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University of Maine (Cooperative Extension Potato program)

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Maine University Cooperative Extension Potato program.

The Potato Program team at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension provides information on potato and rotation crop production. Three times per year during winter a newsletter called Spudlines is distributed, a 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.

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