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FRANKFORT,
Ky. —
The Kentucky Department of Agriculture will play
a part in Fayette County's third annual Farm Field Day
Aug. 31 at Mahan Farms on Russell Cave Road.
Dale
Dobson, with the KDA's Farm and Home Safety Program,
will give a farm safety demonstration with a tractor
rollover simulator. The one-of-a-kind rollover
simulator shows what can happen if the tractor does
not have rollbars in place.
Former
Gov. Brereton Jones will give a presentation on the
Kentucky Equine Educational Project (KEEP). Other
guests and speakers will give demonstrations and information
on the latest improvements for production agriculture
and equine. The event is open to all Fayette
County residents.
Information
on cattle identification and hay storage will be offered,
and demonstrations on tobacco plots, vegetable production
and irrigation will be presented. The equine
tour will cover areas such as the upper airway study,
a conformation clinic, and demonstration on hay storage
and muck recycling. Both tours will have a pasture
renovation and plateau herbicide demonstration.
Farm
Bureau, the Fayette County Conservation District office,
Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation
Service, and the University of Kentucky Cooperative
Extension Office are working together on the field day.
Many event sponsors from the Lexington area are
helping to make the field day possible. Dinner
will be catered by Darrell Slone, with door prizes given
away throughout the event.
Mahan
Farms is located at 7271 Russell Cave Road. The
field day begins at 4 p.m. For more information
contact Nick Carter at (859) 257-5582.
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