Extension shares education and tools to help producers protect the environment while remaining profitable.
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Sixteen videos, presented as casual conversations in a park-like setting, cover planning, outbreak prevention strategies, concerns for small-scale farms, emergency preparedness and more.
When leadership education reaches the inexperienced, Extension addresses the rural leadership gap.
The Helping Hands award challenges youth to put an idea into action in service of their community. Read how 4-H'ers did that in Brown, Clearwater and Polk counties.
In growing crops, much hinges on what happens down under — as in the soil. A McLeod County farmer is taking it a step further, exploring solutions from Down Under — as in Australia
Researchers explore hybrid rye as a cost-effective, sustainable feed alternative for organic swine production, aiming to improve pig nutrition, meat quality, and crop diversity.
As you read the stories in this edition of Source, I hope you will think about this question: What additional needs does your community have that Extension could address through educational programming?
2024 marks 115 years since Extension’s founding in 1909. Beekeeping, along with pollinator health, is just one of the topics that continue to expand and change.
Credits for the Spring 2024 issue of Source magazine.
Minnesota Master Naturalists can volunteer as seed collectors, targeting plants from early-blooming pasqueflowers and prairie smoke to late-blooming asters and bottle gentian.