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

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 ...

Since 1999, the University of Minnesota has been evaluating, selecting and screening elms for use in Minnesota. They have studied thousands of elms from many varieties. All trees listed below should ...

Several different issues are responsible for strawberry fruit being small or deformed. Supporting pollinators, protecting from frost/freeze, managing nutrients, managing diseases and insect pests, ...

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 ...

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

Splints are inflamed or fractured splint bones from long-term stress or injury. Bucked shins refers to tiny stress fractures in the front of the cannon bones. Treatment for splints and bucked shins ...

Lameness is a major economic and welfare concern in the dairy industry. There are many facilities, nutrition and management issues that can lead to lameness. Assessing the herd and using preventative ...

For many years, farmers have taken soil samples and sent them off for analysis to finetune their fertilizer management. The results of the laboratory analysis are often confusing. The units used to ...

The Open Doors with Higher Education program, called Abriendo puertas con educación superior in Spanish, helps immigrant Latino parents and caregivers make informed decisions about post-secondary ...

Avian influenza harms poultry flocks especially if it’s highly pathogenic (HPAI). Always report any signs of disease to your state agency or veterinarian. Preventing disease is the best way to keep ...

This fact sheet is part of the Teen talk: a survival guide for parents of teenagers series. The teenage years come with many strong and complex emotions. Teens are learning how to understand these ...