With high feed costs, improving whole-farm feed efficiency for both beef and dairy operations is crucial to maximizing herd profitability. All beef and dairy producers, individuals selling feed to these operations, and industry professionals are invited to join the Minnesota Dairy Initiative and UMN Extension on Thursday, June 26, 2025, at the Murray County 4-H Building for a free educational event focused on cow efficiency and forage production.

It’s All Just One Big Pile of Ministry The young man kneeling in broad daylight caught my eye. Prayer posture can take many a form and I took note. Focused he was as he bent low right there in the middle of the day smack dab in the middle of the sanctuary.

CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH, Slayton, MN. Pastor Chad Duffy.

Sidedressing nitrogen and small grains diseases were topics of discussion on the June 4, University of Minnesota Extension Strategic Farming: Field Notes program. Nitrogen sidedressing tips If you haven’t applied all your N needs yet, corn will be growing very quickly once temperatures warm up.

By Arnold Krusemark The year is already nearly half over. We hadn’t realized it until two calendars appeared in the mail.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. - William James The Greek philosopher Socrates claimed that “The unexamined life is not worth living.” It appears from Plato’s dialogues, in which Socrates is the main character and protagonist, that he lived up to this claim, as he went around Athens questioning the leading men of the city about their virtues.

By Kathy Schwartz, Murray County Master Gardener Prune spring flowering shrubs, like lilacs, once they are done blooming to encourage development of young shoots that will bear flowers next year. Mow lawns to a height of 2-3 inches.

By John Stenen The New Testament reveals to us over and over how Jesus rebuked His disciples for their unbelief. On the other hand we see quite often that Jesus commended many others for having faith in Him. He says to many of them, “Your faith has made you whole.” In Mt. 8: Jesus said to the Jewish people after hearing what the Roman centurion said, “I have not seen such great faith in all of Israel.” Then, in Mark 6: when Jesus comes to His hometown, scripture tells us that there He could do no mighty works because of their unbelief; only a few with minor illness were healed. Hebrews 11:6 tells us that without faith it is impossible to please God, for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder to them who diligently seek Him. Isn’t it possible that we seldom see the power of God in operation because many are taught that God can heal today if He wants to, but He usually doesn’t want to. We seem to have far more faith in pills even with all the negative side effects, than we do in the many promises that God has given to us concerning healing. Scripture still tells us that all things are possible to them that believe. Mark 9:23. God bless.

Monday, June 23: Spaghetti Meat Sauce, Spaghetti Noodles, Italian Vegetable Blend, Applesauce, Wheat Dinner Roll, Margarine, 1% Milk. Tuesday, June 24: Chicken Baked Herb, Mashed Sweet Potatoes, Green Peas, Granny Smith Apple, Wheat Dinner Roll, Margarine, 1% milk.

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