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Thanks to Compeer Financial, along with support to the 4-H General Fund, Minnesota 4-H once again has dollars available for the Food Partner Challenge.

The highest cost in most, if not all, cattle production systems is feed. Many producers use grazing to reduce costs for their operations. Properly managed pasture-based systems use land efficiently ...

The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), is a popular garden vegetable in Minnesota, grown for snap beans, shell beans or dry beans. Some varieties are suited for all three uses. Pods of all types may be ...

As part of the 4-H statewide service project, the 4-H State Ambassadors will lead a letter-writing initiative to seniors.

Home Home and financial management Later-life decision making Who Gets Grandma's Yellow Pie Plate? video The Who Gets Grandma's Yellow Pie Plate? Video helps family members understand and address ...

Successfully guiding cows through early lactation is key to their health and performance. Nutrition and health during early lactation greatly affects peak milk yields. Preventing health problems and ...

Brussels sprouts are a fall crop in Minnesota. Sow seeds in June, indoors or directly in the garden. Water thoroughly once a week for well-formed, large, sweet sprouts. They can stay in the garden as ...

It is difficult to identify a virus by symptoms alone. Symptoms vary depending on the crop, variety, age of the plant at the time of infection, and in some cases weather. It is common to find plants ...

The University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardener volunteer program started in 1977 with its first class of 25 people. Since then it has grown to include more than 3,100 active master gardeners ...

As groups meet to make decisions on important issues, members should take time to decide who decides, and how to decide. Using decision-making methods that involve more people in more ways increases ...

The farm finance scorecard helps you see where you are in terms of financial ratios and measurements In the last few decades, much progress has been made to standardize financial statements in ...