Veterinarian Jeff Tharp helped deliver a six-legged calf earlier this year. The calf is just fine, and they’ve decided to leave the extra limbs.
Work with cattle long enough, and you’re bound to accumulate a few calving season stories that would make the likes of Lee Pitts and Baxter Black proud.
Prince Domino was an impressive bull, and his descendants have permeated the Hereford industry, winning awards and reproducing since 1915.
At the age of 85, he was recognized as Livestock Man of the Year, and 11 years after his death, he was inducted into the Honor Gallery of the Hereford Heritage Hall.
Isaiah Rueter simulates rainfall over a model neighborhood in a demonstration that shows the effect of excess fertilizer on groundwater. —Johnson Publications
Holyoke fifth-graders participated in Ag Fest at the Phillips County Event Center last Thursday, May 4, along with students from Julesburg, Revere and Creek Valley schools.
Kathleen Hamaker is manager of the new deli at Holyoke Marketplace. Grab-and-go breakfasts, lunches and dinners are featured Monday-Friday, and rotisserie and fried chicken are offered all week. —Johnson Publications
Move over rotisserie chickens — you’ve got company.
Just a few years ago, Julie Kinner decided to go in a new direction and begin a new career.
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