Agriculture

Gracen Colvin and her steer, Dexter, won Grand Champion Balancer Steer at the Missouri Junior Cattlemans show June 12-14 at the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia. More than 700 head were shown at this year’s event. Colvin is a member of the Silver Spurs 4-H group. (submitted photo)

“Mead Eileen U827” won junior heifer calf champion at the 2020 Missouri Angus Association Preview Show, Sunday, June 14 in Sedalia. Juliette Mead of Barnett owns the winning heifer. Mead also won bred-and-owned reserve senior champion female with “Mead Pride S953” and grand champion bred-and-owned bull with “Mead Final Choice T1793” at the 2020 Missouri

“Mead Ignition T403” won bred-and-owned junior champion bull at the 2020 Missouri Junior Angus Preview Show at the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association All-Breeds Show, Saturday, June 13 in Sedalia. Annaliese Mead of Barnett owns the winning bull. In addition, Mead won reserve grand champion bred-and-owned female with “Mead Emma T002” at the show. (photo by Adam

The 2020 Morgan County Fair will be significantly downsized, eliminating all events except 4-H and FFA exhibits and shows. Due to coronavirus precautions, all other fair activities will be canceled, including grandstand events, cook shack services, carnival rides and games, open-class home economics entries, and any other fair-related programs. The decision to limit the fair