June is National Dairy Month, a time to honor the hard working dairy farm families across the country. The June Dairy Month tradition began in 1937 as a way to help distribute extra milk when cows started on pasture in the summer. Now, 88 years later, the rich tradition of June Dairy Month continues with communities, companies and people from all over the United States participating. It is very obvious from these statistics that dairy farmers work extremely hard for their returns. Dairy farming is a 24-hour a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year occupation working to produce the most wholesome product we enjoy. Dairy farmers have to be nutritionists, veterinarians, mechanics, agronomists and businessmen to accomplish the tasks required day to day on a dairy farm. To read the whole article please go to the following link: https://alexander.ces.ncsu.edu/2025/05/june-is-national-dairy-month/
Green Thumb Gazette Newsletter
The June edition is now available. For more information on June and July garden tasks and what to be on the lookout for click the link below. This months newsletter also includes upcoming events along with several horticulture educational topics. If you find this newsletter helpful and you would like to receive it each month contact Cari Rosenbalm atcari_rosenbalm@ncsu.eduto be added to the mailing list.
Alexander 4-H has been busy wrapping club meetings, school programming and community events. For a recap of events please click the newsletter link below.
Also, in the June newsletter you will see when 4-H Clubs are meeting and other opportunities to get involved in 4-H.
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NC State University and N.C. A&T State University work in tandem, along with federal, state and local governments, to form a strategic partnership called N.C. Cooperative Extension.
