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Miranda Meier, 9, of Paducah, Ky., sits on her miniature Model A John Deere that was make by her grandfather, John Meier.
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DeKalb County Sheriff's Deputies Rich Robinson (left) and Ryan Pettengall shared information about bicycle safety at a farm safety camp in Malta, Ill.
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The Allen County Master Gardeners created a rooftop garden near the county extension office.
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Zani Daunheimer, 7, of Batavia, Ill., gets a lesson in milking a cow during a visit to the Drendel dairy farm near Hampshire, Ill.
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Warm temperatures and intermittent rain has allowed the weeds to grow along many Midwestern roadsides this week.
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Isabelle Robinson, left, and Savanna Bechstein give a good grooming to this calf.
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Fran Korthaus, an intern with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, writes down places during a cattle show.
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Tom Study Sr. has been involved in the dairy industry all of his life. He also worked off farm jobs for 35 years, including driving a school bus.
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The Study family of Oxford, Ohio includes, from left, Caroline, Tom Jr., Kim, Tonya, Beth, Tony, Valerie, Tom Sr., Sandy, and Tom III. The family hosts a stop on the Butler Co. Farm/City Tour Oct. 14-15.
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Tom Study III hopes to be a farmer in the future. He poses here with one of his family's dairy cows.
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Behind a blossoming iris, a youngster works with a lamb on a farm in Henry County, Ky. recently.
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You can never be too clean. Cattle show participants hose off their animals during a show in Greenfield, Ind. last week.
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A variety of beef breeds were on display during a cattle exhibition at the Hancock Co. Fairgrounds in Greenfield, Ind. last week.
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Brushing and caring for Rusty is a big job for Lauren Hunt, 11, of Greenfield. Hunt showed Rusty at a cattle exhibition at the Hancock Co. Fairgrounds last week.
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Pulling the future crossbred champion, Brook Grantham, Pendleton, Ind., has her hands full at last Friday's Greenfield exhibition.
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Kent Elliott drives his IH 330 utility tractor during a Memorial Day event in Carlinville, Ill.
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One exhibitor unloads an antique tractor during the Fort Harrod Beef Festival, which also include farm machinery displays, concerts, craft shows and more.
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Antique tractor displays were among the features of the Fort Harrod Beef Festival in Harrodsburg, Ky.
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A participant in the livestock judging contest at the Fort Harrod Beef Festival concentrates on the task at hand.
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Both young and old enjoyed the antique tractors at the Macoupin County, Ill. Agriculture Society's event in late May.
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The Macoupin County, Ill. Agricultural Society hosted a tractor show on Memorial Day weekend. Visitors take a closer look at a row of Case tractors.
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Shelley Wade of Harrison County, Ky. gets in the show ring during the livestock juding contest at the Fort Harrod Beef Festival.
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Rob Clark, Jr. grooms one of his cows prior to a show at the Fort Harrod Beef Festival.
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Smoke rises from one of the cooking grills during the Fort Harrod Beef Festival in Harrodsburg, Ky.
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