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Agriculture

  • CRP enrollment starts March 12

    Landowners and producers will have a four-week window beginning March 12 to enroll in the Conservation Reserve Program. Deadline is April 6.

  • Farm News updated 2-7-12

    Beef and Horse Calendars
    Free 2012 Beef IRM calendars and 2012 Horse calendars are available at the LaRue County Extension Office.  These wall- style calendars are very useful for cow-calf producers and horse owners. The 18-month calendars give monthly recommendations and suggestions, as well as other information. Supplies are limited. Drop by the office for your copy.
     
    Beef Cattle Association to meet

  • 4-H News updated 2-7-12

    Cooking Club
    The LaRue County 4-H Cooking Club will meet 3:13-5 p.m. Feb. 13 at the Extension Office.
     
    Livestock Club
    The LaRue County 4-H Livestock Club will meet 6 p.m. Feb. 13 at the Extension Office.
     
    Poultry Club
    The LaRue County 4-H Poultry Club will meet 3:30-5 p.m. Feb. 14 at the Extension Office.
     
    Shooting Sports
    The LaRue County 4-H Shooting Sports Club will practice 6:30 p.m. Feb. 16 at the New Haven Gun Club.
     
    Poetry Contest

  • LaRue Conservation District to award $1,000 scholarships

    The LaRue County Conservation District will award a $1,000 scholarship to two LaRue County High School seniors.
    Applications are available at the LaRue County High School guidance office and the LCCD office at 606A North Lincoln Blvd., Hodgenville. Requests for emailed copies can be sent to michelle.ogden@ky.nacdnet.net.

  • 4-H visits North American Livestock Show
  • Legume options should be considered for grazing

    Alfalfa is a high quality, high yielding, and perennial legume and is incredibly versatile under proper management. It can be grown in pure stands or mixtures and can be the best choice for a grass-legume grazing. There are numerous grazing tolerant varieties now available.
    Red clover is easy to establish, high yielding, high quality and readily grows in a variety of soils. It provides good summer growth, but is not as drought tolerant as alfalfa. Its main disadvantage is it is short-lived and persists for an average of only two winters.  

  • Labor Department to revise proposal that would have tightened child farm-labor rules

    The U.S. Department of Labor will revise and apparently relax the controversial regulation that would have allowed children under 16 to do farm work only on farms wholly owned by their parents.

    An unnamed department official told reporters on a conference call this afternoon that the new rule will take into account changes in corporate structure over the past few decades and the devices that farm families use to transfer ownership between generations, sometimes gradually. That was a major point of contention for farmers who objected to the proposal.

  • LaRue County deer harvest

    Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources provides names of hunters taking deer during the fall hunting season.
    Those from LaRue County include:
    (Unless otherwise noted, game was taken during modern firearm season)

  • Farm News updated 1-31-12

    Beef management calendars available
    The 2012 beef integrated resource management calendars are available at the LaRue County Extension Office, 807 Old Elizabethtown Road, Hodgenville.  These free wall-style calendars are useful for cow-calf producers. The 18-month calendar is designed for either a fall calving or spring calving herd and lists due dates for each breeding date and management suggestions for cattle, forages and records for each month. Supplies are limited.

    Big Tree Contest

  • 4-H Calendar updated 1-31-12

    Beginners sewing classes
    A beginners sewing class for ages 9-18 will be held 9:30 a.m.-noon Saturdays in February at the Extension Office.  Class size is limited. To sign up, call 358-3401. If you have a sewing machine, bring it to the class. Students will be given a short list of supplies needed for the class.

    Cloverbuds
    The 4-H Cloverbuds will meet 3:30-4:45 p.m. Feb. 1 at the LaRue County Extension Office.  This is for ages 5 to 8 years old or kindergarten-third grades.
     

    Shooting Sports

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