Farm, Garden & Outdoors calendar published May 8, 2021
Events and classes scheduled in the outdoors, gardening and farming. Submit your event at news@wctrib.com by noon on Tuesday. Written By: Donna Middleton | ×
Outdoors
Gathering Partners Conference: May 13-15, virtually, $60, registration deadline May 10. Event is a favorite for friends of Minnesota’s natural resources, including volunteers, landowners, citizen scientists and advocates. From phenology to climate change, wildlife watching to invasive species management, participants can learn about Minnesota’s ecology virtually. Evenings will include a virtual happy hour, game show night, and more. Optional field trips at various northern Minnesota locations. Each optional field trip is $35; financial assistance is available. More information and registration on website at gatheringpartners.umn.edu.
OMAHA (DTN) The old adage is true: It’s all about location, location, location. When it comes to forage production in the 2021 growing season, it really depends on where the crop is located.
The forage outlook for much of the Southern Plains and Northern Plains is cloudy as these regions are in varying designations of drought, which could limit production. In the Central Plains, east into the Corn Belt, ample rainfall this spring has lessened drought concerns and better production is expected.
Other factors such pests, diseases and even higher fertilizer prices will test forage producers’ resolve this growing season.
American Hereford Association
Kansas City, Mo. Sixty-five National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) members and their families, along with several industry partners attended the inaugural NJHA Fed Steer Shootout Field Day hosted by HRC Feed Yards in Scott City, Kan., on April 17. The young cattle feeders who participate in the Fed Steer Shootout program traveled from 13 states and as far away as California, West Virginia and Georgia to learn about the industry and see how their steers entered in this year’s contest are performing.
Lee Mayo, general manager of HRC Feed Yards welcomed the participants to Kansas and cattle feeding country. Scott County is home to roughly 300,000 head of cattle on feed within 10 miles of the feed yard. NJHA’s partners in education, VitaFerm and Merck Animal Health, sponsored the educational program where attendees heard from industry leading speakers including Kevin Good from Cattle Fax who gave participants an overview of the industry across all
CURTIS, Neb. Four students from the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis, all from rural Nebraska communities and soon graduating with associate degrees, won second-place team last week in a college crops judging…