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Agriculture

  • WICHE: Quality care means garden equipment lasts longer

    We had our Scag mower serviced a few weeks back. She had suffered from some sort of oil leak all summer and looked a little weary and unkempt, so I felt a bit negligent when I dropped her off.

    Taking care of your lawn-and-garden equipment was something that was pounded into my world view of farm responsibilities when I was growing up. Plus, I am well aware that if you don’t take care of your stuff- it means it doesn’t work when you need it!

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  • Milk prices good for all but farmers

    A potential hefty price rise for milk will is not on the horizon, at least not anytime soon, dairy officials say.

    “I don’t see much change; prices may even go down a little bit,” said Maury Cox, executive director of the Kentucky Dairy Development Council. 

    The average gallon of milk costs about $3, according to the USDA. But there had been a fear of prices as high as $7 per gallon because of issues related to farm bill that was tied into the “Fiscal Cliff” in Washington.

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  • Kalmey honored for service to agriculture

    For the second time in less than a month, John E. Kalmey has been honored by Kentucky Farm Bureau for his significant contributions to farming.

    Kalmey, 88, a longtime Shelby County dairy farmer, received the 2012 Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award at Kentucky Farm Bureau’s  annual meeting Friday in Louisville.

    Kalmey said he was honored to receive the award, and that having such a wonderful family was the driving force behind what he has accomplished during his lifetime.

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  • Robertson sale tops spring output

    The Robertson Equine Sale soon will have folks in Saddlebred country saying “What Tattersalls?”

    Jimmy Robertson’s second horse auction, which ran Monday and Tuesday at the Shelby County Fairgrounds, was designed to take the place of the now defunct Tattersalls Sale that ended in Lexington last year after owners Ed and Suzie Teater retired.

    And it has done that and more.

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  • Women, Hispanics farmers can pursue discrimination

    The USDA’s first meeting to help women and Hispanic farmers file a claim of alleged discrimination on loans was Monday in Simpsonville.

    The lightly attended session was the first of two in the state, with the second on Tuesday at the Graves County Library in Mayfield.

    The USDA is offering the more streamlined claims process for helping women and Hispanic farmers who believe they were discriminated against while applying for a USDA loan between 1981 and 2000. The claims process opened on Sept. 24 and will continue through March 25, 2013.

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  • County’s ag development cut down 7%

    Shelby Countians expressed satisfaction Friday when Gov. Steve Beshear’s office released the amount of the funding –  $325,224 –  that will go to the Shelby County Agricultural Development Foundation, Inc., to be made available to farmers.

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  • Shelby vineyard harvests grapes for sale

    Shelby County’s return to its wine-making roots was in full vintage on Saturday, when Vegh-Davis Vineyard called in a few friends to help gather about 4.5 acres of traminette grapes at a converted farm on Hempridge Road.

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  • Shelby farmer growing his Henry County market for sustainable foods

    CAMPBELLSBURG – Capstone Produce in Campbellsburg was the provider for the recent Forecastle Music Festival in Louisville, and for its owner, Cropper farmer David Neville, this is another step toward bringing locally produced sustainable agriculture into the mainstream conversation.

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  • Reichert is new horticulture extension agent

    A familiar name and face has a new role in the Shelby County agricultural scene.

    Walt Reichert, former editor of The Sentinel-Newsand faculty member of Jefferson Community & Technical College’s Shelby County campus, is the new horticulture technician at the University of Kentucky’s Shelby County Extension Office. He replaces Corinne Kephart, who recently moved from that job to be the agriculture agent.

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  • Shelby County wheat farmers hoping for good harvest

    Wheat production may not be a farmer’s bread-and-butter crop in Shelby County, but thanks to an almost non-existent winter and a mild spring, most farmers in the county not only have enjoyed a slightly larger yield but also  already have harvested their crops.

    “I just finished harvesting; now I’m getting ready to plant soybeans,” said Paul Hornback, who said he got 80 bushels of wheat per acre from the 100 acres he had planted on his farm near Bagdad.

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