Agrarian News

Posted: September 4, 2018

Young Farmers Hay Show grand champ

James Miksch (holding hay bale) won grand champion with a Jiggs entry at the 31st annual Schulenburg Young Farmers Hay Show, held in conjunction with the Fayette County Fair last week. Miksch’s hay sold for...Read more

Posted: September 4, 2018

Rainfall during August totals .37 of an inch

August returned to a hot, dry month in 2018 after Hurricane Harvey helped post the wettest one on record for Schulenburg last year.
Local weather observer Elroy Dieringer reported only two days of rainfall...Read more

Posted: September 4, 2018

Additional Young Farmers hay show winners

The Schulenburg Young Farmers hay show was held on Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 29-30 in conjunction with the Fayette County Fair in La Grange. The hay show auction was held Thursday, Aug. 30 at the...Read more

Posted: September 4, 2018

Master Naturalists to have program on mushrooms

The Texas Master Naturalist™ Gideon Lincecum Chapter will host its next meeting and program on Saturday, Sept. 15, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Winedale Historical Complex, 3738 FM 2714, Round Top.  

The...Read more

Posted: August 21, 2018

Major show validation for heifers slated

Any 4-H or FFA member in Fayette County who plans to show heifers at the 2019 spring major stock shows must validate their heifer(s).  

The cost of validation materials is $17 each. The materials...Read more

Posted: August 14, 2018

Meetings on seed cotton, WHIP set in Columbus

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host a seed cotton educational meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 22 beginning at 9 a.m. at the Colorado County Facilities Building (attached to Colorado County EMS), 305 Radio Lane,...Read more

Posted: August 14, 2018

Producers need to sign up for CRP by Aug. 17

The deadline to sign up for enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is Friday, Aug. 17, according to USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Richard Fordyce.

“Any agricultural producer that has eligible land should...Read more

Posted: August 14, 2018

Validation dates for local Stock Show

Validation dates for 2019 Schulenburg Junior Livestock Show are as follows: 

Swine & goats    Oct. 8

Poultry orders due    Sept. 15

Hatch date    Dec. 14

Rabbit validation    Dec. 21

Any FFA or 4-H members having...Read more

Posted: August 7, 2018

Rain totals less than an inch in July

Local weather observer Elroy Dieringer reported less than an inch of rainfall for Schulenburg during the month of July.
His measurements last month were:
• July 4....................0.64”;
• July 7....................0.20”;
•...Read more

Posted: August 7, 2018

Two county 4-H’ers attend Texas 4-H Congress

Two Fayette County 4-H members – Abbey Weyand of the La Grange 4-H and Abbey Nedbalek of the Round Top-Carmine 4-H – participated in the Texas 4-H Congress held July 22-25 at the Sheraton Austin...Read more

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