The maine agricultural and forest experiment station has been conducting research for maine and its people for over 125 years

Annual appropriations under the hatch multistate, in combination with university of maine funds, provide base funding for faculty on approved multistate projects. The research capacity provided by base funding leverages additional funding from competitive grants and contracts and industry support. Hatch multistate funds are used at the maine agricultural and forest experiment station to support research on aspects of agriculture spanning a range of current critical issues in plant and animal production, protection and health; soil and water conservation and use; forestry; environment and natural resources; processing, distribution, safety, marketing and utilization of food and agricultural products; fisheries and aquaculture; home economics and family life; human nutrition; rural and community development; resource economics and policy; tourism; and biotechnology. The maine agricultural and forest experiment station will use administrative hatch multistate funds to support the research program administration and financial recordkeeping and reporting activities required by the federal regulations that govern the expenditure of hatch multistate funds. Faculty at the university of maine are affiliated with 20 different hatch multistate projects. The station director will facilitate development of new hatch multistate projects in coordination with the multistate activities committee of nera, approve new projects, and monitor all approved projects including integrated grants and contracts. An allotment of hatch multistate funds will be made to pay expenditures of a general administrative nature, including partial funding for salaries, travel, and other items related to planning, coor dination, oversight, reporting, and compliance of the hatch multistate agricultural research program of the maine agricultural and forest experiment station