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Preparing Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits and Cut Flowers for the County Fair

Vegetables, Herbs and Fruit - Click here

Cut Flowers - Click here

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Fair Club Contest! Pre-register by July 15th!

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Time to Enter for the Seward County Fair!

To enter your exhibits, please visit seward.fairwire.com.

If you need a paper form, click here.

Deadline is July 10th!  Paper forms to the Extension Office by 5 pm, online by 11:59 pm.  For Horticulture, Floriculture, and Poultry entries, you have a bit more time! These will be accepted online until July 31st.

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DID YOU MISS THE FAIR SHIRT DEADLINE? You Can Still Purchase a Fair Shirt

The June 15th deadline has passed for the free County Fair t-shirts. Fortunately, you are still able to purchase a t-shirt at the link below until July 8th.

https://go.unl.edu/dmwx

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2024 FAIR 4-H SCHEDULE

2024 FAIR 4-H SCHEDULE

 

Saturday, June 15

5:00 p.m.                     Animal ID Sheets Due (beef, sheep, swine, dairy, meat goats, dairy goats) T-shirt orders due

11:59 p.m.                  4-H Enrollment for the year is due.  Sign up at v2.4honline.com       

 

Wednesday, July 10

5:00 p.m.                     Horsemanship level testing due

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2024 SEWARD COUNTY 4-H & FFA FAIR BOOK

August 8-11, 2024

Entire Seward County Fair Book

Cover, Index, Schedule, & General Rules & Regulations 

Department A - Citizenship & Civic Education

Department B - Communications & Expressive Arts

Department C - Family & Consumer Science

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Annual forage options following irrigated winter wheat

Annual forage options following irrigated winter wheat

July 25, 2024
The “Engaging Agriculture” articles are written weekly by and for Engagement Zone 1 Nebraska Extension Educators, who cover the 11 counties in the Panhandle.‘

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New Format for Nebraska Soybean Management Field Days

New Format for Nebraska Soybean Management Field Days

July 24, 2024
The 2024 Soybean Management Field Days will take place August 13 to August 16. Hosted by the Nebraska Soybean Board (NSB) and Nebraska Extension, the field days offer a unique opportunity for farmers to learn about soybean production, the new Soybean Testing Ag Performance Solutions (TAPS) contest, and to network with fellow growers.

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SCAL field day set for Thursday, Aug. 8.

SCAL field day set for Thursday, Aug. 8.

July 24, 2024
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s South Central Agricultural Laboratory (SCAL) field day is Thursday, Aug. 8.

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Heat keeps rains away during wheat harvest

Heat keeps rains away during wheat harvest

July 23, 2024
Amid the high temperatures in western Nebraska, wheat harvest has been going on. “We’re right in the middle of wheat harvest,” said Cody Creech, Nebraska Extension dryland cropping specialist at the UNL High Plains Ag Lab in Sidney. “The rest of the state has wrapped up, and we’ll be completing harvest this week.” Typical for most growers, weather has been a big factor in wheat yields. The yield reports in the Panhandle vary depending on whether the fields were hit by hail or not.

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