Cheyenne County Fair Opens Amid Busy Prep Week
Ivan Liljegren reports Cheyenne County 4-H members gear up for the Cheyenne County Fair August 6 to 9 with thousands of entries and about 200 head of livestock arriving. Livestock judging will be led by Kimball County Agent with 75 youth placing classes of sheep hogs and beef. Judges include Dr Paul Guyer and Clem Wimberly as crops garden poultry and other exhibits are evaluated across the fairgrounds in the Booth Building and Central Grade School events. Public style show and various 4-H exhibits promise a colorful week culminating in a fat cattle sale Saturday afternoon.
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University of Nebraska Animal Husbandry Department
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Scottsbluff National Bank
Harold Herman
Midwest Public Power
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Freda Andreesen
Ogallala
Central Grade School
Urban consumer views on farm programs in Iowa survey
A preliminary Iowa Farm Bureau survey shows urban residents are more tolerant of government farm programs than expected. About one quarter think government spends too much, nine in ten overestimate farm program share of income, and most think programs raise food costs and taxes though they overstate the effect. Farmers should better explain programs and costs to consumers.
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Colombian Delegation Tour of U S Wheat Facilities
The Colombian delegation arrives in Omaha on August 6 visiting the Omaha Grain Exchange Omar Bakery and Nebraska Consolidated Mills Cereal Laboratory. August 7 includes grain storage site tours at Judd Burkhart farm Fairbury and Clyde Gewacke farm Ohio. other stops at Fairmont Hastings elevators. They tour Earl Lester farm McCook Red Willow County then attend Red Willow County Fair. Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee hosts August 11 greeting. They continue to Kansas Chicago Board of Trade Washington and depart August 25.
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Hastings
Edison
Nebraska
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McCook
Red Willow County
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Chase
Perkins
Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee
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Board of Trade
Chicago
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Colombia
Hessian Fly Outbreak Possibility Cited by Nebraska Expert
University of Nebraska entomologist Roselle warns of a Hessian fly outbreak if conditions remain favorable. He notes 50-50 odds of a serious outbreak and outlines life stages, flight timing, and recommended controls including resistant varieties and plowing infested stubble.
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University of Nebraska
Rosett E Roselle
University Extension Entomol Ogist
Wheat Tour Set For Colombians
A four man wheat mission from Colombia will tour Nebraska August 6 to 11. The group is the fourth in a series of five foreign missions to the state this summer. Sponsored by the Nebraska Wheat Growers Association the Nebraska and Kansas Wheat Commissions and the Foreign Agricultural Service of the U S Department of Agriculture the visitors are government and industry officials from wheat importing countries. The aim is to showcase Great Plains wheat quality to broaden market outlets.
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South America
Nebraska
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
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Foreign Agricultural Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Great Plains
Curry Butter Toasts With Creamed Chicken Dip
A home recipe blends butter and curry powder to spread on eight slices of French bread then bakes until crispy. The fried bread accompanies creamed chicken for a savory dish. Support Your Local Merchants.
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