Area farmer receives grant

PIERCE CITY, Mo. — Mor Xiong, of Pierce City, has received Farmer Rancher Grant funding.

His project title is “Irrigation with Solar Power in a Location Remote From Utility Service.”

In 1992, the North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NCR-SARE) program began a competitive grant offering to fund producers striving for agricultural sustainability.

Dust Bowl babies topic of meeting

COLUMBUS, Kan. — Priscilla Henning, of Weir, is to talk at a tea meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Kansas State University Extension office, 124 W. Country Road, Columbus.

“Wipe the Dust Off the Baby,” is the title of her talk about the issues women faced raising babies during the Dust Bowl years in Western Kansas. She researched the subject as part of an advanced degree.

Details: (620) 429-3849.

Steer feedout deadline May 10

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. — May 10 is the deadline to enter steers in the 2008 Missouri Steer Feedout, said Eldon Cole, University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist.

Participants are to get information on how their steers perform in a feedlot and the value of their carcasses, he said.

An entry is to include a minimum five steers born after July 1, 2007, he said. Steers are to be weaned by the middle of April and receive a modified live vaccine plus a booster in two to four weeks.

They are to be gathered in early June at the Joplin Regional Stockyards and hauled to the Tri-County Steer Carcass Futurity (TCSCF) in Iowa. Optimum entry weights are 500 to 700 pounds.