Author: <span>Gary Fisher</span>

Animal Health Officials Remind Bird Owners to Protect Flocks from HPAI  Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry sent this bulletin at 11/25/2022 09:34 AM EST View as a webpage  /  Share Animal Health Program For Immediate Release November 25, 2022 Media contact: Jim Britt Animal Health Officials Remind Bird Owners to Protect Flocks from HPAI  […]

Come Meet the Candidate’s for Governor of Maine   Hear each of the gubernatorial candidates speak about the issues impacting Maine’s agricultural sector and engage in a question & answer session about some of the challenges facing Maine farmers and the potential solutions that would be proposed by the next governor. Each Candidate has their […]

Maine Collecting Unwanted Pesticides Free of Charge Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry sent this bulletin at 08/22/2022 02:09 PM EDT View as a webpage  /  Share Board of Pesticides Control For Immediate Release  August 22, 2022 Contacts: Karla Boyd, Jim Britt Maine Collecting Unwanted Pesticides Free of Charge Augusta, MAINE – The Obsolete Pesticide Collection […]

Agricultural Applicator Recertification Meeting Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry sent this bulletin at 08/22/2022 03:52 PM EDT View as a webpage  /  Share Board of Pesticides Control Pesticide Safety, Labels and Worker Protection Standard Virtual Recertification Meeting The Maine Board of Pesticides Control in cooperation with UMaine Cooperative Extension will be hosting a […]

View as a webpage  /  Share Animal Health Program For Immediate ReleaseJuly 1, 2022 Media Contact: Jim Britt Maine Animal Health Officials Issue Update Regarding Poultry Swaps and Exhibitions In Response to Bird Flu Cases AUGUSTA- Today, due to another detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Maine in a small, non-commercial group of […]

Board Of Pesticides Control Public Hearing For Rulemaking Amendments Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry sent this bulletin at 05/27/2022 03:49 PM EDT View as a webpage  /  Share Board of Pesticides Control Board Of Pesticides Control Public Hearing For Upcoming Rulemaking Amendments  The BPC is conducting rulemaking to incorporate several amendments proposed in […]

EDT View as a webpage  /  Share Board of Pesticides Control Recent Policy Changes and Proposed Rulemaking for Chlorpyrifos  (Photo of balsam gall midge damage by Ronald S. Kelley, VT Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation, courtesy of Bugwood.org) The Maine Board of Pesticides Control would like to update you on recent changes in policy […]

Board of Pesticides Control Back to Basics Pesticide Applicator Recertification Meeting The Maine Board of Pesticides Control and UMaine Cooperative Extension are holding a joint Spring Meeting.   The meeting topic is Back to Pesticide Basics: IPM, Safety and Regulations Update and it will be held virtually on June 1, 2022, from 9:00 AM-12:00 PM. This […]

Good Morning, At our AgCOM meeting, information and links are placed in the chat.  For those who weren’t able to attend, here are links (or information requests) that members wanted to share. Jessica Leahy (UMaine Experiment Station): This will be Dean Rowland’s first full summer here at the University.  Please let me know if there […]