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Cooperative Extension: New Farmers

QuickBooks for Farms – Intermediate

Online

SCORE Maine and University of Maine Cooperative Extension are pleased to offer this QuickBooks workshop series tailored to small farms and agriculture businesses. This free, single-session intermediate workshop will cover recording fixed assets & depreciation, recording new loans & payments, reconciling year-end loan balances with lenders and using journal entries in QuickBooks Online. QuickBooks will […]

Free

Feathered Homestead: A Comprehensive Guide to Raising Backyard Chickens in Maine

Are you new to keeping chickens, or have you been keeping chickens and want to learn more? Join Dr. Colt W. Knight, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Livestock Specialist and Mrs. Ashley, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, for a 2 hour "egg-citing" educational program on brooding chicks at home and raising laying hens in Maine. […]

$12

Farm Practices for Managing Water Webinar

Online

This webinar will focus on soil health and engineering practices that can help farmers mitigate the negative effects of too much water. Participants will learn an overview of techniques, and important considerations for implementing these practices and will see how a Maine farm has employed some of these methods to fit the scale and goal […]

Basics of Composting: From Scraps to Soil

UMaine Gardens at Tidewater Farm 200 Presumpscot Point Rd, Falmouth, Maine

Interested in turning your food scraps and waste into nourishment for your plants? For more information and to register, visit the Tidewater Farm Events page.

$5 – $15

Planting an Herb Garden Workshop

UMaine Gardens at Tidewater Farm 200 Presumpscot Point Rd, Falmouth, Maine

Meet the gardeners at the Tidewater Farm Herb Garden, learn about popular herbs and how to grow them and develop a plan for your own garden space. Refreshments and recipes […]

$5 – $15

Tractor Safety

Come join UMaine Extension and the Maine New Farmers Project on May 7, 2024, from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at KVCC in Hinckley, Maine for a farm visit about Tractor Safety […]

Free

Maine Meat Cutting School

UMaine Hitchner Hall Orono, Maine

A Three-Day Course in Professional Meat Cutting/Processing The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is working with the School of Food and Agriculture, the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, and […]

$500

Tax Implications for Farm Transitions Webinar

Online

Decisions regarding farm property transfer are critical in estate, retirement, and succession planning. Making the best decisions starts with understanding the different ways of transferring property ownership and the common […]

Maine Sheep and Goat School

Wolfe's Next Center 184 Burnett Road, Freeport, Maine

New to sheep or goats? This workshop covers important topics for successful sheep and goat ownership and production. University of Maine Cooperative Extension is working with Maine Department of Agriculture, […]

$50 – $120
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