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Youth tractor and farm safety training teaches youth 14 years and older about safe equipment operation and general farm safety. Students who participate in the program will: Work hands-on with ...

This six-week interactive health and nutrition program is designed to help families develop skills, attitudes and behaviors necessary to maintain a healthy diet and stay active — and it works. In fact ...

George Lemke reflects on how his 4-H experiences in Meeker County, particularly his work with sheep, led him to join a veterinary practice in Pipestone.

Slime molds are present in all soils. They are common on decaying logs, fallen leaves, mulch, lawns with excessive thatch and on strawberry leaves. Control is not usually necessary and they will ...

The common asparagus beetle and the spotted asparagus beetle feed on asparagus spears and cause browning and scarring. Start looking for these pests in early May or just after asparagus plants emerge ...

Find photos and identifying characteristics that’ll help you identify common Minnesota weeds.

Healthy garden soil with earthworms and worm burrows. Soil is so much more than dirt. Soil is a living ecosystem—a large community of living organisms linked together through nutrient cycles and ...

Rhizosphaera needle cast is a fungal disease of spruce trees that causes needles to turn brown and fall off. Trees stressed from drought, poor planting practices or other factors are more likely to ...

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.

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Whether the first bulb or the fiftieth, there is high anticipation for the plant owner when the large, bright green bud emerges from a beefy amaryllis bulb! Amaryllis bulbs come in various sizes.