Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture Education Center (NCTA) in Curtis, NE is offering the 5th Annual Agronomy Youth Feild Day.
Wednesday July 7, 2021 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. CTD
See crop management & weed control DRONE demonstrations. Fly a drone through an obstacle course, learn if your soil is healthy, learn how to tell if your plants have diseases.
The annual Fort Robinson 4-H Horse Camp forms have been released. Fort Robinson 4-H Horse Camp is on June 10-12, 2021! The forms include: program, registration form, and scholarship application. They can be found here: https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/northernpanhandle/fort-robinson-4-h-horse-camp-0/. If you have questions, call the Dawes County Extension Office at (308)432-3373.
The Dawes County Agricultural Society has chosen the theme, “Get Out of Your Shell at the Fair,” from a group of 72 entries received in the 2021 Fair Theme Contest. Harper Watson, ten year old daughter of Ben and Saphron Watson of Chadron, submitted the winning drawing. Harper will receive free passes for her family to all events at the 2021 Dawes County Fair. Her winning drawing will be used for promotional material advertising the Dawes County Fair July 29-August 7. We can’t wait to see you Get Out of Your Shell at the 2021 Dawes County Fair!
Lincoln, Neb. —The wheat stem sawfly has begun emergence throughout the High Plains. Observations from several locations – the High Plains Ag Lab (HPAL) near Sidney, Neb., the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) Research Station near Akron, Colo., and as far east as Deuel County, Neb. – indicate very high populations of wheat stem sawfly in wheat fields.
