Wasps’ fuzzier relatives, bees, often get credit for all pollination. Studies have shown that wasps are also good pollinators, and in some cases even step up and pollinate plants when bees are absent.
Many of the agricultural education openings in the northern Plains are the result of the addition of programs at high schools and career technical centers or expansion of existing programs.
FFA member and chapter president Samuel Green shared with Katie Pinke that FFA has taught him skills to be a better leader. Pinke says many of today's leaders lack these skills.
Six school districts are involved in the North Valley Career and Technology Center, which offers a number of programs, including ag education, to students who otherwise would have fewer class options.
Five Ridgewater programs took their shows on the road to Buffalo Lakes-Hector-Stewart High School. Fifty Marshall High School students also explored automotive classes at the Ridgewater campus.
For most of us rooted in agriculture, farming has always been cool. But the realities and harshness of farming and ranching haven’t always made what feels cool a career choice or path.
With winter season in full swing, winter injuries are on the rise. University of Minnesota Medical School expert Mahmood Gharib talks about common winter injuries and how to avoid them.
Wanda Patsche, new Farm Camp director, has farmed with her husband near I-90 in southern Minnesota since the 1970s and shares her passion for farming on her blog.
With a variety of experience often hard-won through working for others, Minnesota Latinos are looking for ways to lower barriers to ownership. An outreach program for new farmers was started by Wayne Martin, an Extension livestock educator who retired in June.
For two years, community champions from University of Minnesota Extension’s SNAP-Ed* program and La Convivencia Hispana partnered around a shared vision for a more vibrant and inclusive food shelf in Watonwan County.
