Agriculture

Two Clay County 4-H members competed at the PASE (Premiere Animal Science Event) Livestock Judging Contest held June 21, in Lincoln at the University of Nebraska College of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources. Josh Shaw, the son of Brian and Julie Shaw of Fairfield, and Jason Brockman, the son of Steve and Cheryl Brockman of Deweese, represented the county at the competition.

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Sutton Public High School student Brittney Reinsch has been awarded a $1,500 scholarship from America’s Farmers Grow Ag Leaders, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund. In the fall, Reinsch will study agricultural economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Reinsch exemplifies the quality of students who are selected for Grow Ag Leaders scholarships.

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During May 2016, the NRD measured over 500 observation wells throughout the District and then averaged the data of all these wells. Observation wells are measured in the spring of each year, allowing the water table to rebound from the previous irrigation season. The observation wells measured are equally distributed geographically throughout the District to provide an accurate profile of the District average. Overall, the spring 2016 average measurement for the groundwater level change shows a rise of 1.2 feet from last spring.  

Junior Dairy Goat: Andralyn Lancaster, Clay County, left

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Nearly 80 tractors left the Homestead National Monument in Beatrice to set out on a week long tractor drive across the state to its final destination of Agate Fossil Beds National Monument near Harrison. The journey, hosted by the Nebraska Antique Farming Association (NAFA), was to take nine days, traveling at 12 miles per hour and stopping for breaks and to eat. The first night on the trip, drivers and supporters of the event made a stop in Geneva for the night, prior to making a trip through Grafton, Sutton and a visit at the Wesley and Marilyn Schliep farm east of Clay Center. 

(Clay Center, NE)–May 26, 2016—Clay County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director David Studnicka reminds producers that filing accurate and timely acreage certification reports for all crops and land uses, including prevented plant or failed acres, can prevent the potential loss of FSA program benefits. “Excessive moisture and severe storms in the county may have prevented producers from planting an intended crop or may have damaged an existing crop,” said Studnicka. “Producers should report any crop acres they intended to plant, but due to extreme weather, were prevented from planting.”  

In a press statement released by Aurora Cooperative President and CEO Chris Vincent Monday, May 9, Vincent stated that Aurora Cooperative Elevator Co., Aurora, acknowledges that its airplane hangar in Henderson, NE, was engulfed in flames on Saturday evening and appears to be a total loss, including aircraft. In the release, Vincent stated “that no injuries occurred and our staff is safe and well. The state fire marshal is currently investigating the fire, but his initial indication is accidental and possible cause is electrical. Final results will be coming in the next few weeks.”