December 2022

Brown County 4-H news and updates

Dates to remember December 18 – Meats Judging Practice 2:30pm at the Extension Office 22 – Extension Office Hours 8:30am – 12pm 23-26 – Extension Office Closed for Christmas Holiday 30 – Extension Office Hours for New Year’s Holiday 8:30am – 12pm January 2 – Extension Office Closed for New Year’s Holiday 8-14 – Brown County Youth Fair 16 – Extension Office Closed for Martin Luther King Jr Day June 6-8, 2023 – Scholarship Banquets in College Station Purebred gilt papers - deadline extended If you have entered purebred gilts at any major show in Texas, we MUST upload registration papers into the validation system. For your gilts to be eligible to show you will need to bring your papers by the Extension Office by December 28th.

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Common causes of household holiday fires

Although the holidays are supposed to be a time of joy, the season also brings increased potential fire dangers to the home and its inhabitants, said Texas A&M AgriLife experts. “Fires are among the most common home-related dangers to be aware of during the holidays,” said Joyce Cavanagh, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service disaster assessment and recovery specialist, Bryan College Station.

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Hey, I’m short on hay

Drought can be devastating to home-grown forage inventories and eliminate the possibility of purchasing additional local hay. In other words, it can be difficult to overcome hay deficits for winter feeding.

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‘It never gets old’

A dancing policewoman, a man dressed as a Christmas present, and the hosts of volunteers who helped collect toys and cash from a giving community — what wasn’t there to love about Wednesday’s holiday happenings hosted by KOXE/KBWD Radio and Wendlee Broadcasting? All of the toys and cash collected went to Brown County Toys for Kids, which will have a distribution day Saturday at the Grand Starz for families who have registered. “Oh wow.

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