The 4-H'er received a champion for a horticulture project.

Black grass bugs feed on a variety of grasses, such as crested wheat grass, brome grass, bluegrass and orchard grass, and field crops, such as wheat, barley, ...

Sodium hypochlorite is a very powerful oxidizer that should be used very carefully because it will burn skin and can cause irreversible eye damage.

Blister beetles are attracted to blooming alfalfa and weeds.

Horses that eat alfalfa hay contaminated with blister beetles have a high risk for serious illness and death.

Ingesting 25 to 300 beetles is enough to kill an average-size adult horse.

Watch for unexplained deaths in livestock and wildlife.

BNSF donates $10,000 to North Dakota 4-H youth development.