Five years ago Kiersten Greeson was looking for a way to honor her hero, mentor and friend, dairyman Eddy Boertje. Boertje had been diagnosed with blood cancer. Struggling to find a way to help, Greeson, a young dairy exhibitor, started donating 10% of her 4-H heifer sales to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). She […]
The 19th Annual Tulare County Spelling Championship was held February 21 with 232 spellers from grades four through eight competing for the title of 2018 Tulare County Spelling Champion and to advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Maryland the end of May. The winner was Jaskarn Singh, an eighth-grade student from […]
On Feb. 26, members of the Tulare County CattleWomen (TCCW) held an educational beef and dairy workshop at The Catholic School of Visalia’s George McCann Memorial Campus (GMC) in downtown Visalia. A total of 57 students in first, second and third grade participated in the one-hour event, which featured an in-depth look at beef by-products […]
Last year there were a dozen or so children meeting once or twice a week at High Roller Dairy on the outskirts of Hanford. This year there are 20 kids along with parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins helping prepare a small herd of dairy calves, heifers and cows for the Western Classic Dairy […]
As far back as I can remember, showing dairy cattle, and owning a herd of Holstein dairy cattle has been a dream of mine. Being born into a large dairy-owning family with six uncles and two aunts, all involved in the dairy business, and more than 25 cousins, all involved in showing – my involvement […]
I am Rodney Paulo, dairy program specialist for All-West Select Sires. I’m also a partner in Paulo-Bro Dairy and a coach, advisor and supporter of all things youth related. The “show bug” bit me at an early age, perhaps 5 or 6 years old, while I watched my older siblings and adults show at various […]
The Tulare County Youth Commission will now be accepting applications for their 2018-19 Step Up Youth Activities Grant program. The Step Up Youth Activities Grant program allocates $100,000 for grants to non-profit organizations that operate within in Tulare County. There is $20,000 in funding available for each of the five supervisorial districts. Awarded grants can […]
The Strathmore FFA Farm is taking shape with the 12 acres of Ag land added to the school’s farm last year. A part of the Porterville Unified School District, Strathmore has seen huge developments in its FFA program with two new greenhouses, its CropBox operational, a new farm store, and new livestock pens being built. […]
One South Valley high school is all about FFA. Visalia Technical Early College (VTEC) is located on 35-acres of former College of the Sequoias’ (COS) agricultural land. With its first freshmen class starting nearly four years ago, students are given the opportunity to follow one of three pathways – Animal and Veterinary Science, Ag Systems […]
Each year the Porterville Fair Heritage Association offers one Heritage Animal and Scholarship to a high school senior, enrolled in FFA or 4-H, from the Porterville, Strathmore and Lindsay area. Five years ago, the scholarship originated at $500; it now is offered for $1,000. Students wishing to apply must fill out the application paperwork, submit […]