Extension news and highlights

Each summer, Extension welcomes undergraduate students interested in crops, livestock, horticulture, natural resources or communicating science as interns throughout Minnesota. 

Extension horticulture team members have come up with their favorite gift ideas for the gardeners in your life. We wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season!

The MDA's Plant Pest Insider newsletter includes information on spotting and reporting pests that are commonly found this time of year on holiday trees, wreaths and garlands.

University of Minnesota Crookston senior Madison Olson gives back to 4-H while also growing as a professional through internship opportunity in Becker County.

With current soaring commercial fertilizer prices, some crop farmers are seeking to buy manure from their livestock owner neighbors. Luckily, livestock and crop farmers teaming up can prove to be mutually beneficial.

Opioids continue to be the driving cause of drug overdose deaths. For the past three years, University of Minnesota Extension and the College of Pharmacy have led work on community-based solutions to the opioid crisis in rural Minnesota.

Seven 4-H'ers had an amazing learning experience at the National 4-H Poultry and Egg Conference in Louisville, Ky., last week, according to 4-H volunteer Mark Otto.

You can build a hydroponics set-up for less than $40, or with materials you may already have, and keep growing fresh greens all winter long indoors.

It is finally time to cover your strawberries for winter. Before snow covers the ground, cover your strawberry patch with 2 to 3 inches of straw or leaf mulch.

Every year, we like to remind people about the careful use of deicing salts and how they affect our landscapes. Deicing salts can sometimes be applied improperly, and this can lead to less-than-satisfactory results.