Harvard’s City Council passed Ordinance 883, which authorizes the issuance of a bond not to exceed $900,000 to construct a new fire hall, during its Jan. 14 meeting with a 5-1 decision.

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At least 40 people packed in the Clay County Courtroom on Tuesday afternoon in time for the solar workshop hosted by the Clay County Board of Supervisors.

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Harvard’s Christmas Lighting Ceremony is set for Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Community Room. Sponsored by the Harvard Community Club, this event will go from 5-6:30 p.m., and includes a host of activities.

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In this Part 2 of this two-part series, we take an in-depth look into the Nebraska Corn Board’s Market Development Committee, on which Edgar farmer John Greer serves, as well as get a glimpse into the intricacies of marketing U.S. corn to Asia.

Edgar is a long way from Asia. Yet through the involvement of a local farmer on the Nebraska Corn Board, some of Clay County’s corn may soon be heading to secure markets in this part of the world.

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In working closely with the Sutton Community Home Board of Directors, the Sutton Community Home Foundation has announced that it will kick off a capital campaign, beginning the week of Dec. 16.

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The deadline for advertising and news articles/photos for the Dec. 25 edition and Jan. 1, 2020 edition are noon, Friday, Dec. 20 and at noon, Friday, Dec. 27.

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The Clay County Board of Supervisors and the Clay County Highway Department may have come to an agreement about adjusting wages for road’s employees without increasing the Highway Department’s budget.

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VIEWS FROM VANDEWALLE

Nebraska Extension’s Landlord/Tenant Cash Rent Workshops for 2020 and Beyond will provide the latest leasing, real estate and management information to operators, tenants and landowners in Nebraska this winter.

The workshop is scheduled in 19 communities throughout the state, between Dec. 6, 2019, and March 18, 2020.

Extension educators Austin Duerfeldt, Jim Jansen and Allan Vyhnalek, all working in the Department of Agricultural Economics, have collaborated to develop a program that will address agricultural finance and the real estate market, negotiation skills and considerations for leases and strategies for farmland succession and communication.

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Harvest may be done, but the careful interplay of the commodity grain markets is still very much at work.

Among those behind the scenes, striving to keep the global demand strong for U.S. corn, is a farmer from Edgar.

“If you’re not a member of commodity organizations, you need to be,” said John Greer, who is in his fifth year on the Nebraska Corn Board. “You can’t take your family to McDonald’s for what it costs to join these organizations. They’re our voice. The organizations really do help promote the products that we raise.”

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