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Volume 1, Issue 1 Steve Musen
Jessamine County Extension Agent
Agriculture and Natural Resources
at 502-
Cooperative
Extension Service
Jessamine County
95 Park Drive
Nicholasville, KY 40356
(859) 885-4811
www.jessamine.ca.uky.edu
Inside this issue:
Upcoming Events
in Agriculture 2
Cook Wild!
Recipe—Venison
Sloppy Joes
2
Upcoming
Training Oppor-
tunities
3
Water Safety
Reminders 4
Recycle that
Garden Waste 6
AGRICULTURE NEWS Jessamine County
Agriculture
July, 2021
Production Perspectives: Youth Seminar
On Wednesday July 21st, summer intern Landry Woodrum will be hosting a seminar for high school students interested in production agriculture. Guest speakers will cov-er a variety of topics including:
Acquiring and maintaining credit Drafting business plans Improving on existing family operations Making smart education decisions Goal setting Q & A session with farmers and industry partners Content will be geared towards high school students, perfect for equipping the next generation of the family farm with more information or sparking a love for the indus-try in a young person with no experience. Please arrive at the extension office at 12 o’clock, lunch will be provided and the program will begin at around 12:30. Please RSVP or reach out with any questions by emailing Landry at [email protected] or by calling him at 859-374-0332.
July 5-10 Jessamine County Fair
July 5 Beef Show
Garden Show
Crop Show
Horticulture Show
July 6 Goat Show
July 8 Hog Show
July 10 Dairy Show
July 15 Vegetable Production Field Day
Woodford County Extension Office
5-7 PM, flyer attached
July 19 Jessamine County Cattleman
Association Meeting @ JCEO
July 21 Production Perspectives Youth
Seminar @ JCEO (12-3)
August 17 KY Forage and Grassland Council
Annual Field
4:30p-8:00p @ Lincoln County
See attached flyer
Upcoming Events in Agriculture
Page 2 AGRICULTURE NEWS
For more information on any of these programs, please contact the Jessamine County Extension Office
Healthy
Recipe
From
Cook Wild
Kentucky
Page 3 AGRICULTURE NEWS
Upcoming Training Opportunities:
Commercial Vegetable Production Field Day The Woodford County Extension Office will be hosting a commercial vegetable pro-duction field day on Thursday, July 15th from 5-7 p.m. The topics will be taught by Rachel Rudolph, Ric Bessin, and Nicole Ward and focus on basic information needed to manage a commercial-scale vegetable garden
Jessamine County Cattlemen Association The Jessamine County Cattlemen are planning to meet in-person at 6:30p on Mon-
day evening, July 19th at the Jessamine County Extension Office.
Production Agriculture Youth Seminar Jessamine County Extension agriculture intern Landry Woodrum is hosting a seminar on the challenges and opportunities in choosing full time production agriculture as a career for high school students on Wednesday July 21st. Topics will include acquiring and maintaining lines of credit, building business plans, establishing a network in the field, and several others. It will be held at the extension office from 12 to 3 PM and lunch will be provided.
Heart of America Grazing Conference The Heart of America Grazing Conference will be held in Mt Vernon, IL on August 11 with a pasture walk held the previous day. Kentucky’s very own Forage Specialist Extraordinaire, Jimmy Henning will be on the program. Contact the extension office for more information.
Kentucky Forage and Grassland Council—Annual Field Day
The KFGC’s Annual Field Day will be held on Tuesday, August 17th at Bill Holtzclaw’s Farm in Lincoln County located at 4610 Hwy 590, Stanford. Registragon will start at 4:30p and will conclude with a meal at 7:30p. Wagon tour and educational sessions will include Grazing Summer Annuals, Alfalfa Weed Control, Establishing Alfalfa and Making High-Quality Baleage.
Pandemic Cover Crop Support from USDA
A new financial support program has been introduced for farmers raising cover crops, for more information visit https://www.farmers.gov/pandemic-assistance/cover-crops
Follow Us on Facebook!
Stay up to date on upcoming programs and trainings available through the Jessamine County Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources by following us on Facebook. Search “Jessamine County Agriculture” or search @jessaminecountyagriculture.
Page 4 Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 4 AGRICULTURE NEWS
Water safety reminders
Amanda Gumbert—Water Quality Specialist
“While many of
our waterways
are safe to swim
in or eat fish
from, some are
not due to
unsafe levels of
pollutants and
bacteria.”
There is nothing like cooling off
with a day at the lake or nothing as relax-
ing as going fishing. As you enjoy Ken-
tucky’s wonderful waterways this sum-
mer, remember to take measures to stay
healthy.
While many of our waterways are
safe to swim in or eat fish from, some are
not due to unsafe levels of pollutants and
bacteria. It is important to check water
quality advisories before heading to your
favorite waterway for recreation. You can
see the latest advisories for swimming,
fishing and harmful algal blooms on the
Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabi-
net’s website https://eec.ky.gov/
Environmental-Protection/Water/Pages/
Advisory.aspx. Do not swim in or con-
sume fish from rivers, lakes, ponds,
creeks or streams with an advisory.
Any waterway in which you spend
time can potentially affect your health. If
you come in contact with contaminated
water, you may experience symptoms
like gastrointestinal issues, skin rashes,
respiratory issues or eye or ear infec-
tions. If you experience these symptoms
or suspect you have come in contact with
water pollutants, contact your primary
care physician.
To minimize your risk of getting a
water-related illness, the Kentucky De-
partment for Public Health and Kentucky
Division of Water recommend you avoid
ingesting or inhaling water. When you
leave for the day, make sure you thor-
oughly wash your hands and any other
body parts that came in contact with wa-
ter. Do not put open wounds in the wa-
ter, as it could cause the wound to get an
infection. Do not get in water that smells
bad or has surface scum. Avoid getting in
water after a heavy rain event, especially
in dense residential, urban or agricultural
areas. Steer clear of waterways located
below wastewater treatment facility
outfalls, animal feedlots, straight pipes or
other obvious pollution sources.
Page 5 AGRICULTURE NEWS
Water safety reminders
To minimize your risk of getting a
water-related illness, the Kentucky De-
partment for Public Health and Kentucky
Division of Water recommend you avoid
ingesting or inhaling water. When you
leave for the day, make sure you thor-
oughly wash your hands and any other
body parts that came in contact with wa-
ter. Do not put open wounds in the wa-
ter, as it could cause the wound to get an
infection. Do not get in water that smells
bad or has surface scum. Avoid getting in
water after a heavy rain event, especially
in dense residential, urban or agricultural
areas. Steer clear of waterways located
below wastewater treatment facility
outfalls, animal feedlots, straight pipes or
other obvious pollution sources.
Also pay close attention to the water
your pets and livestock consume. Do not
let them drink from water sources with a
bright green or blue surface scum. It can
cause them to experience gastrointesti-
nal issues. Keep your livestock from
loafing in ponds or other waterways.
Their urine and feces contaminate the
water. Consuming this water can give
them gastrointestinal issues. It can also
lead to a fish kill.
More information on water quality
and water safety is available at the Jessa-
mine County office of the University of
Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service.
Educational programs of the Kentucky Cooperative Ex-
tension Service serve all people regardless of economic
or social status and will not discriminate on the basis of
race, color, ethnic origin, national origin, creed, religion,
political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, genetic
information, age, veteran status, or physical or mental
disability.
“Many men go
fishing all of their
lives without know-
ing that it is not
fish they are after.”
Page 6 Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 6 AGRICULTURE NEWS
Recycle that Garden Waste
William Fountain & Rick Durham
“Composting
yard waste is
a controlled
biological
process where
bacteria, fungi
and other
organisms
decompose
organic
materials like
leaves, twigs,
grass clippings
and food
wastes”
A little miracle happens when you
compost garden waste. In a few months
you get rich, crumbly, beautiful organic
material filled with microbial life that will
improve your soil and make your garden
thrive.
Composting yard waste is a con-
trolled biological process where bacteria,
fungi and other organisms decompose
organic materials like leaves, twigs, grass
clippings and food wastes. Here are a few
tips for creating top-notch compost.
You will speed up the process if
you confine your pile within a smallish
space; one square yard is about right.
You can buy ready-made compost bins,
or you can make them from clean wood-
en pallets. Place one pallet on the
ground, drive metal stakes into the cor-
ners, then slide four pallets vertically on-
to the stakes. Or drive four stakes into
the ground to form a rectangle and wrap
with 3-feet high garden fencing or chick-
en wire.
You need both green and brown
materials in your compost pile. Grass
adds necessary nitrogen, but grass alone
will begin to compact and stink. Brown
materials such as dried leaves and twigs,
or even shredded newspaper or plain
white paper, add carbon to the mix and
will speed up the composting process.
However, paper is heavy in carbon and
can throw off the nitrogen to carbon ra-
tio, so it’s probably better to recycle most
of your paper products another way. The
ideal grass to leaves ratio is three parts
tree leaves (brown material) to one part
grass clippings (green material).
There are other acceptable materi-
als to use in your compost pile. Kitchen
wastes, such as coffee grounds (your
worms will love your coffee grounds),
eggshells and vegetable scraps work well.
Keep a covered crock or pot under your
sink to stash your kitchen parings. That
way you can delay your trips to the com-
post pile until the crock is full.
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Recycle that Garden Waste
Sawdust may be added if nitrogen
is supplied at the rate of one pound of
actual nitrogen (6 cups of ammonium
nitrate or 4 cups of urea) per 100 pounds
of dry sawdust. Wood ash acts like lime,
which is alkaline, and should not be add-
ed at more than one cup per bushel of
organic matter. Composting works best
when the bin is at a neutral pH.
Don’t add animal products, pet
droppings or fat to your compost pile.
They will attract wildlife.
Composting can happen either aer-
obically (with oxygen) or anaerobically
(without oxygen). Microbes need oxygen
to efficiently break down organic wastes.
Decomposition will occur under anaero-
bic conditions, but the process is slow
and produces foul odors. Your goal
should be 100% aerobic decomposition.
Oxygen is added to a compost pile by
layering bulky brown materials with more
solid green materials and by turning the
compost with a garden fork. If the com-
post pile is too large or is turned infre-
quently, the interior of the compost pile
can become anaerobic while the exterior
is aerobic.
Finished compost should be dark
brown or black and crumbly with an
earthy smell. You should not be able to
discern the initial materials used for com-
posting, unless there are peach and avo-
cado pits, which break down very slowly
and remain as discernable objects that
can be removed. The pH will be neutral
to slightly alkaline.
Compost may be used as a soil
amendment to improve the soil’s physi-
cal condition and fertility. Compost
makes heavy clay soils easier to work and
improves aeration, root penetration and
water infiltration. Adding compost to
sandy soils helps retain water and nutri-
ents.
Although compost contains some
nutrients, their is not as high as most syn-
thetic fertilizer. Additional fertilization
may be necessary to achieve maximum
plant growth and production, unless you
are able to spread an inch or more of
compost on your planting beds.
“There is no
such thing as
away, when
we throw
something
away it must
go
somewhere”
Jessamine County Extension Service 95 Park Drive Nicholasville, KY 40356