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Area farmers can learn about the USDA Farm Bill’s revenue and price support options for 2024 during a workshop scheduled from 1-4 p.m. on Feb. 14, at the Adams County Extension Office located at 2975 S. Baltimore Ave, just south of Hastings.

Although one measure that Clay County News is following has advanced out of committee to the floor of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature, most proposed law changes introduced this session—which began in early January—are sitting in committees, awaiting hearings or post-hearing decisions.

Clay County has an estimated 160 youth enrolled in 4-H each year

Months-long rumors and accusations of unethical decision-making came to a head this week during a Clay County Health Department report to the County Board of Supervisors.

The Nebraska Unicameral Legislature has begun holding committee hearings on legislation introduced earlier this month.

The Aksarben Foundation, along with Nebraska Farm Bureau and the Nebraska Association of Fair Managers, announces that applications for the Nebraska Pioneer Farm and Nebraska Heritage Farm Awards are being accepted now through April 15, 2024. These awards recognize Nebraska farm families who have consecutively held ownership of land in the same family for at least 100 years (Pioneer) or 150 years (Heritage), respectively.

The Nebraska Unicameral Legislature continues with introduction of potential new laws and changes to existing state law, and has now began scheduling committee hearings on these bills.

Calving, lambing, and kidding out goats in January is always a chilly endeavor.

Temperatures that failed to get above zero degrees over much of the weekend, with windchills dipping to nearly 50-below in much of Clay County, as much of the eastern two-thirds of the state of Nebraska was taking on heavy doses of snowfall during the past week. In Clay County alone, the National Weather Service office out Hastings has estimated that eight-12 inches of snow covered the ground over the course of two storms that blasted the county last week. Here, a tractor on the Jesse and Shelli Mohnike farm, just south and west of Sutton shows the magnitude of the blowing snow over the weekend.

LENEXA, KS. (JAN. 11, 2024) – Aurora Cooperative Elevator Company has agreed to pay a $82,677 civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act’s chemical risk prevention provisions at its agronomy business in Harvard.

Clay County again became an extended winter wonderland as anywhere from eight-12 inches of snow, with bitterly cold temperatures invaded the county all of last week, causing schools to close for much of the week. In the top photo, submitted by Delaney Sheridan, the image shows the Tristan and Delaney Sheridan home behind several big drifts and a colorful sunset. In the lower left photo, shared by Michael and Sydney George, the George family captured a powerful look at a Sun Dog about five miles north of Sutton. In the lower right photo, by Tory Duncan, a buried car is shown in front of St. Mary’s Catholic Church. More winter scenes can be seen on page 12 this week.