January 2023

Dates to remember January 8-14 – Brown County Youth Fair 16 – Extension Office Closed for Martin Luther King Jr Day 17 – Consumer Decision Making Information Meeting 6:00pm at the Extension Office 22 – 4-H Photography Information Meeting 3:00pm at the Extension Office Consumer Decision Making Consumer Decision Making educates participants on becoming smart shoppers, making sound decisions, and public speaking. If you are interested in Consumer Decision Making or finding out more information about this project, there is going to be an informational meeting on January 17, 2023 6:00pm at the Extension Office.

Long before fiber-optic cables connected homes to the information grid, extension agents formed a different kind of World Wide Web, one that relies on counties in the same way that your home relies on an Internet router.

Have you ever searched the internet to find weight loss tips, easy exercises, healthy recipes, or something similar? People often turn to the internet to learn more about health and nutrition. The tricky part is finding accurate and helpful information.

Forage Seminar will be held on January 24, 2023, in Cross Plains. This annual event has become one of the premier educational programs concerning forage production and hay in our region. The seminar will take place at the First Baptist Church 301 N Main in Cross Plains. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m., and the program will start at 9:00 a.m. 5 CEU will be offered by the Texas Department of Agriculture to licensed pesticide applicators. Topics will include: Controlling Weeds in Forages: Dr. Reagan Noland, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Agronomist; Coming out of drought and overgrazing of pastures, what we need to be ready to do in the spring for weed control.

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