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Potato Program

The Potato Program team at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension (UMCE) provides information on potato and rotation crop production. We publish SPUDLINES three times per year during winter and Pest Alert weekly during the summer. Regional pest information is gathered through an extensive IPM program. A Pest Management Hotline has the latest details on the growing season.
 
       HOT LINE PHONE NUMBER:         207.760.9ipm

         CLICK HERE====> May Soil Temperature Comparison COMPLETE  FOR 2008 (THERE ARE 2 PAGES OF CHARTS!!!!)

Alternate format of documents

 

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 Potato Pest Control Guide

SPUDLINES Issues

 

Pest Alert Issues

 

 Fact Sheets and Related Publications

 

 Potato IPM Information

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                               If you think you know what is pictured in this photo, contact Steve       

                                          DL & DW (always), LR, EF, RR, and PB correctly identified the photo last month as the Olympic Plaza in Calgary Alberta looking towards the old Calgary tower.

     

       GAP self audits and documentation files

    The forms are downloadable and printable!

     

  • Upcoming Programs (Plan ahead! -- click on the link for Agenda)

          

     

  • Recent Programs (You missed them! -- click on the link for Agenda and PRESENTATIONS)
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       Biodiesel and Fuel Ethanol Workshop (Oakfield, Maine; Wednesday, June 11, 2008)  

      2008 Winter Potato Conference (Caribou, ME; 23-24 January 2008)

                                        Viewable Abstracts from the 2008 Winter Potato Conference (37 Pages!)

       

      RENEWABLE FUEL ON-FARM: CANOLA, BIODIESEL, AND CORN (Bangor, ME; 3&4 December 2007)

       

      2007 Potato Pest Management Conference (Presque Isle, ME; 28 November 2007)

             

    Web site questions:


    Steven B. Johnson, Ph.D. 
    Crops Specialist and Extension Professor                                pest management: Jim Dill             
    University of Maine Cooperative Extension                                 insects: Jim Dwyer                 
    PO Box 727                                                                                 agronomy: John Jemison
    Presque Isle, ME 04769                                                            diseases: Steve Johnson
    e-mail: Steve Johnson                                                                 agronomy: Peter Sexton          
    In Maine 800.287.1462                                                               
    Elsewhere 207.764.3361     IMMPACT



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    Click for Presque Isle, Maine Forecast     Maine Potato Board



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