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Scale Testing

If you buy, sell, or trade items based on weight, you need to have your scales certified annually. (Unless …

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Home Food Processor Class

Are you interested in producing and selling baked goods, jams, jellies, candies, dried mixes, etc. from your home? Not …

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Coping With Drought

Quick Tips: Plants response to short-term drought: wilting, marginal leaf scorch (browning along edges), and loss of some foliage. Plants …

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Pool Owners BEWARE!!

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