Cottonwood Connections February 2021 | Page 3

4-H Youth Development Dates

February 8, 7 – 9 p.m. - Leading in Times of Disruption

Register by February 1 https://tinyurl.com/LeadinginDisruption

February 13, 9 – 11 a.m. – Ellis County 4-H Market Beef Weigh-in – Ellis Co. Fairgrounds

February 15 – 20 – Jr. Swine Producer Week – Register by February 8 - https://bit.ly/KSUJrSwineWeek

February 18, 7 – 9 p.m. – 4-H Leader Training – Real Colors – Register by February 1 https://tinyurl.com/4-HColors

February 20 – Cottonwood 4-H Water Ambassadors Training – Kansas Wetland Education Center

February 27 - 9-12 noon - Barton County 4-H Beef Weigh-in

February 28 - 1:30 pm - Barton County 4-H Club Day in Hoisington

Other:

Water Test Kits

Publications related to Agriculture, Lawn, Garden, Health, Nutrition, Family and Youth

Items for Loan:

Soil Probe

Hay Probe

Virtual Crop Talk Webinars

Webinars are focused on crop production in Northwest and North Central Kansas on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10:30-11:30am CST

Topics include:

Soil Fertility Questions from Growers for the 2021 Season Feb 2-(Northwest Focus) Feb 3-(North Central Focus)

Weed Management and that Pesky Palmer Amaranth (Pigweed) Feb 9- (Northwest Focus) Feb 10-(North Central Focus)

Corn Insect Resistance: Rootworm and Western Bean Cutworm-Feb 16

Grain Sorghum Weed Control: Start Clean, Stay Clean-Feb 23

Sorghum Insects: Aphids, Headworms and Chinch Bugs..Oh My!-Feb 24

Alfalfa Management and Weevil Update-March 2

Dryland Corn Dynamics-March 9

To Register: http://tinyurl.com/croptalk or contact Stacy Campbell @ [email protected] or 785-628-9430.