Youth language is ever-evolving and serves an important role in development. It is more than slang—it's key in creating ...

Join us at the Change Lives, Teach Ag Conference on Friday, March 14. This event introduces young individuals to careers in agricultural education. The conference is geared towards youth interested in ...

Extension's rural stress task force provides rural Minnesota families and communities with education and resources to help ...

The first sign of powdery mildew is pale yellow leaf spots. White powdery spots can form on both upper and lower leaf surfaces, and quickly expand into large blotches. The large blotches can cover the ...

Tangerine, lemon, kumquat and small orange trees can be grown as houseplants. Citrus plants grow best indoors at 65° during the day, dropping five to ten degrees at night. Plant in soil containing a ...

Hackberry (C. occidentalis) is a large native tree found commonly on river terraces and floodplains in southern and central Minnesota. It is related to the American elm and after the arrival of Dutch ...

The agricultural industry widely uses urea, a white crystalline solid containing 46 percent nitrogen, as an animal feed additive and fertilizer. Here, we’ll focus on its role as a nitrogen fertilizer.

The farm finance scorecard helps you see where you are in terms of financial ratios and measurements In the last few decades, much progress has been made to standardize financial statements in ...

The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), is a popular garden vegetable in Minnesota, grown for snap beans, shell beans or dry beans. Some varieties are suited for all three uses. Pods of all types may be ...

Rely on forage tests before and after soaking to decide which type of hay is best for your horse especially with a horse that has laminitis, PSSM, HYPP or COPD. For these horses NSC, P and mold ...

Face the crop year armed with the latest University of Minnesota research. Each year brings new crop production challenges. As an agricultural professional, keeping up with these new issues is a top ...

Horsehair or gordian worms are long, slender worms related to nematodes. When they are immature, they are parasites of insects, arthropods and other invertebrate animals. They are harmless to people ...