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FFA week at LCHS
The week of February 23-27 was National FFA Week. During National FFA Week the Logan County FFA Chapter sets up certain things to do each day. Monday was Blue and Gold Day so the FFA members had to wear blue and gold. Tuesday was Dress Like a Farmer Day and the FFA provided breakfast for their members. Wednesday was Pajama Day and the members wore their pajamas to school. Wednesday was also officer elections for the 2009-2010 officers. The el...
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Local farmer honored by DEKALB Corn at 2009 Commodity Classic
Joel Armistead of Adairville was honored by DEKALB Corn at the 2009 Commodity Classic for his first-place state finish in the 2008 National Corn Yield Contest, sponsored by the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA). Joel Armistead has been farming for over 30 years and grows corn, soybeans and wheat. Armistead, who farms with his father, Raymond, and son, Zach, was awarded first place in the No-Till/Strip-Till Irrigated category. His winnin...
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Farmer incentives to go green
The Kentucky Agricultural Development Board (KADB), chaired by Gov. Steve Beshear, approved the On-farm Energy Efficiency & Production investment area, during their monthly board meeting on Friday, March 20 in Frankfort, Ky. The On-farm Energy Efficiency & Production investment area is designed to provide farmers with a tool to help increase energy efficiency in their current production practices, while ultimately increasing net farm income th...
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Logan County FFA Officers (l-r) Jacob Hopkins, Logan Fugate, Missy Miles, Daniel Chick, Robyn Estes, Justin Allen, Chelsea Jones, Jon Haley and Luke Wetton pose for a picture with National FFA President Paul Moya (right).
National FFA President visits Logan County
The National FFA President Paul Moya, of Los Lunas, N.M., visited Logan County High School to speak and to motivate the Logan County FFA Chapter. Being a student at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., Moya is a Gates Millennium Scholar, a Notre Dame Class of 2011 Council Leader, a member of the Notre Dame High School Ambassador Team, and an American Legion Boys’ Nation Senator. He is also a former New Mexico State President and a...
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Natural Resources Conservation Service accepting applications for Logan County
Natural Resources Conservation Service in Kentucky is accepting applications for the Emergency Watershed Protection Program Floodplain Easements (EWPP-FPE). Applications will be accepted through close of business, March 27, 2009 for the following authorized counties: Fulton, Hickman, Carlisle, Ballard, McCracken, Livingston, Crittenden, Union, Henderson, Davies; and limited areas of Logan, Lincoln, and Fleming counties. The American Recovery ...
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NRCS accepting applications for EQIP
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications for Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) at your local USDA Service Center or conservation district office. Landusers may apply for EQIP at any time. Applications received by April 15, 2009, will be considered for this (federal fiscal year 2009) program year. Applications received after April 15, 2009, will be held until the next evaluation period. EQI...
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Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications for the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) signup. Landowners may apply for WHIP at any time however; applications received by April 15, 2009, will be evaluated and considered for the 2009 program year. Applications received after that date will be held until the next evaluation period. WHIP provides landusers an opportunity to improve wildlife habitat. Th...
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Gilbert Mallory (left) guessed the value of a market basket of groceries at the Farm Bureau Food Checkout Day at the Auburn Minit Mart. Those conducting the event at this location were (l-r) Jerry Hughes, Will Hughes, Carrell Hughes and Tabitha Robertson.
Farm Bureau Food Checkout Day
February 20 was a day to honor farmers for providing us with the most affordable food in the world. The average American spends just over 10 percent of disposable income on food, the lowest in the world. An average of 5.8 percent is spent on food eaten at home and 4.1 percent is spent on food eaten away from home. When applied to calendar days, the average American earns enough income to pay for their annual food supply in just seven weeks. By...
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Help available for some following recent ice storms
Agricultural producers in Logan County who have suffered damage as a result of January ice storm may request cost share assistance to rehabilitate damaged farmlands. This Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) is administered by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency (FSA), and provides cost-share assistance if disaster Damage is so severe that recovery without federal assistance is unlikely. A producer qualifying for ECP assis...
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Butler and Logan counties have new young farmer advisor
As the new Young Farmer Advisor and Agriculture Specialist for Butler and Logan Counties, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to the agriculture community. My name is Daniel Reynolds. I was hired by Bowling Green Technical College at the beginning of December to replace retiring Young Farmer Advisor and Agriculture Specialist, Mr. Dwight Grise. I graduated in the spring of 2008 from Western Kentucky University receiving a...
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Kentucky farmers have $4.82 billion in sales
Kentucky farmers took in $4.82 billion from the sale of farm products in 2007, according to the 2007 Census of Agriculture. That’s an average of $56,586 per farm and a 57 percent increase over the last census in 2002. “Kentucky farmers really outdid themselves in 2007,” Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer said. “They achieved $4.82 billion in sales while tobacco income was 22 percent lower than in the previous census. That shows Kentucky’s ...
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Will global warming affect yields in 2009?
Worrying about global warming and its potential effects on our lives has become a national pastime. Climate extremes – floods, droughts, hurricanes, and tornados – are often blamed on global warming and taken as harbingers of a changing climate. Increasing levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that trap long-wave radiation from the earth's surface (the greenhouse affect) may lead to higher temperatures and changes in rainfall amo...
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Commissioner Farmer calls for disaster declaration
Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer called on U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to declare an agricultural disaster in Kentucky as a result of a winter storm that disrupted feed and water supplies to livestock and left untold numbers of producers without electricity. “Our farmers are struggling to keep their animals safe and healthy,” Commissioner Farmer said. “Power is out all over the state, and that makes it tough on livestock produ...
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2009 NAP sales closing deadline is March 1
Supplemental Revenue Assistant Payments (SURE) provides benefits for farm revenue losses due to natural disaster. It is the 2008 Farm Bill’s successor to the prior Ad Hoc Crop Disaster Programs also known as The CDP or Crop Disaster Programs. For a producer to be eligible for the SURE Program, all of the farming operation’s crops (planted or intended) that are of economic significance must be covered by either federal Crop Insurance (CI) or FS...
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Lawn care meeting CEUs available
There will be a Lawn Care meeting Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at the Logan County Extension Office. This meeting is designed to provide the latest information in turf management and also to provide a local opportunity to get pesticide credits. The agenda is as follows: 8:30 a.m.– Registration and Refreshments; 9 a.m.– Lawn Fertilization with Chris Milam; 10 a.m.– Plant Diseases with Dr. Paul Bachi; 10:45 a.m.– Break; 11 a.m.– Turf Weed ID an...
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