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Agriculture

  • New Marion ag agent lives in Washington County

     

    The newest face in the Marion County Extension Office isn’t completely new to the community.

    David Kessler, 55, of Washington County has been named the new Marion County extension agent for agriculture and natural resources. Kessler hit the ground running recently during his first day on the job, by assisting local farmers unloading cattle in preparation for a sale over the weekend.

    “I enjoy helping people do the best that they can,” he said.

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  • PHOTOS: 4-H Rally Day
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  • Jobless rates down in 110 counties from April 2011 to April 2012

     

    FRANKFORT — Unemployment rates fell in 110 Kentucky counties between April 2011 and April 2012, while nine county rates increased and one stayed the same, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training.

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  • Tiny terrors: Insects active early after mild winter

     

    A mild winter and warm spring has more people outside and active — and they have company.

    Ticks, mosquitoes and other insects are active earlier this year due to unseasonably warm weather and medical professionals are advising people to be cautious of themselves and their pets.

    But most pests are just, well, pesky.

    Only the black-legged ticks species carries lyme disease and it is rare in Kentucky. More cases are are reported in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and the northeast.

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  • How to protect your trees from fire blight disease

     

    If shoots on your apple and pear trees are turning brown, “hooking” over, and dying, they probably have fire blight disease. This bacterial disease is showing up throughout the state and is very difficult to control. Fire blight can infect apple, pear, hawthorn, mountain ash, serviceberry, flowering quince, rose, as well as raspberry and blackberry trees and bushes.

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  • Float beds could experience increased problems as temperatures continue to rise

     

    This article is from Kenny Seabold, tobacco specialist at U.K. College of Agriculture and I wanted to share it with the tobacco farmers.

    Current situation
    The most common problem affecting float beds at the moment is Pythium root rot, and I expect that problem to ramp up later this week because of the warm weather that is forecasted. It’s likely that we’ll also see problems with blackleg (bacterial soft rot), particularly in float beds that are running high levels of nitrogen.

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  • FSA deadlines approach

     

    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.

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  • Controlling weeds in the home garden

     

     If you are like me, you can hardly wait for that first vine-ripened tomato or that first batch of new potatoes, but these things take time and hard work! One of the most rigorous chores in the garden is weeding. Many of us do a good job of weed management until later in the growing season when it is hot, humid and dry, but there are ways to make your weeding chores easier or stop them before they occur.

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  • More than 30 compete in county-wide 4-H talk meet

     

    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.

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  • Time to control lacebugs

     

    The azalea lacebug has become active on azalea’s, so keep on the lookout. Azalea lacebugs are one-eighth inch long with light brown bodies. They prefer evergreen varieties but attack deciduous varieties and mountain laurels, but will eat all types of azaleas.

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