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June 21 - 22 - Registration and payment due June 1. 4-H Exhibit Workshop will be held at the 4-H Exhibit Hall on the Fairgrounds. Bring your lunch & drink. Wear old clothes.
4-H Online is open for enrollment for the new 4-H year - 2022-2023.
Use your email and password from last year to log-in to 4-H Online. All members and leaders must enroll for 2023 Enrollment and project information is available on our website. Include all projects you are planning on participating in and/or entering at the fair. You will be able to make changes and add projects.Enrollment is not complete until dues are paid.
Dues are $10 per family.
Shooting Sports will be starting here in November with BB Gun and Air Rifle. All meetings will be held at 2 pm at the Community Building in Stanton.
List of scheduled dates:
November 13 November 20 December 4 December 11 December 18 January 8 January 22 January 29 February 5 February 12If you wish to join Shooting Sports, please contact Keith (402-487-9381) or Margaret Drott (402-750-2323) for more information.
Lunch & Learn - April 18 - 22
In celebration of the Week of the Volunteer, Nebraska 4-H hosts a live Lunch & Learn series. The sessions are intended to enhance existing 4-H volunteer training and provide networking opportunities. The sessions are recorded and made available for on-demand viewing. Sessons are held from Noon to 1 pm. More information and registration can be found here.
Monday, April 18 - 4-H Club Meeting 101
Tuesday, April 19 - Youth Voice in Planning Your 4-H Year
Wednesday, April 20 - Volunteer Role in Yoiuth Spark
Thursday, April 21 - Connecting Youth to New Opportunities
Stanton County Private Pesticide Training Date & Times
February 15, 2022 - 1 pm & 6 pm - Stanton Community Building
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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.