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I am writing this column Monday, February 07, and the sun
is shining bright although the word cool has popped back into picture.
I had a very fun weekend, this past weekend; I had a friend up to fish
for the weekend and also had the participants here for the North Dakota Shooting
Sports Certification class. We had
16 participants after postponing the class because of weather the first try.
We will be gearing up for classes involving youth in the next month.
I am looking forward to the classes.
My wife and I also hosted a Super Bowl party yesterday.
We had a houseful and had a very good time although I would have
preferred the Eagles to win. I am
not necessarily an Eagles fan but always like to cheer for the underdog.
It is always fun to see someone else take a turn at winning.
By the way, we did not have very good luck fishing Saturday.
The fish were there but just could not finesse them into biting.
Producers should be keeping a watchful eye on your grain
bins. The weather we had last week
is very conducive to problems in the grain bin.
Aeration fans should be run to cool stored grain.
Stored grain likely warmed considerably last week thus creating the need
to cool that grain back down or even take the time to dry the commodity.
The allowable storage time is cut in half with each ten-degree rise in
grain temperature. I have visited
with producers, who have already had storage problems, so monitoring your grain
is very important. Watching markets
can be a frustrating event, with the present commodity prices, and trying to
sell commodities that have been damaged is even more of a challenge.
The Crop Improvement Association has new Foundation
Increase seed available for producers, to apply for.
We have not been officially notifies of our allotments but should be
getting an increase allotment of Glenn (HRSW), Stellar (Barley), Pembina
(Conventional Soybean), Foundation Tradition and Carter Flax.
If you are interested in growing increase seed for the Crop Improvement
association please stop by the Extension office for more information on the
varieties and an application. The
Extension office number is 662-7027.
Calendar
Dates!!!!!!
February 24
Private Pesticide Training (St.
Benedicts, rural Crary)
March 3
Private Pesticide Training (Edmore
Senior Center)
March 10
Private Pesticide Training (Starkweather,
Catholic Church)
March 14
Coffee Shop with Terry Gregoire and Bill Hodous
(Hampden
Café 2pm.)
March 17
Crop Improvement Annual meeting
March 21
Coffee Shop with Terry Gregoire and Bill Hodous
March 24
Coffee Shop with Terry Gregoire and Bill Hodous
(Edmore Café, 10 am and Starkweather Elevator,1 pm )
March 28
Coffee Shop with Terry Gregoire and Bill Hodous
(Doyon Elevator 10 am)
March 31
Privatae Pesticde Training (Devils
Lake, Court House)
524 4th Ave #5, 2nd Floor Ramsey County Courthouse
Devils Lake ND 58301
701-662-7027
email - ramsey@ndsuext.nodak.edu
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