Agriculture

John W. McCauley, State Executive Director of USDA’s Kentucky Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds producers that June 1, is the deadline for enrolling in the 2012 Direct and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP), Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program and the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Program (SURE). This is a statutory deadline for all participants in these programs.

The county-wide 4-H Talk Meet was held on Thursday, May 3 at St. Catharine College. Thirty-three 4-H members, who were champion and reserve champion in the school events, participated in the county-wide competition. Congratulations to all for an outstanding job.  

In the nine-year-old category, receiving champion was Kara Greenwell, a fourth grader at Washington County Elementary School. Receiving reserve champion was Mary Smith.  Receiving a blue ribbon was Olivia Cox.

By John W. McCauley

One hundred and fifty years ago, in the midst of a great Civil War, it was a Kentuckian, President Abraham Lincoln, born in a log cabin at Sinking Springs Farm in present day LaRue County, that signed legislation to establish a Department of Agriculture in order to “acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture … and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.

Received  this information this week from Dr. Les Anderson, UK Beef Specialist and wanted to share it with you all.

The impact of insecticides that contain pyrethroids and commercial dewormers on fertility in bulls has been the subject of a great deal of conversation lately. A thorough review of the science seems necessary since bull turn-out is upon us. Our discussion will start with commercial dewormers since more is known about the use of dewormers on bull fertility.