Agriculture

Livestock Club meets
The LaRue County 4-H Livestock Club will meet 6 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Extension Office. Youth wishing to show livestock through 4-H at the county, district or state level are required to obtain a minimum of six livestock educational hours by attending meetings. For those showing breeding animals, hours must be obtained by June 1. For more information about requirements, contact 4-H Agent Misty Wilmoth at 358-3401.

Poultry Club meets

With a new school year now underway, the search for Kentucky’s finest youth writers and artists also begins. Students in grades 1-12 are encouraged to submit creative writing and artistic entries for the annual Conservation Writing and Art Contests sponsored by Kentucky Farm Bureau and the Kentucky Association of Conservation Districts.

Kenley E. Conner of Hodgenville has been elected as a delegate to the 128th Annual American Angus Association Convention of Delegates, Nov. 14 in Louisville.

With fall just around the corner, state foresters are encouraging Kentuckians to plan tree-planting activities now by ordering tree seedlings through the Kentucky Division of Forestry.
Nearly 50 species including white pine, baldcypress, black walnut, white oak, yellow-poplar, dogwood, redbud and more are available by calling 1-800-866-0555. Order forms also are available at forestry.ky.gov.