Water is very important to all animals, as it is required for bodily functions like digestion and lactation. It is important that livestock get high quality water.
Winter presents extra challenges for raising calves in cold climates.
A new 4-H volunteer impact study shows the personal, organizational and community benefits of being a 4-H volunteer. Nearly 12,000 trained, caring adults volunteer to work with 69,000 4-H youth in Minnesota.
Teenagers in 4-H enjoy all that Minnesota nature has to offer, even in the coldest of times.
Master Naturalists make a difference by volunteering for nonprofits, state agencies, nature centers and University research programs. One project they are working on is researching native mussels.
In April, Dean Bev Durgan formed the Extension Rural Stress Task Force to work with Greater Minnesota to address challenges faced by farmers and their communities.
In a tough year for crops, Minnesota farmers are turning to cover crops with the help of Extension educators.
CJ Holl of Wells, Minn., makes award-winning smoked nuts that he sells online and in stores throughout southern Minnesota. He’s also a city administrator there, and has worked with University of Minnesota Extension to help keep all businesses strong.
“We want the focus to be on the 235,000 people buried here and their families,” says Trevor Blake, assistant gardener at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Blake took the Master Gardener core course taught by U of M Extension in order to better understand challenges facing the 436-acre resting place for U.S. military veterans.
Growing fruits and vegetables is how many new and younger farmers get started farming. But gaining the knowledge can be tough for growers of a crop like pumpkins, for which there have never been research trials in Minnesota. Until now.
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