News Releases

4-H overnight camping canceled for summer
University of Illinois Extension has announced the cancellation of all overnight summer camps sponsored or hosted by University of Illinois, including overnight residential 4-H camps conducted by Illinois 4-H. The cancellation will extend through July 31, 2020....
April Master Gardener Column
It’s April and soon we will be confronted with the questions of fertilizing. How much? When? What kind? How to apply it? Looking at the fertilizer section in stores selling plants just adds to the confusion. There are so many “designer” fertilizers for sale labeled for specific plants. Examples...
New website offers advice for feeding babies
URBANA, Ill. - Families with questions about safe and healthy practices for feeding infants now have a reliable source for answers. Feeding My Baby from Cradle to Table, a new website from ...
Improve your gardens: Four Seasons webinar offers tips
URBANA, Ill. - Extend the beauty and productivity of this year's garden. University of Illinois Extension horticulture experts have added five new offerings to the popular Four Seasons Gardening ...
Hemp grower spotlight: American Hemp Research
FREEPORT, Ill. - The University of Illinois Extension will continue with their “Grower Spotlight” webinar series on Monday April 6th, 2020 from 9:00AM-10:30AM. This webinar series serves as a platform for our local producers and allow other growers, agribusiness professionals, university and...
4-H members Explore the World of Leadership at Conference
Over 100 seventh and eighth grade youth learned ways to improve their leadership skills at the 2020 “Passport to Leadership” 4-H Junior Leadership Conference held Feb. 22 - 23 at the Thelma Keller Convention Center in Effingham. The delegates came away with practical ways to improve...
Celebrate 4-H Volunteers April 19-25
Illinois 4-H will celebrate the more than 11,000 4-H adult volunteers supporting and guiding 4-H members during National Volunteer Week, April 19-25. 4-H volunteers are the caring adults who are empowering and preparing youth for success as 4-H members provide service to others and in their...
March Master Gardener Column
By Jan Phipps March 2020               March is a good month to catch up on horticultural research. Here are two topics you might find interesting. The first is how angiosperms eclipsed their competitors....
Multiple Spring Beef Meetings Slated for Southeastern Illinois
Cattlemen in southeastern Illinois will have several opportunities to attend spring beef meetings that will cover various topics such as creep feeding research update, Accuration hi-fat protein tubs, hay/pasture soil fertility and associated forage production and analysis, and beef industry...
February Master Gardener Column
Have you ever found yourself at the nursery or big box store standing before shelves of bagged potting soil wondering what to buy? There are so many choices. It all depends on what you are using it for. Bagged garden soil and topsoil belong outside, in the ground. They are too...
LEARN HOW TO MAKE 2020 YOUR BEST YEAR YET
Join Community Development Educator, Tiffany Macke, for a series of six free classes starting January 13. During this series of workshops entitled iDREAM, Make Time to Dream, participants will take a personal inventory to help generate ideas and provide a path for the future, learn visualization...
4-H FOUNDATION FUND DRIVE UNDERWAY
The Clark County 4-H Foundation recently kicked off its annual fund drive seeking donations to support the local 4-H program. Because of decreased state and federal funding over the years, the 4-H Foundation has played a vital role in increasing local funding. The Foundation is a non-...
U OF I EXTENSION OFFERS FOUR SEASONS GARDENING WEBINARS
The Four Seasons Gardening Webinar Series will be offered at the Illinois Extension office in Paris starting Tuesday, January 14 at 1:30 pm.  This series is one of the most popular horticulture programs offered by the Illinois Extension Horticulture Team.  The series consists of three...
TESTING FOR PRIVATE PESTICIDE APPLICATOR LICENSE TO BE OFFERED
Testing only for the private pesticide applicator license, required by the Illinois Department of Agriculture, will be held on Thursday, January 16, 2020, at University of Illinois Extension, Clark County, 15493 N. State Highway 1, Marshall.  The testing will also be conducted on Tuesday,...
January Master Gardener Column
By Jan Phipps Edgar County Master Gardener         If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to move toward more organic-based fertility for your soil and therefore the way you garden, here is some information that might help. Garden writers,...
2020 Illinois Crop Management Conference
What do you need to know for the 2020 growing season? Attend the 2020 Illinois Crop Management Conferences where educators will address several key topics at four regional conferences around the state in January and February. The meetings will provide a forum for discussion and interaction...