Links to Other Sites and Resources
Maine:
- UMaine Extension site for new farmers
- List of various Maine ag-related sites courtesy of UMaine Extension Highmoor Farm
- How to Use and Preserve Maine Cranberries (a UMaine Extension online video)
- Maine Board of Pesticides Control
- Maine BPC’s Credit Calendar
- University of Maine Cooperative Extension
- UMaine Extension’s Pest Management Unit
- UMaine’s Analytical Laboratory & Maine Soil Testing Service
Massachusetts:
- The Cranberry Institute (located in Massachusetts but serves the entire North American cranberry industry)
- UMass Cranberry Experiment Station
- Cape Cod Cranberry Growers’ Association
- UMass Soil and Plant Tissue Testing Laboratory
New Jersey:
- Rutgers University: Philip E. Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension (programs in cranberry breeding, entomology, health benefits, plant pathology and plant physiology)
- American Cranberry Growers Association
- The Cranberry Festival of Chatsworth
Wisconsin:
Elsewhere (Additional Sites of Interest):
- Weather Links:
- [pdf] Nitrogen for Bearing Cranberries in North America (Oregon State University)
- [pdf] Phosphorus for Bearing Cranberries in North America (University of Massachusetts)
- [pdf] Cranberry Insect Pest Identification Guide (good photos) (British Columbia)
- Caterpillars of Eastern Forests (pdf) (USDA and US Forest Service)
- Blueberry Gall Midge (Univ. of Florida)
- National Agricultural Statistics Service
- Northeastern IPM Center
- USDA’s National Institute of Food & Agriculture (NIFA)
- Pollination / Bees:
- Maine Department of Agriculture: Apiary Program (Division of Plant Industry)
- Maine State Beekeepers Association
- Maine Honey Bee Suppliers (scroll about halfway down the page once you are there)
- Bumble Bees of the Eastern US (USDA Forest Service)
- Koppert Biological Systems (a commercial bumblebee provider)