Do you want to enhance your livestock evaluation and selection skills? Do you want to become better with oral reasons? If you answered yes to either of these questions, then the Minnesota 4-H ...

Carpenter ants are very common in Minnesota. They can potentially damage homes and other wooden structures. The best method for controlling carpenter ants is to deliver insecticide into their nest.

Black knot is a common fungal disease of Prunus trees including ornamental, edible, and native plum and cherry trees. Hard swollen black galls (tumor like growths) form on branches and occasionally on ...

Living snow fences can increase driver visibility, reduce road maintenance costs and create wildlife habitat. Plants in a living snow fence need to be winter hardy and should be suitable for the ...

Insects infesting stored foods such as flour, cereal and other dried goods, is one of the most common household insect problems. The many different kinds of insects that infest dried foods are often ...

Rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum) is a perennial vegetable hardy enough for Minnesota gardens. It is in the buckwheat family, has a sour flavor and is among the first crops ready for harvest in spring.

Start tomatoes from seeds indoors, five to six weeks before planting outside. When buying plants, choose sturdy plants up to a foot tall. Transplant outdoors after all danger of frost has passed and ...

Apricots, cherries, peaches and plums are called stone fruits because they have large pits or stones at their centers. Stone fruit trees are easy to grow, provided you accept a few limitations in ...

Review this page to be fully prepared for your state fair experience. The 2025 livestock encampment will be held Wednesday, Aug. 20-Sunday, Aug. 34. The 2025 llama-alpaca encampment will be held ...

Annual crop budgets are compiled by using data from the FINBIN website. The data is collected from farmers and agricultural producers enrolled in the Minnesota Farm Business Management Education ...

Caterpillars feed on a wide variety of trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals. In most cases, ornamental plants tolerate caterpillar feeding and treatment is unnecessary for plant health. If management ...

Understanding how corn grows and develops is important, since the crop stage will impact management decisions around crop damage, pesticide applications and harvest. The (PSNT) is a tool for deciding ...