Area Briefs

Farm safety day set for March 5

By The Hays Daily News

The Annual Farm Safety Awareness Day is planned for March 5 in Hays.

Program topics and safety presentations will be given on ATV safety, general farm safety, why anhydrous ammonia is dangerous, grain engulfment, sun safety and grain dust hazards.

The Farm Safety Awareness Day will begin at 8:45 a.m. at the Kansas State University Agricultural Research Center at Hays. A free lunch and door prize drawings will be provided for participants. No RSVP is necessary. The program will conclude at 2:45 p.m.

Farm Safety Awareness Day is sponsored by the Ellis County Farm Bureau, K-State Agricultural Research Center and Ellis County Extension.

Project graduation meeting reset

Because of the Hays High School boys' basketball team hosting a first-round sub-state game Wednesday, the Project Graduation planning meeting for parents originally set for that night has been rescheduled.

The new date and time for the meeting will be 7 p.m. March 12 in the school cafeteria.

Sorghum school will be this week in Hays

A grain sorghum school will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at 601 Main. The program should conclude around 9 p.m. It is free to attend, but RSVP is requested by calling (785) 628-9430 by Wednesday. At least 10 people must be signed up in order to have the school.

Topics of discussion include general production practices; fertility, herbicides and pest control; and crop production budgets.