Vol. 5 No. 12 • Sept. 4,
2012
First Lady Jane Beshear and Agriculture Commissioner James Comer recently launched Ready, Set, Grow: A Kid’s Guide to Gardening - a joint initiative by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and the Governor’s Office of Agricultural Policy. (Photo by Ted Sloan)
September is Agritourism Month in Kentucky, and the celebration continues through October and beyond.
Agriculture Commissioner James Comer will be the keynote luncheon speaker at “Connecting Farm$ to Local Market$,” Sept. 14 at the National Corvette Museum Conference Center.
This year’s competition, featuring a Writing Contest for grades 6-12 and the Jim Claypool Conservation Art Contest for grades 1-5, is themed “Kentucky’s Forests: Branching Out.”
Cody's banner day
Cody Heath, 4, helps big sister Jaycie of Shelby County 4-H at the auction of her reserve champion and Kentucky Proud grand champion market goat during the Sale of Champions Aug. 23 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville. Look for more photos from the 108th kentucky State Fair on Commissioner Comer's page and the Kentucky Department of Agriculture's page on Facebook. (Photo by Ted Sloan)
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Aug. 29 announced a two-month extension for emergency grazing on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres, freeing up forage and feed for ranchers as they look to recover from this challenging time.
Many producers look at the prices of bred heifers in replacement sales and immediately decide that they can do it cheaper themselves.
In Indonesia, farmers use cows to plow their rice paddies, growers plant pineapples by hand at one of the largest pineapple plantations in the world and picking coffee beans by hand turns out to be extremely difficult work.
Coming up
Kentucky Agriculture Council 2013-2018 Strategic Plan regional forums
Kentucky Forage and Grasslands Council field day
Kentucky Nursery & Landscape Association 13th Annual Summer Outing
Kentucky Grazing School
Connecting Farm$ to Local Market$
Rock the Farm benefit concerts
Taste of the Mountains Field Day
UK Gluck Equine Research Center 25th anniversary celebration
Beef Bash 2012
Eweprofit School II
MarketReady training
Kentucky Proud Incredible Food Show
13th Kentucky Grazing Conference
Kentucky State Beekeepers Association Fall Field Day
AgriBusiness Association of Kentucky annual meeting
Kentucky Women in Agriculture Conference
Kentucky Farm
Fact
Kentucky has about 340 farm destinations open to the public that offer u-pick pumpkins and apples, hay slides, corn mazes, live music, wine tastings, Kentucky Proud food, trail rides, overnight stays, and much more. Go to www.kentuckyfarmsarefun.com to find an agritourism site near you.
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