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The 2024 Franklin County Fair Open Class Premium Book can be accessed here. 
Franklin County Fair Open Class Premium Book (pdf)

Franklin County Fair 4-H & FFA Premium Book
2024 Franklin County 4-H & FFA Premium Book (PDF)

The premium book file has links from the Table of Contents.  Simply click on the name of the section you wish to view from the table of contents on page 5.  There is a return to table of contents button at the bottom of each page.  

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2024 Custom Rates (pdf)

The market value of agricultural land in Nebraska increased by 5% over the prior year to an average of $4,015 per acre, according to the 2024 Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Survey. This marks the third consecutive year of increases in the market value of agricultural land in Nebraska, setting another high in the non-inflation-adjusted statewide land value in the survey's 46-year history.

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Meet a Husker: Josie Crouch

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Knox County Fair

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County fair time is special for many youth and their families.

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Sugar beets begin harvest, but water still necessary for maturing crops

September 4, 2024
Western Sugar began its early harvest on Monday, Sept. 2, and sugar beets are beginning to pile up in the yard before heading into the factory for slicing and processing. “We’ve been running for a day and a half, and our sugar content is 15.4, a record high for this time of year,” said Jerry Darnell, Vice President of Agriculture, South Region for Western Sugar. He contributed the high sugar content to some good growing degree days, the herbicide Goltix, and sugar beet seed CR+, which helped with Cercospora.

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Nebraska Extension offering workshop on tax planning for farms and ranches

September 4, 2024

Lincoln, Neb. —Nebraska Extension will host an Introduction to Schedule F, Tax Planning for Farms and Ranches Workshop on Thursday, September 19, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Scottsbluff at the Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center, 4502 Avenue I.

 “Farmers and ranchers, especially new and beginning producers, often have questions about tax planning for their business,” said Jessica Groskopf, Extension Educator. “This workshop will provide you with the basic information you need when filing a Schedule F.”

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