Cooperative Extension Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

Gabe Brown, farmer and rancher from Bismarck, North Dakota, will deliver the keynote address at the Maine Grass Farmers Network annual conference scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 21 at Kennebec Valley Community College, 92 Western Ave., Fairfield. Brown, a pioneer of soil conservation farming, practices integration of crop and livestock production […]

Youth in grades K–12 are invited to learn about horses with large animal veterinarians at a University of Maine 4-H Science Saturday workshop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 4 at the J.F. Witter Teaching and Research Center, 160 University Farm Road, Orono. Youth will learn to use stethoscopes on a model of a […]

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a free seminar about protecting poultry from disease 10 a.m.–noon Saturday, March 14, at the UMaine Extension Penobscot County office, 307 Maine Ave., Bangor. Information for current and future backyard poultry keepers will include backyard biosecurity, recognizing diseases and National Poultry Improvement Plan participation. For more information and […]

James Dill, a pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for an article about the state’s increase in Lyme disease cases and the new research lab at UMaine that will help with treatment. In November, voters approved an $8 million bond to the University of Maine […]

The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News, Inside Higher Ed, Maine Public Broadcasting Network, Portland Press Herald and WLBZ (Channel 2) reported voters approved Question 2 on the Maine ballot. The bond will give $8 million to the University of Maine Cooperative Extension to build a new animal and plant disease and insect control laboratory. The […]

Question 2 on the Maine ballot was mentioned in reports by the Maine Public Broadcasting Network and Portland Press Herald. The bond would give $8 million to the University of Maine Cooperative Extension to build a new animal and plant disease and insect control laboratory. John Rebar, executive director of UMaine Extension, and Jim Dill, […]

The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece written by University of Maine President Susan Hunter, titled “‘Yes’ on Question 2 is a vote for Maine’s health, safety.” Question 2 on the November ballot will ask Maine voters to approve an $8 million bond for animal and plant diagnostic services. The bond would allow the […]

WVII (Channel 7) spoke with John Rebar, executive director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about Question 2 on the November ballot that will ask Maine voters to approve an $8 million bond for animal and plant diagnostic services. UMaine Extension’s current facility was built in the 1940s and is not biosecure, according to […]

The Working Waterfront spoke with John Rebar, executive director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and Anne Lichtenwalner, director of UMaine’s Animal Health Laboratory, about Question 2 on the November ballot that will ask Maine voters to approve an $8 million bond for animal and plant diagnostic services. The bond would allow UMaine Extension […]

The Bangor Daily News published the editorial, “Yes on Question 2: Why it’s worth it to have a lab that tests ticks, moose and more,” about a bond that asks voters to support giving $8 million to the University of Maine Cooperative Extension to build a new animal and plant disease and insect control laboratory. […]