Market beef animals will be weighed in on Saturday, February 20th at the Chuck Buus farm southwest of Lennox from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.  Any market beef animal must be green tagged and weighed at a supervised weigh-in in order to show at the county and state fair.  This includes market steers and market heifers.
February 27th is the snow date in case of bad weather.
Market Beef verification sheets will be due March 31st.  These also must be filled out and turned in to participate at the county fair.
Call Chris …

The BB Gun shooting sports class will start on Saturday, January 23rd at 4 p.m. at the Parker Medical Building/Senior Citizens/Preschool building directly to the east of the Courthouse in Parker.  You do not need to have a bb gun to participate, but an adult needs to attend with the child.  Call Greg Simmermon at 297-1200 for more information.

BB Gun Shooting Sports will start on Sunday, January 23rd at 4 p.m.  It will be held in the basement level of the Parker Multi-Generation building (medical clinic/senior citizens/preschool).  Please use the east door.

Connie’s Comments by Connie Strunk, Turner County Extension Educator—Agronomy
December 22, 2009           
The New Year brings about many educational and informational programs and opportunities.  For us it’s that time of year when we provide Private Pesticide Applicator certification and recertification training.
Who needs to be certified or recertified as a Private Pesticide Applicator?  If you plan to apply any pesticides to an agriculture commodity worth $ 1000 or more, you need to be certified.  It does not matter what pesticide you apply (herbicide, insecticide, or fungicide, etc.) you need to be certified …

****Please Note****
Due to potential of freezing drizzle, the Beef Cow Winter Management Meeting scheduled for this evening Tuesday December 22 in Sioux Falls at the Minnehaha County Extension Office has been postponed.  It will be held on January 8 starting time of 1:30 PM at the same location.
 
Jeff Lounsbery
Lincoln County Extension Educator
605-764-2756

 
 
 
Beef Cow Winter Management Meeting
            SDSU Extension Beef Specialist, Cody Wright of Brookings will be the featured speaker at an evening meeting in Sioux Falls Tuesday December 22nd.  Starting time will be 6:30 PM at the Minnehaha County Extension …

Connie’s Comments by Connie Strunk, Turner County Extension Educator/Agronomy 
December 18, 2009
            It’s that time of year when we expect snow to fall and stick around whether we really want it to or not it is the way of life in South Dakota during the winter.  As of current, the weather forecast is calling for snow right before Christmas and that is when majority of you will be out traveling for your holiday destinations.  I don’t want anyone to be left unprepared for the winter weather so I thought I …

The Turner County Horse Show Planning meeting and the Turner County 4-H Leaders will be meeting on Tuesday evening, January 12th at the Courthouse.  The horse show planning meeting will begin at 6 p.m. while the general 4-H leaders meeting will begin at 7 p.m.

Connie’s Comments by Connie Strunk, Turner County Extension Educator—Agronomy  December 3, 2009
  
Whether we are ready for it or not, December is here and so was our first snow fall.  There is something I love about the seeing the ground covered with the fresh snow that makes me feel at peace.  Now keep in mind I would feel more peaceful if harvest was completed or just shy of being completed but I still did enjoy this first snowfall.  The first December snowfall (no matter how large or small) always puts me …

June 26 - Tentative Date for Turner County Horse Show
July 20-22 - State 4-H Horse Show
July 23 - State 4-H Livestock Judging Contest at Huron
July 23-25 - Summer Spotlight at Huron
August 16-19 - Turner County Fair
September 2-6 - South Dakota State Fair

       Here is plenty of notice for those of you planning to take projects to the 2010 South Dakota State Fair.  You will need to sign up your projects by 6 p.m. on Thursday, August 19th. 
      More information will be available as we get closer to the Turner County Fair.

     All horse club leaders and interested parents are encouraged to come to the 2010 Turner County 4-H Horse Show planning meeting.  It will be held on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 beginning at 7 p.m. at the Courthouse Community Room in Parker.

Connie’s Comments by Connie Strunk, Turner County Extension Educator—Agronomy  November 25, 2009
            I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  I know that my family sure enjoyed the company and all the good food.  It is so much fun watching Benjamin and Ada interacting with their cousins.  I wish we lived closer to them but when these kids get together there is mischief in the air!  As we drove across the county and southeastern South Dakota it was nice to see the progress that has been made out in the field.  …

Connie’s Comments by Connie Strunk, Turner County Extension Educator—Agronomy  November 20, 2009
 

Current and projected crop prices, the late harvest, and the need to dry corn has had a big impact this year for farmers.  Many are left wondering what they should do with their marketing strategies.  If you find yourself in this situation or if you are interested in enhancing your current marketing strategies or if you just have some marketing related questions that you would like answered, make plans now to attend our “Back to the Basics: Marketing 101 …

Connie’s Comments by Connie Strunk, Turner County Extension Educator—Agronomy  November 13, 2009
            This past week I have enjoyed driving around seeing all combines in the field finally able to reap the fruits of their reward.  In just a week we have come a long ways but most of you are aware that there is a long ways to go until we are done with harvest.  Since harvest is finally upon us, it will only be a matter of time until the Asian lady beetles move-in or (in some cases) invade …

Connie’s Comments by Connie Strunk, Turner County Extension Educator—Agronomy  November 9, 2009
 
            Enjoying the beautiful weather last week was a welcomed change of pace for me and my family and for many, many local farmers.  It was great to see the fields alive and buzzing with harvesting equipment!  Soybeans were the focus of many the last few days.  There was even some corn being taken out.  Speaking of corn, a lot of corn in the area has been affected by mold.
            The concern we have about moldy corn is actually …