Deadline to Enter Annual Young Farmers Hay Show is Aug. 10

The Schulenburg Young Farmers will hold their 57th Annual Hay Show on Wednesday Aug. 28 and Thursday Aug. 29 in conjunction with the Fayette County Fair.

Judging will take place at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28 at the Emily Fritsch Pavilion at the fairgrounds. The hay sale will begin at 8 p.m. Thursday evening at the Emily Fritsch Pavilion at the fairgrounds.

Hay produced in Fayette County in the spring and summer of 2024 can be entered in the following classes:

• Class 1 - Coastal

• Class 2 - Other Bermuda grasses

• Class 3 - Other perennial grasses

• Class 4 - Mixed grasses

• Class 5 - Sorghums

• Class 6 - Winter annuals (oats and ryegrass)

• Class 7 - Legumes and Legume grass mixture.

An entry fee of $10 will pay for the cost of the testing. Hay entries can be dropped off at the following locations: MG Farm Service Center-Weimar, Farmers Co-op-Schulenburg, La Grange Farm and Ranch-La Grange and Mica Soil Service- Flatonia.

Deadline for the 2024 Hay Show is Saturday Aug. 10, 2023. For more information, call Mark Vecera at (979) 5618719 or (979) 561-6320.