Mrs. Katie Dawson's fourth graders at Mt Zion Intermediate School had a blast raising chicks this spring!! Not only did they incubate their eggs, they also learned a TON from the Ag in the Classroom Poultry Ag Mags. Thanks to Mrs. Dawson for including agriculture in her classroom!!!
Macon County Farm Bureau News
March 25, 2021
Konnor Riggs Fry was born on National Ag Day, March 23, 2021, at 4:16 am at HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Decatur. Son of MCFB members Kenny and Lindsey Fry, he was 7.3 pounds and 20 1/4 inches long. Siblings are Kenny IV and Lynnly.
The Macon County Farm Bureau congratulated the first baby born in Macon County on Ag Day with a basket of gifts. Congratulations on your bundle of joy!
December 7, 2020
July 31, 2020
A BIG THANK YOU to Tim Young, COUNTRY Financial Agent, for his $500 donation today to the Macon County Farm Bureau Foundation! This donation will bring agriculture to life to the students of Macon County through Ag in the Classroom, as well as support our annual scholarship fund. Thank you, Tim, for your continued support!
July 20, 2020
Celebrating the 2020 Ag Day Baby!!
Keiston Bond was born on National Ag Day, March 24, 2020, at 7 am at HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Decatur. Son of Kandyse Stewart and William Bond, was 7.9 pounds and 20 inches.
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October 3, 2026
Finished up April-planted corn Thursday and switched back to cut some beans before the rain. Overall, I’m pretty happy with our early corn yields. Hopefully the June planted stuff has some yield in it. Beans are definitely showing which areas…
October 3, 2026
I’m writing this on the first day of October and it’s my 15th wedding anniversary! Harvest is moving along nicely. I finished beans except for my double crop and have moved into corn. Rain on Thursday was welcome. I don’t…
October 3, 2026
We are in October but I hate to say that quite a bit of the crop is still out there. Besides a couple here and there, not too many have been able to roll quite yet. In our neighborhood of…
October 3, 2026
No rain last week until Thursday evening with 0.75 inches at our place. It’s really dry and lots of crops were harvested. We are about 65% harvested for corn and beans. Corn is better than expected on most fields (+10%)…
October 3, 2026
Last week was favorable for harvest progress. LOTS of bean acres were taken out since we had a couple mornings with little to no dew, so we were cutting beans before 9 a.m.! We finished our bean harvest Thursday and…
October 3, 2026
Harvest is in “full bunny” mode. If you think of the throttle on a piece of farm equipment, you will understand. The start of the week brought great bean cutting weather, finally. My guess is harvest is over 60% done…