Greensburg — Awards were presented on Valentine's Day to winners in the Decatur County Farm Bureau Inc. coloring contest. Insurance agents Ken Ewing and Justin Shireman represented Farm Bureau in making the presentations, giving each young artist a $25 cash prize for their win. Pictured are the winning works of art as well as their artists.
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The primary election is history for now. Now, it's time for all the candidates to pick up their signs. Even if they won, it's too early to have them out for this fall.
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Growers have options for freeze-damaged wheat
A late-April freeze damaged some of northern Indiana's early progressing winter wheat crop, leaving growers to decide whether to let the crop yield or tear it up altogether.
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Black cutworm flocks to Indiana
Record numbers of black cutworm moths have descended upon Indiana fields, and after a week of warm temperatures and rainfall now is a critical time to scout, a Purdue Extension entomologist says.
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Sanders, Tomson join Beef Board
Layne Sanders, a sophomore at Greensburg Community High School, and Morgan Tomson, a junior at South Decatur High School, were recently elected to the Indiana Beef Cattle Junior Executives Board.
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Local students awarded scholarships
Ashley Hawkins, a 2012 graduate of South Decatur High School FFA, and Scott Denton, a 2012 graduate of Greensburg FFA, have been awarded a $1,000 scholarship by Don Meyer Ford and Ford Motor Company.
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Livestock and Dairy Judging results
Greensburg FFA participated at the Area 1 Livestock and Dairy Judging Contest April 12.
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Earth Day is every day for Hoosier farmers
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It has been estimated that one billion people around the globe, in some way, observed Earth Day April 22, 2012. -
Farmland prices expected to keep rising
A survey indicating that farmland values are expected to continue increasing is more good news for landowners but could also signal caution for buyers, an agricultural economist says.
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Farm conservation practices
Farm conservation practices not only preserve soil and water, but they also can save growers money, says a Purdue Extension agronomist.
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Report: U.S. farmers say they'll plant most corn acres since 1937
U.S. grain farmers this spring intend to plant the nation's highest corn acreage since 1937, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report released March 30.
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