Thursday, June 1, 2023

Farm Living

Dodge County Dairy Princess Mackenzie Alberts has been named a finalist for the 2023 Princess Kay of the Milky Way title. The 10 Princess Kay finalists were announced Sunday after a two-day leadership event. Alberts is studying agricultural communications and leadership at South Dakota State...
Submitted Photo Jenna Kenworthy (left) and Cadence Spearman (right) working on signs for the upcoming Steak Feed and Donkey Basketball.
The past few weeks have been busy for Triton FFA members and their Alumni group. The annual steak feed dinner was hosted on February 25 at Faith Community Church in West Concord. There was great weather, and 520 meals were served. It was great for the members to meet with their sponsors and...
Photos by Karen M. Jorgensen Dodge County’s Dairy Princesses pose after the Dairy Association Banquet Saturday night. Left to right are Gabi Espinoza, 2022 and 2023 princess, Alita Rinehart, 2023 princess, Makenzie Alberts, 2023 princess, Ellie Sauder, 2023 princess, and Amanda Sauder, retiring 2022 princess.
Four young women from the area will be serving this year as ambassadors for the county’s dairy farmers. McKenzie Alberts, Gabi Espinoza, Alita Rinehart, and Ellie Sauder were announced Saturday night as the newest Dodge County Dairy Princesses. Alberts is the daughter of Eric and Angie Alberts of...
As Congress begins work on a new farm bill, Sen. Amy Klobuchar stopped in Mantorville last week to listen to concerns of area farmers at a noon session sponsored by the Dodge County Farmers Union. Representatives of U.S. Senator Tina Smith and 1st District Congressman Brad Finstad also attended the...
Drone technology will be highlighted at this week’s North American Farm & Power Show in Owatonna. Included in the 157 companies represented at one of Minnesota’s largest farm shows are two drone companies, according to Brock Nelson, the show’s organizer. The drone companies will highlight crop...
President — Alianna DuBois,Vice President — Nick Hunt,Secretary — Emily Thompson,Treasurer — Bode Fitch, Reporter — Alita Rinehart, Sentinel — Wyatt Sullivan, Historian — Emma Aarsvold, Officer at Large — Diego Espinoza. Advisor is Lori Pagel.
FFA chapters throughout the country, including those in the Byron, Hayfield, Kasson-Mantorville, and Triton school districts, are getting ready to celebrate FFA Week. This year the event is February 18-25. The group was founded in 1928 as the Future Farmers of America as a way to prepare future...
Photo by Wayne Hendrickson Dodge County Dairy Princess, Gabriola Espinoza, and her brother, Diego, were giving out a pound of free butter from Dodge County Dairy Farmers, to store customers at the Hy-Vee in Kasson who stopped by their display last Saturday. Gabriola is a second-year nursing student...
Three new projects are joining the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s (MDA) Bend, Don’t Break Initiative to help Minnesota farmers cope with adversity. “Agriculture can be a tough profession and Minnesota farmers experience a wide variety of physical, mental, and business stresses day-to-day and...

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