During the 2022 Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association (MFTHBA) World Grand Championship in September, local professional horse trainer Vance Vahle rode the winning horse, Paula Deen, to …
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By Quincy Young
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10/5/22
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The Polk County Cattlemen’s Association monthly meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, at Smith’s Restaurant in Bolivar.
The meeting is sponsored by …
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10/1/22
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Warren and Lynn Eagon of Pleasant Hope were among the families honored during the 64th annual Missouri Farm Family Day on Monday, Aug. 15 at the Missouri State Fair. The Eagon family was selected as …
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9/10/22
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The Polk County Cattlemen’s Association monthly meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at the Elks Lodge in Bolivar.
TOPIC: By-law Revision and Committee …
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9/7/22
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Brighton Saddle Club will host the annual Point Show on Saturday, Aug. 27. The show starts at 6 p.m. with halter performance, speed classes and simply fun classes like our ‘Egg and Spoon’ …
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8/24/22
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Polk/Dallas Counties U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA)Executive Director Karen Stillings reminds livestock producers who suffered grazing losses thatoccurred in 2022 due …
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8/19/22
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The Polk County Woodlawn 4-H Club was one of 73 4-H clubs and FFA chapters who recently received a $500 “Shaping Rural Missouri Grant” to complete a community improvement project in their …
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8/13/22
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Raised bed gardens, building picnic tables and benches, creating outdoor classrooms and landscaping main streets are a few of the community projects that 4-H and FFA youth will be doing this spring …
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5/16/22
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The next fair board meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24, at the Polk County Fairgrounds. The board will be finalizing food trucks and making sure everything is planned out for the upcoming …
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5/13/22
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It’s almost time for the cows to come home, as the inaugural Missouri Beef Days event is set to kick off Monday, May 16, and continue through Saturday, May 21, in Bolivar. Find more …
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By BH-FP news staff
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5/11/22
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Next week the Inaugural Missouri Beef Days will kick off starting on May 16, ending on May 21. The event will be filled with farm tours, educational resources from local cattlemen, a shindig serving …
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5/11/22
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Preparations for a Missouri celebration years in the making are entering the final stretch, and it’s full steam ahead on Missouri Beef Days, May 16-21 in Bolivar.
“You would not …
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By BH-FP news staff
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5/5/22
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In a few weeks Bolivar will celebrate Missouri Beef Days, a celebration of the impact that the beef cattle industry has had on Polk County. Due to the upcoming celebration, I would like to celebrate …
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5/4/22
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In reading the Bolivar Herald-Free Press on Wednesday, April 27, I couldn't help but notice the letter to the editor entitled “Beef Day 'education,'” by Zach Stewart. Even though I know …
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5/4/22
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If your farm has been in your family since Dec. 31, 1922, it’s not too late to have it recognized as a 2022 Missouri Century Farm. The deadline to apply to the program has been extended to …
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5/3/22
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The Halfway R-3 community welcomed home four state champions following the 94th Missouri FFA Convention in Columbia on Thursday and Friday, April 21-22.
According to a news release, the Halfway …
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By Jill Way, associate editor
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4/30/22
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