The Hire-a-Vet Campaign kick-off event is at the Augusta Civic Center on August 29th.  Please visit Maine Career Center for more information on this event.

To better understand the impacts of climate change on blueberry farms, we asked UMaine Cooperative Extension’s David Yarborough* to reflect on his 40 years of experience advising Maine growers. David has noticed changes in weather patterns during his career, including “both an earlier spring and a later fall” leading to a longer growing season, “more […]

Copies of the 2019-2020 New England Vegetable Management Guide are now available at Highmoor Farm. The guide is designed for commercial growers, and contains the latest information on management control options for the major small fruit pests as well as scouting information. This guide has been significantly revised and updated. We recommend all earlier editions of the […]

July 25, 2019 Thursday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., MOFGA’s Common Kitchen at the Common Ground Education Center, Unity. Fee: $75; $60 for MOFGA members. Join an elite crew of poultry processing professionals for a workshop about how to process poultry. Registration Information on the Poultry Processing Workshop.

July 23, 2019 Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. UNH Extension Coös County Office, 629A Main Street, Lancaster, NH There is no cost for the workshop. This two-part workshop will reflect upon what has been done so far, what’s working (or not working) and what changes can still be implemented this season to increase sales. […]

July 20, 2019 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Shaw Road Farm, 283 Shaw Road, Garland There will be a presentation on reducing stress in cattle by Colt Knight, UMaine Extension livestock specialist.  Also, A live demonstration of Shaw Road Farm’s practices of separating three beef animals from a herd of approximately 50. The Cooksons, will discuss how […]

Direct Marketing at Frinklepod Farm Tuesday, July 9, 2019 Frinklepod Farm 244 Log Cabin Rd, Arundel 5:30 p.m. tour; 6 p.m. discussion For more information contact Anna at amueller@mofga.org Direct-to-consumer marketing and education: How can farmers market their product in this day and age in a way that tells their authentic story, creates engaging experiences for […]

July 3, 2019 Wednesday, 5 p.m. New Roots Cooperative Farm, 954 College Road, Lewiston Potluck to follow Come see New Roots Cooperative Farm, a New American-owned cooperative in practice and learn about worker co-op farms, farmland co-ops, marketing co-ops, labor co-ops and equipment sharing co-ops. You’ll learn about cooperative economic structure, democratic decision-making, and distribution […]

As part of a new collaboration between UMaine Extension and the Climate Change Institute, we are hoping you (farmers) could help us understand where and what weather data you use on a daily basis by answering a few questions in this quick 8 question survey: Weather Tool Survey More project information: Lily Calderwood (Extension Wild […]

WASHINGTON, June 13, 2019 — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announces that signup begins June 17 for the new Dairy Margin Coverage(DMC) program, the cornerstone program of the dairy safety net that helps dairy producers manage the volatility of milk and feed prices, operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA). Read […]