EPM is a neurologic disease that horses get from eating infected opossum feces. Incoordination, muscle atrophy and loss of feeling around the body are a few signs of illness. Storing feed in ...

When adding cover crops into a corn and soybean production system, one challenge is herbicides with residual activity may interfere with the establishment and growth of cover crops. However, residual ...

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 ...

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 ...

Read five examples of how youth across Minnesota are making the most of their Minnesota 4-H Food Partner Challenge award, ...

The agricultural industry widely uses urea, a white crystalline solid containing 46 percent nitrogen, as an animal feed additive and fertilizer. Here, we’ll focus on its role as a nitrogen fertilizer.

Cucumbers grow best in warm weather. Start seeds indoors in late April for transplants. Sow seed directly in the garden after soil has warmed, usually in May. Plastic mulch and row covers allow ...

The larvae of many scarab beetle species are often collectively referred to as white grubs – Phyllophaga, several species (spp.); Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae – and can be found in soil, decaying wood and ...

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Raising children is demanding in any family. But, raising children in a blended family poses its own special challenges and tensions. Parents who bring children to a new partnership need information, ...

Birds are subject to heat stress when the air temperature and humidity uncontrollably increase their core body temperature. Heat stress can result in panting, increased water intake and eventually ...

Powdery mildew fungi create dark round resting structures that contain and protect spores through the winter. In spring, these resting structures break open, releasing spores that are spread by the ...