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espite my growing affection for our motley crew of barn cats, I’ve always been more of a dog person. But looking at our Australian shepherd, Cocoa, the past couple months, I gained a new appreciation for the cats’ ability to groom JENNY SCHLECHT themselves.

The Sorting Pen Cocoa, like any self-respecting farm dog, has a regular routine of rolling in manure and dead things, swimming in sloughs and traipsing through tick-covered grasses. In early summer, her winter coat begins to attract mud and bugs and who knows what else until it’s just one big tangled, smelly mess.

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My mom used to trim my golden retriever, Brandy, cutting her copper hair into a golden fuzz. But whereas Brandy loved nothing more than to lie beside her people in the grass while they lavished attention on her, Cocoa prefers to chase her people across the yard, along with cats, cows, her own tail and the apparently offensive tires on some farm vehicles.

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determined to make my dog pettable again.

Cocoa knew something was up from the second I stepped outside, a battery-powered clipper in one hand and a cluster of brushes, combs and scissors in the other. She hunkered down in the grass, just out of my reach, and watched me with suspicion.

I moved closer to her and pretended to be after nothing more than a snuggle, but she knew better, creeping away.

A few repeated performances and her desire to play beat out her misgivings, and she rolled onto her back so I could scratch her belly.

Slowly, I started the clipper and tried to lob off the coils that had formed there. The clippers were no match for Cocoa’s hair, but I could hack through them with the scissors. When she flipped back to her belly, I tried to run the clippers through her locks, tail to shoulder like I learned to do when I sheared my 4-H sheep years ago. I never got a clipper tangled in wool the way it lodged in Cocoa’s hair, but I slowly made progress toward making her look more like a dog and less like a barking mop.

Cocoa made a few visits to sloughs near our house or into the tall grass beside the yard to escape me. I think we moved at least eight times before I quit for the day. By then, the sticky atmosphere combined with the flying dog hair left all of my exposed skin covered in a thin layer of black and brown fur.

Masses of hair remain behind each ear and under Cocoa’s tail, and her chest is still a bit shaggy. The clipper wouldn’t go through

Cocoa’s new look isn’t quite done, because she’s not a fan of attention to her ears and tail.

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Continued from page 5 the hair on her legs because her intermittent swims left her damp, so she has the look of a show lamb that was slick-shorn but left with poofy legs. She won’t stay clean for long anyway, but at least I know I can take care of the problem the next time.

Still, it would be easier if she’d just learn something from the cats and figure out how to do it herself.

Cocoa stretches and yawns in the yard. She reluctantly allowed one of her people to groom her after a spring and early summer of doggy debauchery.

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oth winter wheat and spring wheat harvests are behind schedule this year, thanks in part to poor weather throughout the planting, growing and harvest seasons.

“What we have heard is that it’s too wet to get out and combine in a lot of the fields,” said Owen Anderson, county executive director for the Davison County Farm Service Agency.

A cold winter and a wet spring made things difficult for wheat producers during both the planting and harvest season this year, impacting the harvest and related yields. A wet fall put winter wheat planting behind, as well.

The National Agricultural Statistics Service, a branch of the United States Department of Agriculture, released a report Aug.

12 noting winter wheat in South Dakota was 68 percent harvested, which is down from 96 percent at this time last year and 90 percent on an average year.

Spring wheat was even further behind, with 16 percent harvested, which is also well behind 76 percent harvested at this time last year and 61 percent on an average year. For quality, 2 percent of spring wheat was rated at very poor, 4 percent was rated at poor, 32 percent was rated at fair, 47 percent was rated at good and 15 percent was rated at excellent.

The wet fall likely reduced the number of winter wheat acres planted, said Anderson, and the cold winter and spring did not provide optimal growing conditions for either winter or spring wheat.

Paul Ortman, who grows spring wheat near Freeman, said

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Continued from page 7 the imagination, but it was difficult for us in part because of the late start and it didn’t get the type of weather it likes early on.”

The extremely high humidity and rainfall did not provide ideal growing conditions, but Ortman’s relatively low acreage allowed him to get into the fields to harvest when conditions dried out enough, albeit a little later than he would have liked.

Ortman recently completed his wheat harvest last week, he said.

“The actual harvest mechanical experience was just fine. There was no mud in the fields we were working in, it was just a couple of days later than we would have wanted,” Ortman said.

Ortman grows about 20 acres of

wheat as part of a diversification program on his farm, which makes up about 5 percent of his total field crops.

Ortman said the growing conditions are reflected in the yields he took in.

“This year was very depressing. I was in the mid-20 bushels per acre, which is easily less than 50 percent of what we have done in the past,” Ortman said.

Anderson said he estimated winter wheat yields to be down from yearly averages, as well, though that can vary from field to field depending on conditions.

“I believe yields are estimated to be lower than normal, but at the same time I did have a guy who was harvesting 70 bushels per acre,”

Anderson said. “But I’m thinking countywide we’re expecting it to be below (average).”

Anderson said despite the conditions, the quality of grain coming out of the fields appears to be decent.

“I can’t really say I’ve heard any reports about disease or rust in the small grains. I’m not saying that it didn’t happen, but nobody in here has been complaining about it,” Anderson said.

High winds, which have been common in the region this spring and summer, did cause damage to pre-harvest wheat in some areas.

A strong wind can lay plants down on the ground, making it difficult to harvest.

“A lot of time it’s laid over in

one direction, which makes it hard for the combine to get it unless it’s coming from a certain direction,” Anderson said.

Spring wheat is seeing prices from $4.60 to $4.90 per bushel and winter wheat is seeing prices from $4.20 to $4.42 per bushel on average in eastern South Dakota as of Aug. 9, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service, another branch of the USDA. Even though it was a rocky year, Ortman said he planned to continue to plant small grains in the future despite their occasionally tricky nature.

“It has all the negatives of spring-planted crops, and in a changing climate it poses a lot of challenges,” Ortman said.

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1. Clay Jorgensen pushes Stratton Forest down the arena while taking part in the wheelbarrow race as part of the Ag Olympics during the Davison County 4H Achievement Days in at the Davison County Fairgrounds.

2. Samantha Ford races down the floor during the egg races as part of the Ag Olympics during the Davison County 4H Achievement Days in at the Davison County Fairgrounds.

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More photos from page 9 4. Alexa Pulse catches the hula hoop during the ring toss as part of the McCook County 4-H Achievement Days at the McCook County 4-H Fairgrounds in Salem.

5. Kids show their pigs in the crossbreds portion during the Jerauld/Buffalo Achievement Days at the Jerauld County Ag building in Wessington Springs.

6. Pigs waiting in their pens before showing take a drink of water during the Hanson County 4-H Achievement Days on Monday in Alexandria.

7. Rylee Schultz, of Emery, pushes his pig shows off one her of dairy cows during the Hanson County 4-H Achievement Days on Monday in Alexandria.

8. Mercedes Jarding, 15, of Alexandria, shows off one her of dairy cows during the Hanson County 4-H Achievement Days on Monday in Alexandria.

9. Kids take part in the scrabble letter find having to dig letters out of a bucket of corn and spell a word as part of the McCook County 4-H Achievement Days at the McCook County 4-H Fairgrounds in Salem.

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Photos courtesy of S.D. Soil Health Coalition

LEFT: Mark Misar, a third-generation Tyndall farmer who teaches agriculture education classes for Bon Homme High School and one of more than 95 South Dakota agriculture education instructors, science teachers and other educators to receive a Soil Health Bucket, since they began to be distributed by the S.D. Soil Health Coalition in 2017. And like Misar, a recent survey found 92 percent of teachers who use the Soil Health Bucket curriculum in their classrooms found them to be a helpful teaching tool. Misar is pictured here, on his farm with his children, Izaac, 9; Lyla, 1 and Emmett, 3. RIGHT: High school students use the Soil Health Bucket water infiltration kit to learn about how no-till and other soil health practices reduce erosion, runoff and increase water infiltration. In addition to the infiltration kit, the Soil Health Bucket is filled with 18 accredited lesson plans and tools valued at more than $500, including a shovel, soil probe, pH strips, water testing meter, nitrate/nitrite test strips and much more.

IMPACTING THE FUTURE OF SOUTH DAKOTA’S SOIL HEALTH

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anding large containers of water to two students, Mark Misar asks them to begin pouring water over two, loafsize soil samples. One sample he collected from a no-till soybean field on his farm. The other sample he collected from a conventionally tilled field nearby.

As the water runs onto the soil samples and drains into clear containers below, the class sees a dramatic difference. Water running off conventionally tilled soil is murky and full of soil sediment, while the water infiltrating through

the no-till soil sample is clear.

“I can lecture to students that no-till management and other soil health practices help with water infiltration and reduce runoff, but will they remember it? When they see something happening, and do something with their own hands, that is the stuff they remember,” explains Misar, a third-generation farmer who teaches agriculture education classes for Bon Homme High School.

The table-top rainfall simulator Misar used for the hands-on demonstration of the movement of rainfall on fields under different types of land management, along

with lesson plans and student worksheets, came from a Soil Health Bucket.

A teaching aid he received at no cost from the South Dakota Soil Health Coalition, the Soil Health Bucket is filled with 18 accredited lesson plans and tools valued at more than $500, including a shovel, soil probe, pH strips, EC meter, nitrate/nitrite test strips and much more.

“Lots of these tools we would not have access to, and to not have to pay for these tools is very helpful.

In small schools like ours, budgets are tight. Like most teachers, I already buy a lot of stuff out-of-

pocket as it is,” Misar says.

Misar is one of more than 95 South Dakota agriculture education instructors, science teachers and other educators to receive a Soil Health Bucket since the SD Soil Health Coalition began distributing them in 2017. And like Misar, a recent survey showed 92 percent of teachers who use the Soil Health Bucket curriculum in their classrooms found them to be a helpful teaching tool.

“These buckets are userfriendly. They have everything teachers need to teach about soil health. It gives them the opportunity to start wherever

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Continued from page 13 they feel comfortable,” explains Jim Clendenin, who provides Soil Health Bucket orientation to educators across the state in his role as a Soil Health Specialist with the SD Soil Health Coalition.

“Kids respond to the lessons because they are hands-on. These lessons get them asking questions and thinking about what they can do to improve our soil health,” explains Clendenin, who spent 35 years teaching and recently retired after serving as Agriculture Department Head of Lake Area Technical Institute.

Getting students to ask questions about soil health and helping them understand how farming practices impact soil health are top priorities for Misar.

“I try to explain to them that our existence is really based on productive soil and rainfall. If either one of those is lacking, we will cease to exist,” Misar says. “I like to think that some of what I am sharing with kids is making an impact and changing their farming operations or changing the way they think.

Getting them to think about how their actions impact things down the road — that is what I am going for.”

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Findings from a 2018 soil health knowledge, interest, and awareness survey, conducted by the SD Soil Health Coalition, say Misar’s soil health focus is making a difference.

The survey of more than 500 high school and college-age youth, currently enrolled in agriculture classes, showed a direct correlation between soil health education and demonstrated knowledge (review complete survey findings at www. sdsoilhealthcoalition.org/soilhealth-buckets/).

For example, one foundational principle of soil health management is understanding the negative impact soil tillage has on soil health, structure, biology and function.

By a 64 percent to 34 percent margin, students who indicated they had previous “high exposure” to formal education regarding soil health topics, selected “strongly disagreed” or “disagreed” with the statement, “Over time, tillage or plowing allows rain to soak more easily into the ground.”

“This higher understanding of the adverse impact of tillage is a clear indicator that ‘high exposure’

students retained key soil health education information,” notes Cindy Zenk, Coordinator for SD Soil Health Coalition.

Misar, who returned to farm fulltime in 2011 after receiving an agronomy degree from South Dakota State University, says his understanding of soil health principles guides him in making changes to farming practices on his family’s farm.

He explains no-till farming and implementing cover crops into his crop rotation cut down on fuel and fertilizer costs. These soil health practices eliminated erosion and runoff, built organic matter and increased water infiltration. “It must be working. You know how wet we were this year? Many fields in my area are sitting idle, but I was able to plant into every acre this year — even the low areas.”

Misar credits his farm’s economic stability to soil health practices.

“I had to make changes to the way I was farming, otherwise I would not be able to stay on the land,” says Misar, who together with his wife, Elisa, is raising three young children on the farm.

Encouraging other producers to embrace change to positively impact the future of South Dakota’s soils is the reason First Dakota National Bank, other businesses and organizations sponsor Soil Health Buckets, says Nate Franzen, President of the Agri-Business Division of First Dakota National Bank.

“Soil health is a key to sustainable food production to nourish our human race. We supported the Soil Health Bucket project to enhance the knowledge level of all youth, whether from a farm or ranch or not.

Understanding the science behind feeding the world needs to be of keen interest to us all,” Franzen says.

In addition to First Dakota National Bank, current funding for Soil Health Buckets was provided from the financial support of Farm Credit Services of America, Ducks Unlimited Inc., South Dakota Agricultural Foundation, Inc. and Dacotah Bank.

To provide more educators with Soil Health Buckets, SD Soil Health Coalition seeks additional sponsors.

To learn more about the Soil Health Bucket program, visit https://www. sdsoilhealthcoalition.org/soilhealth-buckets/ or contact Cindy Zenk, Coordinator of the SD Soil Health Coalition at sdsoilhealth@ gmail.com or (605) 280-4190.

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