Daily News shared a media release that University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s hay and straw directory is being updated with feed resources available for the 2020 harvest. UMaine Extension professor Rick Kersbergen encouraged those who purchase hay for livestock to line up sources of feed now to ensure […]
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Hay and forage producers in Maine have experienced major swings in weather the past two years. Excessive rain delayed harvests last season, which reduced quality. And this year excessively dry conditions in some parts of the state are reducing yields for second and third cuttings. University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s hay and straw directory, in […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a free, five-part livestock nutrition webinar series beginning 6–8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6. The series continues Thursdays through Sept. 3. Topics include basic nutrition needs of beef cattle, small ruminants, pigs and poultry, as well as processing expectations. Colt Knight, UMaine Extension assistant professor and state livestock specialist, […]
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Maine AgrAbility has a new resource for farmers hiring workers with disabilities. “Tips for Farmers Who Hire Individuals with Disabilities” provides guidance throughout the process, including identifying goals and expectations, understanding limitations, safety and health considerations, and developing adaptations for workers for successful outcomes. UMaine Extension bulletins may be ordered or downloaded from the publications […]
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Sustainability experts from the University of Maine will advise a governor’s council on how efforts to combat climate change could support historically underrepresented populations in the state. The Maine Climate Council tapped the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions to assist with its efforts to improve equity outcomes of the state Climate Action […]
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Citizen science is a powerful tool for assessing the risk of environmental contamination, according to a new assessment of a nationwide project initiated at the University of Maine. The Dragonfly Mercury Project encourages students, volunteers and visitors of National Parks to collect dragonfly larvae to measure mercury levels in water bodies. The continental-scale study is […]
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Water is essential for life. And Anne Lausier and Shaleen Jain say a reevaluation and refocusing of the ways that water resources are managed are urgently needed. Equity should be a foundational tenet of management, they say, especially today when there are unprecedented pressures on Earth’s freshwater resources and ecosystems. Toward that goal, Lausier and […]
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A story on Good Morning America’s website about Black students experiencing racism in college Greek life cited a 2019 study by Kathleen Gillon, assistant professor of higher education at the University of Maine. Historically Black fraternities and sororities launched in the early 1900s when traditional social organizations excluded BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) […]
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WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist Jim Dill about the emerald ash borer that has been spotted this summer in Edmundston and parts of northern Maine. The invasive, metallic green beetles are a devastating threat to ash trees, and since its discovery in the United States […]
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