There is still time to apply for an open position at UMaine for an Assistant Extension Professor and Dairy Forage Educator.

Job details and application can be found here.

Statement of the Job:

The Dairy Forage Crops Educator with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will develop and conduct educational outreach and applied research (on farm or Experiment Station) with an emphasis on dairy forage production and quality, including regenerative pasture management. The dairy industry in New England will be the audience of focus. The individual will collaborate with the University of Vermont and their research team to conduct research and Extension education for dairy farmers in New England looking to increase forage production and utilization while facing a changing climate. Along with production, the faculty member will also address aspects of forage harvest, storage and feeding management.

Search Timeline is as follows:
Review of applications to begin: April 30, 2022
Screening interviews to begin no earlier than: May 2, 2022
Final interviews to begin no earlier than: May 9, 2022
Tentative start date: June 6, 2022 

For questions about the search, please contact search committee chair Caragh Fitzgerald, cfitzgerald@maine.edu, cfitzg100@maine.edu.