Weather-based Crop Management Tools Event – January 17, 2019
Explore weather-based crop management tools January 17 in Augusta
Augusta, Maine — Weather-based crop management tools are a strategy farmers can use to increase resilience to extreme weather. Farmers and service providers are invited to five sessions about using weather-based tools 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. on January 17, 2019 at the Augusta Civic Center, Howard Room, 76 Community Drive, Augusta, Maine.
The free sessions, to be held during the Maine Agricultural Trades Show, are sponsored by the Maine Climate and Agriculture Network, which is organized through UMaine.
Sessions will focus on challenges and opportunities that changing weather in Maine present for agriculture, and a variety of tools to help adapt to weather risks. Individual session topics include Ag-Radar; a tool to inform pest management; efficient irrigation; and a rainfall index insurance program for grassland. Farmers also are invited to share their favorite weather tools during a show-and-tell session. As well, all sessions will include time for participants to provide input on what types of agricultural weather data, forecasts, and tools are needed for Maine.
Pesticide and certified crop adviser credits are available for select sessions. For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact Erin Roche, 207.949.2490, erin.roche@maine.edu.
