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The University of Minnesota Crookston held the final event of a series of webinars on Let’s talk Crops! this morning. Below they share what they presented in their final webinar. Sometimes organisms in our crop fields are already helping us with pest control. Growers can take advantage of the benefits these predators and parasites provide. […]
North Star 4-H Club wishes to thank the community for their recent Winter Gear Drive donations. Donations included hand-knit hats, scarves, socks, 75 pairs of hand-knit mittens, snow pants, and other winter gear. Club members also purchased fleece and made 120 hats for the drive with funding provided by the Minnesota 4-H Helping Hands Program.
Farmers with Private Pesticide Applicator certifications (PPA) that expire on March 1, 2022, will need to renew their licenses for the 2022 growing season. The Private Applicators certificate is for farm operators who are applying restricted-use pesticide products on their fields. This includes different herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, and other pest control products labeled “restricted use”.
A free workshop on issues to consider when changing a structure of a farm business entity will be offered on March 9 in Crookston. This seminar will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Bede Ballroom, University of MN Crookston Campus, Sargeant Student Center, 2900 University Ave. The workshop covers topics including:
The University of Minnesota Extension is excited to host a four-part spring beef webinar series titled: Genetic Selection with a Vision – An integrated approach to creating profitability and opportunities for every type of beef cattle producer. The Zoom meetings will be held Monday nights – February 21 and 28, and March 7 and 14
Controlling weeds in crop production is challenging as herbicide resistance increases and effective herbicides become more limited. “Weed management is all about fundamentals,” explained Dr. Tom Peters, Extension sugarbeet agronomist and weed scientist at the University of Minnesota and North Dakota State University. Those fundamentals include understanding weed biology. Weed identification is not easy since
