Agricultural research updates webinar to be held March 10

New cooking webinars to be offered March 9 and 23

Sessions provided by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension.

4-H virtual science cafés start to March 2

The webinars are free; registration is required for each session.

UMaine Extension to offer agricultural industry updates Feb. 24

UMaine Extension to offer farmers’ control options for rodents, wildlife Feb. 23

UMaine Extension 4-H sustainable fisheries club registration ends Feb. 15

UMaine Extension offers research updates for agricultural industry

New invasive insect damages broccoli, similar veggies

An insect found last year in Franklin County, swede midge, poses an economic threat to those raising broccoli, cauliflower and other members of the brassica family.

As coronavirus spread changes life, central Mainers rediscovering what local farms have to offer

Central Maine farmers are finding new customers and demand, while wondering what impact the coronavirus pandemic will have on the industry in the future.

Without restaurants to buy their goods, farmers turn to consumers

A Waldoboro cheesemaker made a spreadsheet of Maine farms and what they have to sell. Before you could say local lamb, University of Maine Cooperative Extension turned it into a website.