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Thursday, March 11, 2010
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Regional Ag News »
Study flows from Harlan Lake releases
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials are watching rainfall totals and weather forecasts to judge whether releases from Harlan County Lake for a Republican River channel capacity study should be adjusted to avoid flooding.
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National Agriculture Week Editorial “Nebraska Agriculture: Thank a Farmer”
The week of March 14-20 is National Agriculture Week. Each year, this week gives us an opportunity to pay tribute to Nebraska’s hard working, dedicated farmers and ranchers, while raising awareness of how important the agricultural industry is to our state, our nation and our world. — Full Story »
Sod house saga
One might wonder why, in the late 1800s, a young German man would want to leave his home in the quaint town of Düsseldorf Germany, to search for a place across the ocean that would separate him from everything familiar. — Full Story »
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FFA News »
C-K FFA Chapter Succeeds at CDE Contest
On Wednesday, February 17th, a portion of the Cody-Kilgore FFA Chapter made their way to Gordon for the CDE contest. The contests the students were participating in were Farm and Ranch Management, Food Science, and Ag Mechanics. The Farm and Ranch Management team, consisting of Connor Barnes, Jana Nollette, Nathan Van Winkle, Dustin Bryant, Ty Trump, and Casey Nielsen, placing 3rd coming in behind 1st place team Sioux County and 2nd place tem Bayard. Nathan Van Winkle took home 2nd place with a purple, Jana Nollette received a red, and Dustin Bryant finished out the C-K individual ribbon in Farm and Ranch Management with a white. The Food Science team consisting of Aria Ford, Jais Ford, Haley Gunnink, Chelsea Fullerton, Sami Schmit, and Kelli Bowlin took a test online and took an unofficial 1st place. Ag Mechanics did the best they could with two team members, Colt Goodwin and Cody Compton. Goodwin placed 3rd in Structures and Compton took 6th in Machinery.
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South Platte FFA News:
The South Platte FFA Chapter has been very active while traveling to District FFA Events in the last two months. In mid January five of our members loaded up and competed at the district event at Scottsbluff in the Livestock Management Contest where our team placed 2nd, earning a spot for the state competition in Lincoln. The Livestock Management Contestants included: Jennifer Sauers, Pam Radke, Cameron Christensen, Jason Dolezal, and Mikel Dowdy. Then on February 17th four members: Cameron Christensen, J.C. Lanckriet, James McClung, and Kyle Krause competed in the District Farm/Ranch Management Contest in Gordon, NE, where as a team we earned 4th place, with James McClung being our highest team scorer.
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Hemingford FFA Agricultural Mechanics Team Qualifies for State Competition
On Wednesday, February 17th four members of the Hemingford FFA traveled to Gordon to compete in the District 12 agricultural Mechanics Contest. Members participating were Brandon Roland in Energy Systems, Tylor King in Structures, Mitch Vogel in Machinery and Equipment and Tanner Lembke in Environment and Natural Resources. — Full Story »
USDA News »
Application Closing Date for Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program Is March 15
Craig Schaunaman, State Executive Director of USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) in South Dakota reminds producers that March 15, 2010, is the application closing date to sign up for Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) coverage on pasture, hay, and spring seeded crops for the 2010 crop year. — Full Story »
Nebraska Counties are Eligible for USDA Emergency Loans
Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director, Dan Steinkruger, announced today that family farmers in Deuel County, Nebraska may be eligible to apply for low interest Emergency (EM) loans due to physical and production losses caused by a freeze, followed by excessive snow that has occurred from October 3, 2009, and continuing. This County became eligible for this assistance because it was designated as a natural disaster area on February 25, 2010 by the Secretary of Agriculture. — Full Story »
Nebraska Counties are eligible for USDA Emergency Loans
Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director, Dan Steinkruger, announced today that family farmers in eight Nebraska counties may be eligible to apply for low interest Emergency (EM) loans due to physical and production losses caused by a severe winter storm and snowstorms that occurred from December 23, 2009 through December 27, 2009. — Full Story »
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