The 81st annual meeting of the Stafford County Farm Bureau Association was held August 19, 2010 at the IOOF Lodge in St. John at 7:00 PM. President Keith McNickle welcomed approximately 200 members and guests to the meal and meeting.
The 81st Annual Meeting of the Stafford County Farm Bureau Association will be held Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, at the IOOF Lodge, St. John. All Farm Bureau members are invited to attend. Stafford County Farm Bureau has approximately 850 members.
Newly planted trees need to be kept healthy throughout the year
“These are not your typical bucking bulls,” said Mike Ramsey, promoter of the Stafford County Fair and Rodeo. “These bulls like to tear things up.” Saturday night these bulls will get their chance.
The Stafford County Fair and Rodeo is adding a new attraction with American freestyle bullfighting for the final night of the two-day rodeo, which runs July 9-10 with events beginning at 8 p.m. both nights. The rodeo is held at the Bernard Bartlett Arena at the fairgrounds north of Stafford.
So you’ve decided to plant a tree, picked the type and know where you’re going to plant it, that basically leaves one choice left – container grown, B&B (balled & burlapped), or tree spaded. Each has things you should consider before planting.
We are having some issues with our map it feature for some locations. This location is posted only for the techs to look at it.
Students in Stafford’s Stars After School program have found out, in their case at least, it was the egg and then the chicken, as the K-fifth grade students study the life-cycle of a chicken.
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The 2010 KSU Farm Management Association Summary meeting for Stafford and Barton County will be held on Monday evening, May 10 beginning at 6:30 p.m.
If you happen to have one or two ash trees in your yard, you might have noticed that at this time of year, small roundish holes start showing up in the lower bark of the tree, usually located fairly close to the soil line but also found within the area going on up to seven to eight feet (and sometimes much higher in older trees).
Farm fresh and packed in three convenient sizes of small, large and extra large are the selling points for two young egg entrepreneurs from Stafford County.
The Pratt Area Humane Society has been awarded a grant furnished by Petsmart to have your dog or cat spayed or neutered at a much reduced fee:
Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom (KFAC) will again offer graduate-level summer courses through Kansas State University in 2010. KFAC summer graduate courses are designed to re-energize Kansas educators and introduce them to delivery methods and resource materials which can be used to incorporate agriculture into the curriculum.
TOPEKA – USDA Rural Development Area Director Richard Boyles announced today that the Agency will host an informational meeting on February 26th in McPherson covering USDA’s business, community facilities, housing, and water and environmental loan and grant programs. The meeting, co-hosted by McPherson Chamber of Commerce, will be held at the Tres Amigo’s Mexican Restaurant and will be open to the public.
A dog in Barton County has tested positive for rabies following a fight with a skunk three weeks ago. The dog had not been vaccinated against rabies. Eight people who came in contact with the dog are receiving rabies vaccinations as a precaution.
There will be an In-Depth Weed Management - Sprayer Technology School held on Tuesday, March 2, at the Pratt County 4-H Center, on the fairgrounds, in Pratt. Time is 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.
With crop production input costs at an all time high and crop prices acting as a moving target, Ag producers look for ways to optimize yields and reduce costs. One way producers can accomplish this is to learn about their soils and how to manage the soil fertility.
State Conservationist Eric B. Banks for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has announced a cutoff date of
March 12, 2010, for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Organic Initiative.
Cornwell Farms, St. John, owns one bull listed in the Spring 2010 Sire Evaluation Report published by the American Angus Association in St. Joseph, Mo. Issued in both the spring and the fall, the new report features the latest performance information available on 4,607 sires, and is currently accessible at www.angus.org.
The City of Macksville has scheduled their annual Animal Vaccination Clinics for 2010.
WICHITA, Kan. – Partners in agriculture, business managers, producers, farm homemakers, absentee landlords and helpers are encouraged to attend the Women Managing the Farm Conference Feb. 5-6, 2010, in Wichita.
