The K-State Research and Extension Appreciation Award is a special award selected by the Post Rock District Executive Board to recognize volunteers who help us extend the Extension mission into our communities. Post Rock District presented the 2020 Appreciation Award to Calvin and Peggy Bohnert of Je
well to honor their outstanding contributions to Extension programs.
The Bohnerts volunteer their time and acreage in support of local wheat demonstration test plots. Calvin Bohnert began cooperating with Extension to provide Jewell County demonstration plots around 1977 because he said, “to get local [wheat performance] information, the only thing we had was Belleville and Hays. I did it so I could get some local information on varieties. Belleville’s rainfall totals can be quite a bit different than here, and Hays can be way different.”
Jim Dooley, Post Rock Extension District Chairman, said local producers “attending the annual tours take notes and I’m sure a lot of them took that back home and made seed selections off of that” information. Mr. Dooley, Nora Rhoades, District Director, and Sandra Wick, Crop Production Agent, presented the Appreciation Award to the Bohnerts on their farm just outside of Jewell. We thank the Bohnerts for helping our area producers make informed wheat seed decisions based on the reliable and local data Post Rock Extension District test plots provide. K-State Research and Extension works in the community and with the community to help make better lives for all people.
By: Nora Rhoades
Nora Rhoades has been named the Post Rock District Director, effective December 15, 2019. She will also serve as the Youth Development Extension Agent overseeing a comprehensive positive youth development program for the District. You can reach Nora by contacting any Post Rock District Office or by emailing nrhoades@ksu.edu.