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4-H celebrates 100 years! This Video takes a look at North Dakota 4-H Programming as it heads into the next 100 years.
(10/8/02) It’s after school at Jefferson Elementary in Fargo. These 4-H kids are learning about the parts of a rocket. 4-H is developing programs to meet the needs of today’s youth, as it heads into the next 100 years.  VIDEO  SCRIPT



NDSU Schedules Beef Quality Assurance Training Sessions
(10/3/02) A series of training sessions has been scheduled for North Dakota beef producers who want to receive certification or be recertified in the North Dakota Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program.  MORE

October Feedlot Tour to Focus on Environmental Issues (10/3/02) Environmental and manure management issues will be one focus of a two-day feedlot tour to southwestern Minnesota Oct. 22 - 23.  MORE

Information on Manure Management Is Now Available (10/1/02) Information on science-based manure management practices are available to help producers evaluate their farming or ranching operation and implement practices that are most beneficial to their operation.  MORE

Enrollment Begins for Southwest Feeders 2002 Calf Backgrounding Test (10/1/02) The Southwest Feeders project at the North Dakota State University Hettinger Research Extension Center is seeking southwestern North Dakota producers interested in evaluating their steer calves in a backgrounding environment.  MORE

BeefTalk: How do I get $600 for My Calves (10/3/02) Beef specialist Kris Ringwall says producers can use records to make sure calves are good performers. That performance, enhanced with proper preconditioning, assures a calf with a top-quality, predictable return.  MORE

Prairie Fare: Which Cereal Do You Pick? (10/3/02) Food and nutrition specialist Julie Garden-Robinson offers some tips for choosing from the vast array of breakfast cereals. She also offers a cereal-based snack mix recipe.  MORE

Plains Folk: Bohemian Alps (10/3/02) Is Ted Kooser "The Sage of the Bohemian Alps?"  MORE

Hortiscope (10/3/02) Ron Smith answers readers' questions about the world of plants and gardening.  MORE

Market Advisor: USDA Says Less Wheat Available (10/3/02) Crops economist George Flaskerud talks about implications for prices.  MORE




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