Content by SDSU Extension
Portion Size: What It Means
Bigger is better, right? No, not necessarily, especially when discussing portions of your food.
What is the Definition of Leadership?
What is the definition of leadership? If you asked 10 people this question you will probably get 10 different answers.
Agricultural Contracts For Crops
As a crop producer you probably dislike the uncertainty that results from market prices that are determined by forces outside of your control. With domestic economies becoming more interdependent, commodity price movements result from changes in global supply and demand.
Late-Season Lawn Care in South Dakota
Good late-season management will enhance lawn quality for the remainder of this year and set up the lawn to come out of the spring with improved density, color and fewer weed issues next year.
Earwigs in the Garden: Less-Toxic Control Alternative
Since earwigs provide some ecological service as natural enemies, I hesitate to recommend a pesticide application to control it. As an alternative least-toxic solution, bait trapping the earwigs should work to reduce the insect’s population to the non-threatening levels.
Best Practices When Harvesting Leafy Greens for Market and Home
The harvesting of leafy greens to maintain quality and safety focuses on the key risk factors from the time harvest begins to selling at market. The food safety risk factors involve temperature, time, water, worker hygienic practices, and food contact surfaces.
Strawberry Care
Have you been enjoying strawberries from your own patch? Here are some tips for keeping your strawberry plants healthy and productive.
Plant Nutrient Analysis: Do your soybeans have the right stuff?
There has been a renewed interest in taking samples of soybean leaves for nutrient analysis as a quality control tool to ensure soil and the fertilizer programs are meeting the needs of the plant to eliminate nutrients as a yield limiting factor.
Know Your Mosquitoes to Protect Yourself
Mosquito trapping efforts across the state in the last seven years showed that there are over 20 species of mosquitoes occurring in South Dakota, yet only two species dominate the surveillance data: Aedes vexans and Culex tarsalis.
SDSU Research Shows Effects Of Volunteer Corn In Corn And Soybeans
In 2007, researchers at South Dakota State University indicated that volunteer corn is much less competitive in corn than soybean. The South Dakota study (Alms et al. 2007) evaluated the full season effect of a range of volunteer corn densities (800-14,000 plants/acre) on both corn and soybean and reported yield losses that ranged from 0% to 13% in corn and 0% to 54% in soybean.