UMN Extension, in partnership with SDSU Extension, will be offering a cattle Artificial Insemination (A.I.) School in Pipestone on December 3-5. The three-day school will be a combination of classroom learning and hands-on experience, including instructor-led practices in the classroom with harvested reproductive tracts as well as practice inseminating live cows at a local dairy.

On Sunday, October 31st, Murray County Medical Center hosted its first annual ‘Trunkor-Treat’ event for children and families around the community. This event was inspired by wanting to provide a safe alternative for children and families to celebrate without having to cross many roads, especially at night, and for those with more than one young child.

With the beautiful fall soon to be behind us and Christmas fast approaching, it is once again time to announce plans for the Annual Good Neighbor Christmas Tree sponsored by Minnwest Bank. People’s generous donations of toys, games, books and clothes have provided a happy Christmas to many children in past years.

The Peace Poster contest is an international event through Lions International. This year’s theme is “We Are All Connected”. Annie Scandrett’s winning poster will go on to the District Level for further judging in December. There are 36 clubs in the district. The Hadley Lions Club has sponsored this contest at MCC for over 20 years.

The Orton-Gillingham approach was developed by neurologist Dr. Samuel T. Orton and educator Anna Gillingham, and has been used successfully throughout the world. The program was originally used to teach individuals with dyslexia how to read, but now many educators realize that the program is applicable to all learners. The program uses explicit, systematic, sequential, multisensory instruction to teach the fundamental structure of language. Instruction begins with simple sound/symbol relationships and progresses to more complex concepts. Each five-part lesson plan uses a student’s visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning pathways to capitalize on their strengths while remediating deficits.

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Many Murray County 4-H members and volunteers were honored at the annual awards celebration held Sunday, November 7 at the Murray County 4-H Building. Murray County 4-H Ambassadors along with Cameron and Chandler Hilltoppers 4-H Clubs hosted the Mexican-themed event, “Taco ‘bout a great year in 4-H!” Murray County 4-H Horse Drill Team gave a video presentation highlighting the state competition where they received championship honors.

Chandler Hilltopers Top Fundraisers Currie Poco-a-Poco Top Fundraisers Shooting Stars Top Fundraisers Cameron 4-H Top Fundraisers Lakers Top Fundraisers Bondin - Belfast Top Fundraisers.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is in the process of issuing $1.8 billion in payments to agricultural producers who enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for the 2020 crop year. These payments provide critical support to help mitigate fluctuations in either revenue or prices for certain crops. These two USDA safety-net programs help producers of certain crops build back better after facing the impacts of COVID-19 and other challenges.

Melissa Runck, U of M Extension, (507) 836-1143, mkrunck@umn.edu The University of Minnesota Extension, along with Minnesota Beef Council, will host an in-person Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) training session in Pipestone, Minnesota. Producers attending this free workshop will receive their threeyear BQA certification.