Rural Ramblings

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Back to School with Adopt A Farmer!

9/6/2016 - It’s Labor Day, and while we have the day off it means that school is officially back in session. At Ag United we are so excited for school to start, because that means the Adopt A Farmer will be up and running again soon!   Classrooms enrolled in the Adopt A Farmer program receive mont... Read More

10 Things You Won't Want to Miss at the SD State Fair

8/31/2016 - South Dakota State Fair is finally back for another year! There are many new additions to the fair that we can’t wait to check out, and yearly exhibits that we couldn’t live without. Hundred of activities and thousands of exhibits will be viewed over the next five days, but we’ve narrowed it d... Read More

August Agvocates

8/30/2016 - During August we were fortunate to host events for guests from ages 1 to 99.  We hosted an open house for young hog producers returning to the family farm, we arranged our first farm tour for a nursing home, and we put together Total Mixed Ration snack bags with children at Sioux Empire Fair.... Read More

Krause Open House

8/23/2016 - Adam and Brent Krause, owners of a new 3,600 nursery barn. Summer is coming to an end, and so is our season for open houses at the farm. This week we are hosting our last open house of the year for a new hog barn near Clear Lake. This is an open house I am especially excited for, ... Read More

County Fair Time!

8/17/2016 -   My sister, Sawyer Naasz, showing at the 2015 Brule County Fair. Over the past few weeks every county in the state has had their own county fair. Near home, this week is Turner County Fair, the oldest county fair in South Dakota.   County and State Fairs are both fun, ... Read More

August Featured Farmer - Merrill Family

8/8/2016 - Every year since 1880, families have enjoyed entertainment, food, exhibits, contests and activities at the Turner County Fair in Parker.  The state’s oldest county fair welcomed more than 100,000 people in 2014 and will open for its 136th run August 15 through 19.  Preparing for t... Read More

AAF Heidi Selken-April

8/4/2016 - #6 April AAF 4.L.2.2. Students are able to explain how a size of a population is dependent upon the available resources within its community. When a calf is young it starts off being bottle fed and eventually moves to drinking from a bucket and eating a ration of feed.  As the calves grow ... Read More

AAF Ginger Post-May

8/4/2016 - May AAF Core Standard & Question: Core Standard & Question: 4.OA.2 Multiply or divide to solve word problems involving multiplicative comparison, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, distinguishing multiplicative comparison fr... Read More

AAF Ginger Post-April

8/4/2016 - April AAF Core Standard & Question: Core Standard & Question: 4.OA.2 Multiply or divide to solve word problems involving multiplicative comparison, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, distinguishing multiplicative comparison ... Read More

AAF Dawn Nagel-May

8/4/2016 - May AAF Core Standard & Question: 4.OA.3 Solve multi-step word problems posed with whole numbers and having whole-number answers using the four operations, including problems in which remainders must be interpreted. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknow... Read More