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Upcoming Events

5/24 LCHS Graduation

5/25 Elizabethtown Prehistoric Indian Artifact Show

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Agriculture

Farm Calendar - Jan. 23, 2013

Private pesticide applicator training

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COLUMN: Aging farmers face health, safety issues

Farmers are exposed to multiple hazards over a lifetime and physical problems can start early. To maintain health, farmers – average age 57 – must pay attention to issues caused by their way of life as they age.

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PHOTO: Cheese, please

LaRue County High School FFA members Sarah Stults, Austin Stillwell, Kelsey Rutledge, seated, and Bethany Akin, practiced for a milk quality and products competition by sampling several cheeses.

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Family earns highest honor from American Farm Bureau

Twelve years ago, Ryan Bivens set a goal: to win the top honor offered by the American Farm Bureau Federation.

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PHOTO: Guard cat on duty

Thomas the tomcat guarded a birdhouse Saturday outside Plantation Veterinary Clinic.

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PHOTO: Long reflection

A longhorn cow checks out her reflection in a pond east of Hodgenville.

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Farm Calendar - Jan. 16, 2013

EQIP and WHIP deadline

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4-H Calendar - Jan. 16, 2013

Cloverbuds

The LaRue County 4-H Cloverbuds will meet 3:30-4:45 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Extension Office. The Cloverbud program is for ages 5 to 8 years old or kindergarten through third grades.

Kids Choice

The LaRue County 4-H Kids Choice Club will meet 3:30-4:45 p.m. Jan. 17 at the Extension Office.

Shooting Sports chili cook-off and auction

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COLUMN: Reconsider grazing practices

As we begin a new year, it is a good time for cattle, goat and sheep producers to review livestock and grazing management practices. Let’s consider some grazing suggestions for the first six months of 2013 as producers attempt to feed cattle through grazing as many days as possible this year. Let’s begin with January, a month not suitable for grazing. We will look at the later months in a future article.

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Farm Calendar - Jan. 9, 2013

Goat and Sheep Producer Meeting

LaRue County Goat and Sheep Producers will meet 6:30 p.m. Jan. 10 at the LaRue County Extension Office, 807 Old Elizabethtown Road, Hodgenville. All interested individuals are invited. The meal will be potluck with meat provided.

Hunter Education Orange Card Class

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