Agriculture

Taylorsville residents Taylor Tolle and Ann Patton Schubert have both entered beef cattle in the upcoming North American International Livestock Exposition, to be held Nov. 5-18 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville.
According to a NAILE news release, Schubert has entered seven head of Angus in the beef division and Tolle entered two Maine-Anjou, one Steen and one Chianna in the beef division.

Most Kentucky crops were in good to fair condition as of Sept. 1, according to the Kentucky Field Office of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Lack of rain and unusually high temperatures during August lowered yield prospects for row crops and burley tobacco. All forecasts in this release are based on conditions as of Sept. 1 and assume normal growing conditions for the remainder of the crop season.

As the vegetable garden winds to an end, I turn my harvest chores to the figs, persimmons and Chinese chestnuts. Our nut grove is now a sheep pasture, which is prefect for them because they have pasture and shade from all sorts of nut trees.
As it turns out, it looks like my ewes and I share a favorite in the Chinese chestnut. After they eat their daily grain ration, they snack on chestnuts that have fallen to the ground.

October 2-8 is National 4-H Week, and Spencer County is celebrating the 4-H youth who have made an impact on the community, and are stepping up to the challenges of a complex and changing world.