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Agriculture

  • PHOTO: Baling corn stalks

    Dennis Dobson baled cornstalks last week at his farm on Harned-McCubbins Road in Hodgenville. He’ll use the stalks as supplemental feed and bedding for his cattle this winter.

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  • Ag event will pair food producers with distributors

    Local farmers, listen up. If you grow it, or maybe want to grow it, they will come. 'They' are food distributors that want and need more local food for their clients.

    Louisville Farm to Table and Washington County Cooperative Extension are teaming up to put food distributors that need locally grown food in the same room as folks in the state that either are or are willing to consider growing it.

    To set the table, a meal of locally grown food will be prepared for those attending the conference.

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  • Conservation assistance available

    The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Kentucky is encouraging landowners, farmers and producers to visit the local Conservation Service office to receive information and apply for conservation technical assistance and possible funding opportunities.

    The application process is continuous, but funding selections are made at specific times throughout the year. The Kentucky NRCS application ranking cutoff date for consideration for 2012 funds is Nov. 15.

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  • Farm News: Updated 10-04

    Beef Producers meet
    The LaRue County Beef Producers will meet 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11 at the LaRue County Extension Office. The guest speaker will be 19th District State Representative Michael Meredith who serves on the Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture and the House Standing Committee on Agriculture and Small Business. A meal will be served. All interested producers are invited to attend.
     
    Kentucky Grazing Conference

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  • 4-H Calendar: Updated 10-04

    Livestock Club
    The 4-H Livestock Club meets 6-8 p.m. Oct. 10 at the Extension Office. All youth planning to show livestock through 4-H must obtain a minimum of six hours of educational training by attending meetings. For more information, contact Misty Wilmoth at 358-3401.

    Cloverbuds meet
    The Cloverbuds (ages 5-8) meet 3:30-4:45 p.m. Oct. 11 at the Extension Office. The group is open to ages 5 to 8 or kindergarten through third grade.

    Poultry Club
    The 4-H Poultry Club meets 3:30-5 p.m. Oct. 11 at the Extension Office.

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  • Adyani takes first place in LaRue County Farm Bureau Variety Show

    The LaRue County Farm Bureau Variety Show was held Sept. 24 in conjunction with the annual meeting.
    First place was Amanda Adyani singing Taylor Swift’s “Our Song.” She is the daughter of Bonnie and Jason Wolford. She will represent LaRue County at the Kentucky Farm Bureau District 3 contest on Nov. 3 in Grayson County.
    Second place was Rachel Sheffer with a dance performance of “To the Sky.” Third Place was Caleb Sheffer with a dramatic interpretation of “A Ref’s Point of View – Volger on the Line.”
     

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  • Auction Academy graduate wins state FFA Auctioneering Championship

    Cody Howell of Hodgenville had his eye on winning the coveted FFA Kentucky State Auctioneering Championship for a long time.
    Just last year, good friend and fellow Kentucky Auction Academy graduate Alex Popplewell won the title and proudly displays the championship belt buckle every chance he gets. Now, the two good friends have matching trophies they can wear with their best pair of jeans and their blue corduroy jackets with the familiar FFA gold embroidery.

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  • Fall wheat planting may not be wise

    Corn, soybean, and wheat prices (but not yields) have all done well this year.  As a result, grain farmers may be considering planting wheat this fall and follow with a soybean double crop. However, double-crop soybeans are more susceptible to summer drought and typically yield about 20 percent less than full season soybeans. Let’s consider an example of a planting decision and possible implications using a UK Ag. Economics web based decision aid.

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  • Pumpkin crops do well despite extreme heat and lack of rain

    This year’s excessive heat and lack of rain hasn’t had a major effect on pumpkin and gourd crops, according to Becky Wilmoth of  “Wilmoth’s Pumpkins & More.”
    Wilmoth who owns the pumpkin patch with her husband, Eric and three sons Wade, 8, Levi, 9 and Trent, 17 said this year hasn’t been as bad as it could have been.
    “Most things did pretty well,” said Wilmoth. “Excessive heat and not enough rain caused a few things to not get as big as they usually would have.”

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  • Cody Howell wins State Fair auctioneer contest

    Cody Howell of Hodgenville had his eye on winning the coveted FFA Kentucky State Auctioneering Championship for a long time.

    Just last year, good friend and fellow Kentucky Auction Academy graduate Alex Popplewell won the title and proudly displays the championship belt buckle every chance he gets. Now, the two good friends have matching trophies they can wear with their best pair of jeans and their blue corduroy jackets with the familiar FFA gold embroidery.

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