Featured events Monday, December 8, 2025 Pumpkin grower meetup 12 - 1:30 p.m. Webinar Event subject (s): Fruit and vegetable farming Wednesday, December 17, 2025 Early tax careers 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

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 ...

The University of Minnesota Extension poultry team brings university research to the commercial poultry industry and small-scale producers that translates into increased profits and healthier poultry ...

Small (1/16-inch long), pear-shaped bodies. Black cornicles ("tailpipes") at the end of the abdomen. Piercing-sucking mouthparts tucked under the head. Both winged and wingless morphs may occur on ...

The potential for a response to zinc by crops has not changed despite increased zinc removal from high-yield crops. Crops vary in the potential for a response to zinc when fertilizer is applied to ...

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 ...

Animal manure is a great source of nutrients for crops, but it is also complicated. Luckily, one of the complications is something that can be controlled: manure application method. As a reminder, ...

Quick facts Susceptible crops include tomato, eggplant and pepper. The entire plant turns yellow and wilts. Occasionally the leaves will turn brown. The fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Lycopersici ...

Tuberous begonia flowers come in many different colors and shapes. Use tuberous begonias to brighten shady spots in your yard. Tuberous begonias are not hardy in Minnesota and can either be grown as ...

What is historical trauma? How do people and communities experience it? And how can reconnecting to cultural practices help families and communities heal? Genocide. Slavery. Forced relocation.

White to gray powdery spots, blotches or felt-like mats form on leaves, green stems and buds. Infected plants may appear to be sprinkled with baby powder or covered in cobwebs. Young leaves, water ...

Black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) is an adaptable shrub native to Minnesota with hardiness and wide tolerance to a variety of soil textures, densities, pH levels and moisture conditions. Because ...