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2013 Rancher’s Workshop Hyde County Memorial Auditorium Highmore, SD Wednesday, January 23, 2013

11:30 - 12:30 Registration and Lunch Sponsors: Jan Busse Ford, Titan Machinery Heartland State Bank, Quoin Financial Bank 12:30 - 1:00 “Spring Outlook” Dave Hintz, National Weather Service, Aberdeen , SD 1:00 - 1:45 “Dealing with Drought” Dave Steffen, Rancher, Burke, SD 1:45 - 2:00 Break 2:00 - 2:30 “Animal Health Update” Dustin Oedekoven, DVM, State Veterinarian 2:30 - 3:00 “Soil Health & Rainfall Management, Why is it Important?” Jeffrey Zimprich, NRCS State Conservationist 3:00 - 3:15 FSA Program Updates Mary Johnson, FSA 3:15 Closing Comments Cancelled if weather does not permit. To find out if the workshop has been cancelled, contact the Miller NRCS office (853-2410 ext 3) or the Highmore NRCS office (852-2221 ext 3).

Organized by Hand and Hyde County’s: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Conservation Districts, and County Weed Supervisors

Persons needing special accommodations should contact Mike Larson, by phone at 852-2221 ext 3, or by e-mail at michael.larson@sd.usda.gov, at least 48 hours in advance of the date of the event. “The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all of its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, political beliefs, genetic information, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).”