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ST. CLOUD – Farmers Night Out: Should they stay or should they go? is a program offered by University of Minnesota Extension and Minnesota Dairy Initiative, offering education and networking, through a fun and informal farmer panel, about heifer raising. This program will begin with a farmer panel addressing options around heifer raising, continue to a delicious meal, and provide an opportunity for dairy producers to gather with their fellows. “Many dairy producers face the question of what should they do with their heifers,” said Dana Adams, University of Minnesota Extension Educator. “Can I do a reliable job at my own farm, and what investments do I need to make, or should I work with a contract grower to raise my animals?” Farmers Night Out page 2B
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At least six months ahead of spring planting season, a grower prepares a field Oct. 12 just outside of Rice. According to the Minnesota Crop Progress & Condition Report, there were 5.4 days suitable for fieldwork in the week ending Oct. 10. The same report indicates that across the state, 83% of soybean had been harvested as well as 82% of potato, 92% of edible beans and 36% of corn that is harvested for grain.
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Halverson takes on role as ag teacher at hometown high school BY NATASHA BARBER | STAFF WRITER
FOLEY – The scene from a Foley High School classroom Oct. 14 is nothing new. It could be said about many classrooms from across this nation. Students rise for “The
Pledge of Allegiance,” before their teacher takes roll call, pausing brie y to ask a student to return to his seat. Halverson page 3B PHOTO BY NATASHA BARBER
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Cornerstone Café, 223 Kraft Drive S.E., Landlords, farmers and agri-business Melrose. professionals should make plans to attend You can register by going to z.umn. one of the land rent meetings being held in edu/cmnlandrent or by calling or emailing central Minnesota. These free meetings are Nathan Drewitz at 608-515-4414 or ndreoffered by University of Minnesota Extenwitz@umn.edu to secure your seat. sion. Farmland rental rates are the largest To receive future events, educational input cost and a fair farm rent agreement is programming and agronomic updates by a challenge in today’s economy with curemail, signup at z.umn.edu/tricountysignup. rent corn and soybean prices. University of Topics covered at the meetings will in- MN Extension clude local historic and projected farmland by Nathan Drewitz rental rate trends, current farmland values and sales, and a worksheet that will help determine Other trainings available: a fair rental agreement. Input costs for 2021 will be Taking Charge of Your Finances: How to Survive and Thrive presented along with current 2021 corn and soybean Two-day workshop – 1-3 p.m. Nov. 3 and 1-3 p.m. Nov. 10. Regprices. Worksheets will examine 2022 costs and what istration at 12:45 p.m. Little Falls Chamber of Commerce, 200 First St. N.W., is affordable rent that a farmer will be able to pay in Little Falls. Register at https://z.umn.edu/2021surviveandthrive. 2022, the rate of return to the landlord at current marTaking Charge of Your Finances: How to Survive and Thrive ket values and exible rental agreements. Two-day workshop – 10 a.m. to noon Nov. 9 and 10 a.m. to Area meetings are: noon Nov. 16. Registration at 9:45 a.m. True North Marketplace-Cor– 10-11:30 a.m. Nov. 3 at Little Falls Chamber of nerstone Café, 223 E. Kraft Drive S.E., Melrose. Register at https://z.umn. Commerce, 200 First St. N.W., Little Falls. – 1-2:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at True North Marketplace- edu/2021surviveandthrive.
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The program will begin at 7 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Greenwald Pub, 310 First Ave. N., Greenwald. The event will start with the farmer panel, proceed to dinner which will be sponsored by Compeer Financial, and then conclude with an optional activity. Registration for the meal is encouraged. The optional activ-
that he worked on with the University of Minnesota Extension this season. Following these presentations, Extension Educators will lead discussions on weed control, diagnosing problems and variety selection. This event is coordinated by University of Minnesota Horticultural Extension educators Annie Klodd, Natalie Hoidal and Marissa Schuh. This event is free of charge. Registration is necessary in order to receive directions to the event location. Registration is required at z.umn.edu/2021pumpkin. An accurate headcount also helps the coordinators plan for refreshments. For more information, contact Annie Klodd, University of Minnesota Extension Educator for fruit and vegetable crops, at kloddann@umn.edu.
ity available on-site will be axe throwing, offered by St. Cloud Ax Throwing. The activity is neither promoted by nor af liated with UMN Extension or Minnesota Dairy Initiative. There is a cost for the activity and the activity will take place from 8:30-10:30 p.m. Those interested are required to register by Oct. 27 and the activity
requires 20 participants to be offered. Registration for the activity is capped at 20. The event will conclude at 10:30 p.m. Registration for both the meal and the activity, questions, and comments can be addressed by reaching out via phone or email to Dana Adams at adam1744@ umn.edu, 320-204-2968.
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from page 1B Although familiar, the view in which Victoria Halverson is experiencing this setting is different. Six years ago, she was in a chair as a student; today, her place is behind the instructor’s desk. Halverson, a 2016 graduate of Foley High School, has returned to where her future started. She is a new agricultural teacher at her alma mater. “There’s a lot of pride to have a student come back and enter this career eld,” said Al Stemper, who has taught ag education for 35 years. “There’s always a challenge to get people to work in the eld, especially in the area I work in. So, for me, there’s a lot of pride in that and it feels good to have somebody who can eventually come home and take on and take over the program.” The program Stemper speaks of is two parts and one he has worked to build over his career. Foley High School has a strong FFA chapter – often reaching nearly 90 members – and its students have a growing interest in agriculturerelated electives. Those factors, along with a change in scheduling to 65-minute class periods, prompted the district to hire a second ag teacher this school year. “My lifelong goal and dream was to be back in Foley teaching someday,” Halverson said. “I did not think it was going to happen my second year of teaching, but I jumped on that opportunity and now here I am.” As a student, Halverson r was thoroughly exposed to tthe program in which she works today. She took a gamut of agricultural and industrial technology classes and she was a member of Foley FFA all four years of high school. She ful lled roles such as chapter secretary and competed in livestock judging, as well as had the opportunity to go to FFA’s national and state conventions.
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Foley High School agricultural teacher Victoria Halverson (center) is surrounded by the Foley FFA livestock judging team – Miranda Sam (clockwise from left), Ava Gadacz, Travis Boyle, Bryce Rooney-Talberg and Madi Kremer – Oct. 13 at the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities. In addition to classroom duties, Halverson accompanies students on field trips, on college tours and to competitions.
“Being in that classroom helped me gure out I wanted to do something with agriculture in life,” Halverson said, noting that 4-H and participating in the Benton County Fair were also contributors. “Getting to do hands-on activity really inspired me. … It was really cool to think that that could be my future.” After majoring in ag education at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and graduating in December 2019, Halverson applied
and obtained her teaching license. She taught the 202021 school year at AtwaterCosmos-Grove City High School. Halverson said she had enjoyed her return to Foley because of the ties she has with the community. Growing up and going to school in the area as well as interning with the county’s 4-H program for two summers during college, she knows a lot of families. “If I don’t know them, I’ve heard the last name;
I can make a connection somehow,” she said. Those links and her background has allowed her to create quick relationships with her students. “It’s easy for me to communicate with them,” Halverson said. “I went through this system. I understand the school here and I understand the building.” Although no retirement plans have been announced, knowing Stemper will some day retire in uenced Halverson’s decision to return to the school as she hopes to continue his legacy of great ag education. Stemper is happy to have her. “Part of my exit plan is to be able to help keep this program going in our school and community,” he said. “There has been a lot of blood, sweat, tears and muscle put into it. I think Victoria will have the ability to do that because she has the community connections and school involvement. She knows the background. She PHOTO BY NATASHA BARBER knows the traditional proVictoria Halverson instructs her students Oct. 14 at gram and she came through Foley High School in Foley. A former student at FHS, her it.” experiences in ag education classes helped her choose the area as her career path.
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