Well, that’s a wrap on the 125th Emo Fall Fair! What an incredible weekend. We couldn’t have asked for better weather. To be honest, the Emo Fair for many of us is just like Christmas and it is over too fast. The clean up is still on, but the fun and excitement is over. Of course, the main event for myself is the Cattle Show, and I really think it was great weekend. We start the weekend with the Open Show on Friday and then dedicate Saturday to our 4-Hers. Our judge, Kim Warburton had his work cut out for him but he calmly got everyone in their place. Everyone wants to win that is the name of the game but if your animals behave, you have a good time – this is a great accomplishment right there! The 4-H Food Booth had an incredible weekend and we owe Nadine Gerula a huge Thank You! Last minute and I do mean last minute, Nadine stepped up and managed our Food Booth. It was a very busy place, and I would say we sold record amounts of beef and potatoes. Thank you to all our 4-H members, family and friends that show up and work a shift. It is a requirement that all members do at least one 3-hour shift in our Food Booth. The Food Booth profits is what run our 4-H program in the Rainy River District. I always work the Saturday night shift in the Food Booth, and we had such a great time. I wanted to go try all the Fair Food but after the shift was over, I lost the energy to eat. THANK YOU to each & every buyer that purchased our 4-H Steers! We appreciate every one of you! We had animals from Dryden, Manitoba and Saskatchewan join us in the Open Show. Our Cattle Show continues to grow each year. I would also like to recognize the 4-H members that go to the extra work of training both a heifer and a steer! It is a lot of work but hats off to you. We also had two members bring back their heifer from last year with their calf at side and that is a huge accomplishment! Congratulations to Sydney Romyn for Grand Champion 4-H Steer and to Rustin Chartier for his Grand Champion 4-H Heifer.
The girls (Aynsley and Tori) did a great job of holding the Station together last week. The most difficult job is keeping the geese out of our plots right now. We have some devices on their way, and I will be relieved once they arrive. The side by side is a handy took in scaring them off! The winter wheat data will be posted later this week, and it looks like we are around a week away from the spring cereal harvest.
It seems the Emo Fair signals Fall, and the temperature today certainly feels like fall. It looks like it will improve even as soon as tomorrow. Many people are still making hay (including myself) so I hope we still get some warm, dry, sunny days.
There is a group of us heading up with our cattle to the Dryden Fair. We are all excited to join another great group of people with their cattle and enjoy another weekend of competition and friendship!
The first cattle sale of the Fall Season is booked for September 6. If you have cattle that you want to book in, please call Katie asap at 807-275-6273.
