As the land-grant University for the state, The University of Maine has a long history of service to Maine agriculture. The Maine Agricultural Center (MAC) is an effort to bring together the agriculturally related programs of the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture; the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension.

MAC's Intention is:

• to create a unified, highly visible agricultural entity within the University of Maine System;
• to ensure responsiveness to the needs of Maine agriculture;
• to ensure coordination between the Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension.

• to coordinate and expand research and educational services provided to Maine agriculture by the University of Maine System.

• to develop close working relationship between MAC and industry to identify current and future needs;
• to provide the research and education resources needed for Maine agriculture to remain competitive;
• to develop the knowledge, technologies and policy options needed by Maine agriculture to provide high-quality products in an economically viable and environmentally sustainable system;
• to improve the delivery of agricultural research and Extension education to Maine.