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Grow smart maine meeting resceduled

Respirator fit-testing- Corrected bulletin Certification Training Clarification: Under the Worker Protection Standard, WPS, applicators using a WPS-labeled pesticide with labeling requiring a respirator be worn, must complete and keep records of the following before using the product or a respirator: Medical evaluation Annual respirator fit testing, and Annual respirator training Respirator Fit Testing- Monday January […]

UMaine 8th Maine Invasive Species Network Annual Meeting Please mark your calendars for the 2018 Maine Invasive Species Network Annual Meeting: Friday, March 16 at Maple Hill Inn & Conference Center in Hallowell 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Approved for 4 pesticide applicator recertification credits). Registration details should be out in February. Please feel free […]

2018 Maine Motorcoach Network Profile Book Deadline – December 28, 2017 The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is working with the Maine Office of Tourism to promote Agri-tourism opportunities in Maine. Agri-tourism businesses should consider a listing in the Maine Motorcoach Network 2018 annual profile book. The annual profile book is a great resource […]

Farmer Resources 2nd Annual Agricultural Career Fair to be held on January 9th at Ag Trades Show The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, in collaboration with the Maine Department of Labor (DOL), are pleased to announce the return of the Agricultural Career Fair, to be held at the Agricultural Trades Show in Augusta, […]

Ag Trades Show to be held January 9-11, 2018 Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Bookmark and Share Farmer Resources Registration Open for 77th Maine Agricultural Trades Show Please join the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry at the Augusta Civic Center, January 9th, 10th, and 11th, 2018, as […]

Maine Farm Bureau Legislative Action Alert! ATTEND THE HEARING, CALL STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS! Please call the legislators on the ACF Committee and your state representative and senator TODAY and tell them: Save the Maine Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. There MUST be a fix or the USDA will shut down the program. Maintain Maine’s […]

This announcement is also posted with color pictures on the Highmoor Farm Spotted Wing Drosophila web blog at https://extension.umaine.edu/highmoor/blog/tag/spotted-wing-drosophila/, where you can subscribe to updates. Please keep us abreast of any email address changes. Thank you. SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA ALERT: OCTOBER 10, 2017 David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist; […]

Silent Night Evergreens Named NCTA’s 2017 Grand Champion Christmas Tree Grower – A Balsam Fir Christmas Tree grown by David and Jim Chapman of Silent Night Evergreens, located in Endeavor, Wisconsin, was awarded the 2017 Grand Champion at the National Christmas Tree Association’s (NCTA) 2017 National Christmas Tree Contest. As growers of the Grand Champion […]

Browntail Moth Flight Have you seen fat, fuzzy white moths around your lights over the past three weeks? If so they may be Browntail Moths (they have brown bodies). The Maine Forest Service, Maine Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Conservation, would like your help in tracking the moth flight. Please go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/mebrowntail to fill out a […]