University of Illinois Extension offices will be closed December 24 - January 1 for holiday break. Offices will return to ...

University of Illinois Extension offices will be closed December 24 - January 1 for holiday break. Offices will return to ...

The Bond County 4-H Teen Leaders are excited to host a special event designed just for Cloverbuds! Join us for a Winter Wonderland Adventure where youth ages 5–7 ...

Gardening enthusiasts and beginners alike are invited to the sixteenth-annual Spring Into Gardening Conference. This year's ...

Discover how to explain diabetes in a way that truly connects. Sometimes people with diabetes may not fully understand how it impacts their health. This session will provide the tools to explain ...

In the past decade, people living in southern Illinois have seen armadillos in their backyards, in the field, or, in most cases, as roadkill. Sightings of armadillos are becoming common as they ...

How do you know who is who? When you have a multitude of animals, it’s important to have an identification system in place. Using an ID system allows for better organization in a herd and makes daily ...

A sad fact of life is that sometimes a tree must be cut down. Some trees are beset by invasive insects or disease, others may be mangled by storms, and some die from environmental stress or old age.

After a wet spring and early summer, corn and soybean fields across central Illinois are entering critical reproductive stages—and so is the risk of crop disease. While the plants may look healthy ...

The Poinsettia, a vibrant red flower that graces our Christmas décor, has a rich history of cultivation and symbolism, beginning with the ancient Aztec people of Mexico, where it thrives as a tall ...

Overgrazing is the failure to match animal grazing to forage growth and production. Overgrazing occurs when animals are allowed to continuously harvest a plant without allowing the plant to feed ...

We’re nearing that time of year when we’ll start to get warnings about the potential for a frost or freeze taking place. Is there really a difference between the two? Frosts can occur even when a ...