Agriculture

We all know that we should eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day, but many of us don’t get the recommended servings. Fruits and vegetables are important to our diet, because they provide necessary nutrients and are high in dietary fiber and low in calories, fat and cholesterol. The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that you make half your plate fruits and vegetables.

Expected Progeny Differences, or EPD, may actually be the best tool beef producers have to use in the genetics of their herds.

The breed average EPD provides a benchmark to compare beef cattle’s genetics. They are averages for the animals included in that run of genetic evaluation.

 Kentucky Beef Council Chairman Chuck Crutcher, of Rineyville, and Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association President Don Reynolds, of Magnolia, present Gov. Steve Beshear a platter of beef in honor of Beef Month.