Dumas promotes cooking with rutabagas in BDN story
Rob Dumas, University of Maine food science innovation coordinator, talked with the Bangor Daily News about preparing and cooking with rutabagas.
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BDN interviews Lichtenwalner about keeping chicken coops clean in winter
The Bangor Daily News interviewed Anne Lichtenwalner, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension associate professor and director of the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, about using deep litter chicken bedding to help keep coops clean and flocks healthy in winter.
Read moreDumas promotes use of eggnog in cooking in BDN story
Rob Dumas, University of Maine food science innovation coordinator, talked with the Bangor Daily News about adding eggnog in recipes that call for dairy, eggs and spices.
Read moreDumas speaks with BDN about cooking with fennel
Rob Dumas, a University of Maine food science innovation coordinator, talked with the Bangor Daily News about using fennel to elevate home cooking.
Read morePen Bay Pilot notes UMaine, Extension help with drought survey
The Penobscot Bay Pilot noted that the University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture, in collaboration with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will help the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry administer the Maine Drought and Agriculture Survey. The survey will help them research how drought has affected farming operations over the past […]
Read moreBDN interviews Dumas about preparing, cooking hazelnuts
The Bangor Daily News talked with Rob Dumas, University of Maine food science innovation coordinator, about preparing hazelnuts for roasting and for use as an ingredient.
Read moreMorning Ag reports on dairy herd awards for Witter Center
Morning Ag Clips reported that the University of Maine J. F. Witter Teaching and Research Center has received a 2020 Progressive Breeders Registry Award and a 2020 Progressive Genetics Herd Award from the Holstein Association USA.
Read moreMedia report on development of genomic tools for potato breeding
The Penobscot Bay Pilot, Morning Ag Clips and Potato News Today featured a University of Maine news release highlighting the development of genomic tools for breeding economically important polyploid crops. Greg Porter, a University of Maine professor of crop ecology and management, and E. Han Tan, an assistant professor of plant genetics, will focus on reducing the timeline for […]
Read moreWitter Center’s herd ranked among best in the nation
The Holstein Association USA announced this month that the dairy herd at the University of Maine’s J.F. Witter Teaching and Research Center will receive the 2020 Progressive Breeders Registry Award and the 2020 Progressive Genetics Herd Award. The Breeders Registry award is granted to approximately 10% of eligible herds, and the Genetics award is given […]
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Experts contribute to Maine’s plan for climate action
The Maine Climate Council released its four-year plan for climate action Tuesday, the same day 60-mph wind gusts were battering the state. As Council member Ivan Fernandez remarked during the public release of the report that the five hottest years in Earth’s recorded history were the last five, the temperature in a number of communities […]
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