Kentucky Agricultural News Online

Vol. 3 No. 16  •  August 31, 2010

 

Commissioner Farmer applauds Kentucky producers
on another $4 billion in cash receipts in 2009

“I am constantly amazed but never surprised by Kentucky’s resourceful and determined farmers,”
Commissioner Farmer said. ... more

Click here to read the news release from the Kentucky office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service and see a summary of Kentucky farm cash receipts from 2007-2009.

 

Commissioner Richie Farmer
Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer

Kentucky's two National FFA finalists are the cream of a bumper crop of bright, talented youth. ... more

Celebrate Agritourism Month at a Kentucky farm near you

Kentucky’s agritourism operators offer clean, affordable family fun close to home. ... more

 

Scenes from a fair

The winning pumpkin at the Kentucky State FairCommissioner Farmer and Kentucky Adjutant General Edward W. Tonini

 

Left: Jimmy Sowers' pumpkin tipped the scales at more than 1,000 pounds with help from Beverly, left, and Bethany Lucio of Frankfort at the Kentucky State Fair's Largest Pumpkin Contest on Aug. 20. Sowers, of Stanford, won the contest with an entry of 977 pounds minus his helpers. Right: Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer, left, chats with Kentucky Adjutant General Edward W. Tonini after the Kentucky Farm Bureau Country Ham Breakfast on Aug. 26. (Photos by Ted Sloan) Find more pictures from the 2010 Kentucky State Fair on the Kentucky Department of Agriculture's page on Facebook.

 

Robey, Shirk earn top dairy awards

The Lee Robey family of Logan County won the Kentucky Dairy Production Award and the Proficient Dairy Producer Award, and the Isaac Shirk family of Casey County earned the 2010 Kentucky Dairy Quality Award. ... more

Concern with corn crop causing more producers to harvest early

The 2010 corn harvest has begun in far western parts of the state, and producers are finding several issues in their fields as a result of extreme heat and dry weather. ... more

UK College of Agriculture launches Food Systems Innovation Center

The Center is intended to help small-scale producers who want to sell value-added products to a mass consumer base. ... more

Livestock care, equine health boards formed

The boards were created by legislation passed in the 2010 Kentucky General Assembly. ... more

Kentucky wineries capture 15 gold medals

Nine Kentucky wineries struck gold at the 2010 Kentucky State Fair wine competition. ... more

Better insect control when air is pulled down through grain bins

USDA scientists found that, during the summer, suction aeration cooled the stored wheat's upper portion, or "surface zone," more quickly than pressure aeration, and that the difference correlated to fewer insect pests. ... more

Kentucky Angus exhibitors capture honors at All-American Futurity

Kentuckians led the grand champion female and supreme champion cow-calf pair. ... more

Click here for the latest information on H1N1 flu.

Click here for the latest information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on animal infections of H1N1. 

Join Ray Bowman, executive director of the Kentucky Sheep and Goat Development Office, for The Sheep and Goat Radio Hour every Thursday from noon-1 p.m. Eastern time on America's Web Radio.

Go to FoodSafety.gov for information on the latest recalls, food safety information and more from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food Safety Inspection Service.

Coming up

Livestock show calendar

2010 Kentucky Farm Bureau Certified Roadside Market events

Progressive Agriculture safety days

Kentucky Department of Energy Development and Independence symposium series

Woodland Owners Short Course

National Hay Association convention

Vintage Kentucky: A Toast to Henry Clay wine festival

KNLA summer outing

EKU Regional Bio-Energy Field Day

Kentucky Farm Women Field Day

Kentucky Wood Expo

Great Pumpkin Weigh Off

Beef Bash 2010

Pesticide training schedule 

 

Saluting Our Soldiers 

 

Kentucky Farm Fact

Kentucky's agritourism industry generated more than $3.3 million in revenue to farm destinations throughout the state, according to the 2007 Census of Agriculture. Click here to find an agritourism operator near you. 

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