Clover Kid Day
May 27 at 2 p.m. (CT) at the Valentine City Park Pavilion.
- Open to all youth ages 5-7.
- Collecting items from nature to create a texture collage.
- Enter your collage in the Cherry County Fair.
- Call 402-376-1850, or email Jody Soester, jsoester3@unl.edu by May 20 to pre-register.
Beef Quality and Value Seminar
June 4 at 6 p.m. at the Valentine Livestock Auction Market
- Beef Quality Assurance, Dr. Dee Griffin – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Increasing Your bottom Line, Pfizer Animal Health Technical Veterinarian
- Adding Value to the Chuck Roll, Dr. Chris Caulkins – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- RSVP to the Nebraska Beef Council, 800-421-5326 by May 29.
Tractor Safety Training
June 5, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. and June 6, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Cherry County Extension Office
- Participation is required both days. $35 registration fee, includes lunch the first day.
- Tractor Safety training is required by federal law for youth ages 14 and 15 who will be operating tractors and related farm and ranch equipment for someone other than their parents or legal guardians.
- There will be a tractor driving skills test on Saturday, June 8. Please practice your tractor driving skills before the workshop.
DNA Technology: Where we’ve been, where we are, and where we’re headed.
June 22, noon – 5 p.m. at the Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, NE
RSVP for lunch, contact Matt Spangler at mspangler2@unl.edu or at 402-472-6489.
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