Complete your registration today! Get Real. Get Maine! Promotes Maine food, farms and forests. Questions about registration? Please email us. New for 2018! We have some benchmarks and related pilot programs for 2018 to help connect consumers and attendees with Maine farmers during Open Farm Day 2018. This includes: an online map, a printable passport, […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct its end of season surveys for 2017 fruit and berry production beginning in April 2018. The surveys will collect information about acres, production and prices from more than 3,000 growers in the Northeastern region of the United States. In these survey, NASS asks […]

Maine Cooperative Extension would like to understand how you control woodchucks as part of the “Methods to manage woodchucks on your property” project. The project involves collecting information about methods that people have used to control woodchucks (also known as groundhogs) on their property, including reasons why people use or do not use particular methods. […]

The National Extension Tourism (NET) Design Team is compiling an inventory of Extension tourism-related programs in each state. Many Educators work directly with programs and partners that connect to tourism, despite not having a named tourism program in a given state. Examples include agritourism, farm to fork initiatives, brewery or winery trails. You are receiving […]

Due to the snowstorm forecast for this Thursday, March 8th, the 2018 Maine Grain Conference has been cancelled. We are working to schedule a webinar with some of the speakers. Others’ talks will be posted on our UMaine Extension Grains & Oilseeds website. Stay tuned for more info. Full refunds will be processed automatically for […]

Learn how to identify invasive plants that might be growing on your property. With the leaves off the trees, now is a great time to find some invasive plants that might be otherwise hidden, such as Asiatic bittersweet vines snaking through a tree’s canopy. Take a walk through your property and flag invasive woody plants. […]

It’s not too late to be counted in the 2017 Census of Agriculture. Every five years, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts the Census of Agriculture. Questionnaires were mailed to all known farmers in beginning in December 2017. NASS is following up with those that have not returned their questionnaires but farmers can […]

News Release Fiscal Year 2018 grant program addresses natural resource concerns in Forestry, Aquatic Organism Conservation, Soil Health and Pollinator Conservation. Do you have an idea that could improve conservation in Maine? The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is announcing availability of Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) to stimulate the local development and adoption of […]

There are several upcoming events! Including: Maine Vegetable and Fruit Schools Southern Aroostook County SWCD Winter Ag Schools 2018 Wild Blueberry Spring Meetings & Field Days and many additional options For details on these events and many other upcoming credit opportunities, visit the Board of Pesticides Control credit calendar If you have any questions please […]

Copies of the 2018-2019 New England Vegetable Management Guide are now available at Highmoor Farm. The guide contains the latest information on management control options for the major vegetable pests as well as scouting information. This guide has been significantly revised and updated. We recommend all earlier editions of the guide be discarded, in favor […]