The holiday season can be a busy time, but taking a moment to brush up on some key food safety strategies can help keep you ...

There are still things you can do to prepare your lawns and gardens to manage the winter and emerge healthier next spring.

Many factors affect breeding and migration, so birds must be extremely adaptable and flexible to shifts in global climate ...

The highest cost in most, if not all, cattle production systems is feed. Many producers use grazing to reduce costs for their operations. Properly managed pasture-based systems use land efficiently ...

Good growing temperatures are between 55°F and 65°F. Peas need less fertilizer than other crops. Plant seeds as soon as the ground has thawed and the soil is workable. As soon as you pick the peas, ...

Volunteers providing leadership and service to 4-H clubs play an essential role in empowering youth and facilitating spaces where youth belong. But what is the secret to making a thriving 4-H club?

Farmland rental rates are the largest input cost the farmer has. Landlords, farmers, and agri-business professionals should make plans to attend one of the informative meetings being held across ...

It is difficult to identify a virus by symptoms alone. Symptoms vary depending on the crop, variety, age of the plant at the time of infection, and in some cases weather. It is common to find plants ...

The University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardener volunteer program started in 1977 with its first class of 25 people. Since then it has grown to include more than 3,100 active master gardeners ...

Lilacs may take a few years to bloom after planting. Once established, lilacs can live a long time. Lilacs need pruning immediately after blooming to promote flowering the next year. Lilacs usually ...

Chinese cabbage and bok choy are fall crops in Minnesota. Grow in well-drained yet moisture-retentive, fertile soil with pH of 6.0 to 7.5. Plant in an area where you have not grown cabbage, broccoli, ...

White-tailed deer feed on gardens, landscape plants and trees, and agricultural crops. Deer damage has a rough or torn appearance. It does not look cleanly clipped. Deer damage is more likely when ...