Agriculture

Many of you keep up with dairy prices at the farm level and what that means to local farm families. Recent news from the federal milk marketing people is extremely bleak for dairy farms. The following article explains this.

Milk Prices Soften in the First Quarter

 Over the next several weeks, results from the school 4-H Talk Meets and the 4-H Youth Fair, along with photos will be included as space is available in the 4-H News.  Coming up this week will be the 4-H Fashion Revue and the County-wide Talk Meet, so stay tuned for results from the various 4-H events.

Washington County Elementary Talk Meet Results

4-H members work hard all year to complete projects, whether it is using their hands to make a skirt or woodworking project, showing an animal or presenting a speech.

We know there has been a lot of concern about wheat and the freeze. The following article has some information about it that may interest you.