![Adult, metallic green, emerald ash borer.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/EAB%20adult.jpg?h=3ceaf225&itok=Uv89CNyL)
Emerald ash borer (EAB) continues to cause problems for ash trees. As of this past year, it has been found in 48 Minnesota counties.
![Ebrahim M., Minnesota 4-H State Ambassador](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/Ebrahim-4-H-state-ambassador-2023-2024.jpg?h=329829f3&itok=pnQuA9LW)
Minnesota 4-H State Ambassador Ebrahim discusses the 4-H statewide service theme of conservation and reflects on what Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month mean to him.
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Minnesota is home to a few species of insects with a very specific place they want to spend the winter — in our homes.
![Vegetables with rotting, fuzzy spots lined up on a table.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/phytophthora.jpg?h=cd8c3b75&itok=5eydeZ9V)
Plant diseases that were held back by the drought are rearing up now. How far can diseases spread and what plants are at risk?
![Multi colored carrots placed in a circle with the tips in the center and the greens surrounding the outside of the photo.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/rainbow-colored-carrots.jpg?h=16ce8f19&itok=bmCYfurO)
How do you choose the best tomato or zinnia for your garden when you have so many options to choose from? We'll help you narrow it down.
Find climate-resilient, native trees and plants recommended for southeast Minnesota.
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Sign up to participate in Dakota County 4-H ambassador program.
![A group photo of the 4-H ag ambassadors with Dean Durgan.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/4-H-ag-ambassadors-with-Dean-Durgan.jpg?h=b11911db&itok=XAp6rDXw)
The newly selected Minnesota 4-H Agriculture Ambassadors are youth members from across the state with a passion for agriculture and 4-H.
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Thinking of soil testing in the spring? Consider testing this fall when the Soil Testing Lab has a smaller backlog of samples to test, results are just as accurate, and you can be ready for planting as soon as the soil thaws.
![Nicole Cash, Dakota County 4-H'er](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/Learn%20by%20Doing%20-%20Nicole%20Cash%201.jpg?h=8b391dc5&itok=_2wb_MlC)
Minnesota 4-H alumna Nicole Cash was selected as one of four 4-H Youth in Action award winners in 2023.