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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has clarified the definition of a spot market sale and hog eligibility under the Spot Market Hog Pandemic Program (SMHPP), which assists producers who sold hogs through a spot market sale from April 16, 2020, through Sept. 1, 2020. Hog producers will also now be required to submit documentation to support information provided on their SMHPP application. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will accept applications through April 29, 2022, which is an extension of the April 15, 2022, deadline previously set for the program.

Nobles Cooperative Electric would like to announce the 2022 Youth Tour Contest Winner. Abigail Bristow, a senior from Worthington High School, has been selected to represent Nobles Cooperative Electric at the 2022 Rural Electric Youth Tour to Washington, D.C., June 14-19. She is the daughter of Robert and Lori of Worthington. She will be representing Nobles Cooperative Electric among 1,900 high school students from cooperatives throughout the country.

Eligible hog producers can apply for SMHPP by April 29, 2022, by completing the FSA- 940, Spot Market Hog Pandemic Program application, along with required supporting documentation. Producers can visit farmers.gov/smhpp for examples of supporting documentation, information on applicant eligibility and more information on how to apply.

Training our children is a great responsibility that we should never take lightly. Parents will one day give account to God on how they raised their children. We can never properly raise them from our easy chair and yell, “For the tenth time now, I have told you to stop doing that!” You will never train them that way. You will just get angry and frustrated, throw your hands in the air and say, “My kid is five years old and I can’t do anything with him.”

Spring arrived on Sunday, March 20th, the calendar beginning of spring. The weather spring will probably arrive about mid-April.

Monday, March 28: Orange Chicken, Brown Rice, Oriental Vegetables, Mandarin Oranges, Cookie, Lowfat Milk. Tuesday, March 29: Goulash, Peas, Tropical Fruit, Garlic Bread Stick, Lowfat Milk.

Just a Bag of Carrots “Need anything?” was the question asked after church on Sunday. That’s code for The grocery store is only open until 2:00.

Six days after the Fulda/ MCC Warriors 7th/8th Grade wrestling team qualified for the NYWA State Tournament, the K-6 (kindergarten through sixth grade) Team set out to punch a ticket of their own. The team would enter as the #8 seed with seventeen teams competing in the event in Tracy, MN on Saturday, March 19th.

On Friday, March 11th, MCC MathCounts coach Mark Carlson, chaperone Katie Gillette, and the MathCounts team of Tristan Behrends, Wesley Hause, Dugan Kluis, and Alex Schuur ventured to the Crown Plaza hotel in Plymouth, MN to attend the State Competition. The team had qualified for this competition in early February by placing 2nd out of 9 teams at the local competition in Marshall, MN. The State competition includ

2021-2022 Letterwinners: (Back L to R): Christian Kuball, Carson Klein, Rylan Klein, Ryder Henning, Teague Meyer, Lucas Kuball, Noah Mathiowetz, Colby Kesteloot. (Front L to R): Madilynn Wendorff (Manager), Carter Benda, Torrin Clarke, Aiden Lorenzen, Alleigh Lorenzen (Manager), Everly Henning (Manager), Quintin Lewis, Denver Ash, Gracie Buesing (Manager), Not Picured: Atalie Rosenbrook (Manager).