Kentucky

NewsJuly 2004 Published by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture

ISSN 1062-5836Vol. 36 No. 3

INSIDE

AgricultureCommissionerRichie Farmer

Buy Kentucky Proudto get the best.

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KDA directory ...................... 4Short Rows .......................... 10Classifieds ............................ 11

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Farmers’ markets are openVariety of farm products available

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Medley’s off to the racesPork producer finds instant success in retail sales

Roger Snell

Here’s what’s cooking on TVKAN staff report

See KENTUCKY PROUD, page 6

Food is best when it is fresh, andit’s even better when you knowwhere it came from. John Med-

ley sells high-quality Kentucky porkproducts from a retail outlet in subur-ban Louisville. Only a few monthsold, Medley’s store is off to a flyingstart.

Like any producer who longs forretail prices instead of farm prices, Med-ley knew the best way to get the priceshe wanted was to open his own store.More than a year ago, the WashingtonCounty pork producer wrote out a boldbusiness plan that would make him astorefront meat retailer. He opened Ken-tucky Heritage Meats in March.

In his first week of business, Med-ley closed a deal to supply ChurchillDowns with all the pork it needed forKentucky Derby weekend. Medleyfilled an order for 12,000 pounds ofpork and had it to Churchill DownsExecutive Chef Gil Logan’s barbecuesmokers within two days.

Medley said the Kentucky Depart-ment of Agriculture’s WinifredMolohon was instrumental in network-ing with all the essential parties to pulloff the massive order, matching Loganwith distributor SYSCO and producerMedley. Medley was selling directly toconsumers at the farmers’ market inLouisville when he came in contact with

Molohon, who had a network of pos-sible pork sources for him.Logan raved about the pork and promi-nently promoted the qualityof all Kentucky foodproducts that hebought for theDerby, even duringa pre-race interviewon the ESPN network.

“A chef who is notbuying locally is just plain stu-pid,” Logan said. “Why would they tryto get something shipped from Kansasor Iowa, with the number of times it ishandled, just to save a nickel?”

A total of nine producers in a cen-

tral Kentucky hog marketing coopera-tive, including Medley’s own HappyHollow Farm, supply the pork for

Medley’s retail store. His storealso carries top-quality

Kentucky beef fromKentucky HomeGrown Beef inWashington

County. Lamb andbrown eggs are also

sold, and he plans to addchicken in the near future, Medley said.He has generated major business for afriend who raises Shiitake mushrooms.

�A chef who is not buying

locally is just plain stupid.”—Chef Gil Logan

Chef Rudy Gomez of Louisville prepares a dish while Kevin and Carrie Harned look onduring the “WAVE 3 Listens” cooking show last spring. The program, in which topchefs cook with beef and Kentucky Proud foods, resumes in September. Story, page 7.

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KAN staff report

Kentucky bans animals from VS-positive states

Kentucky has banned all livestock, wild and exoticanimals from New Mexico and western Texas fromentering the state because animals in those states

have been diagnosed with vesicular stomatitis.The ban in Texas was extended south to the Gulf of Mexico

on June 23 after equine on four premises in Starr County andone site in Dimmit County were diagnosed with VS.

Kentucky regulations prohibit the entry of livestock, wildand exotic animals from states where an animal has been diag-nosed with the virus.

A ban originally was imposed in mid-May on animalsfrom all of Texas as a result of a VS diagnosis in the westernpart of the state. A week later, Gov. Ernie Fletcher issued anemergency regulation that prohibited livestock from about 60counties in west Texas from coming into Kentucky but allowedanimals from the rest of Texas to enter the Commonwealth un-der certain conditions.

Equine coming into Kentucky from states that borderTexas and New Mexico, as well as the non-restricted area ofTexas, must have a negative vesicular stomatitis test within the10-day period preceding entry into the Commonwealth.

Vesicular stomatitis occurs sporadically in the UnitedStates, usually in southwestern states. Before May, it was lastdiagnosed in the U.S. in 1998 in Texas and New Mexico.

The viral disease can affect horses, cattle and swine, andoccasionally sheep, goats and deer. It causes blisters to form inthe animal’s mouth, on teats or along the hooves. Discomfortfrom the blisters can cause an animal to stop eating or suffertemporary lameness. Vesicular stomatitis is rarely fatal andusually lasts about two weeks.

For updates on the ban and requirements for bringinglivestock into Kentucky, go to www.kyagr.com and click onAnimal Health.

The Kentucky Department ofAgriculture’s Forage TestingProgram has received certifica-

tion from the National Forage TestingAssociation (NFTA), an organizationdedicated to improving the accuracyof forage testing nationwide.

“I want to congratulate our staff forattaining NFTA certification,” Agricul-ture Commissioner Richie Farmer said.“The Forage Testing Program providesan important service at a time when weare trying to upgrade the quality andutilization of our forages. Kentucky hastremendous potential in this area, andthe Department is dedicated to helpingour farmers reach that potential.”

The Forage Testing Program hasbeen certified for the past several years.

The Forage Testing Program for-merly was part of the Grain and HayBranch. The program now is part of theKDA’s Office of Agriculture Marketingand Product Promotion.

The Forage Testing Program was

established to provide informationabout hay produced in Kentucky forproducers as well as consumers. Thehay analysis provided by the testingprogram provides nutritional valuesused to balance rations and provideproducers with information enablingthem to promote their product to con-sumers. The end result gives producersnutritional information they can use toproduce balanced rations for their live-stock and cut production costs by usingonly what is needed.

Field staff will visit farms to collectsamples for a $10 fee per lot. Thesample is then processed and analyzedat the Department’s Frankfort lab.

Producers also can use the resultsof the analysis to market their forages.They can list the forage’s nutritional re-sults and a picture of the forage on theDepartment’s Web site.

For more information on the For-age Testing Program, contact the Ken-tucky Department of Agriculture at(502) 564-6571.

KDA forage testing programearns national certificationKAN staff report

Governor’s Office of Agricultural Policy

The Kentucky Aquaculture Association presented Kroger's Mid-South division withan award of excellence for its support and promotion of Kentucky aquaculture

products. Pictured at the awards ceremony June 18 at Kroger’s Louisville office are,from left: Steve Smith, president of Fishmarket Seafood, a Louisville-based seafood

broker; Tom French, president of the Purchase Area Aquaculture Cooperative of GravesCounty; Dan Bonk, president of the Kentucky Aquaculture Association;

Larry Columbia, Kroger vice president of merchandising; and Joe Currin of the PAAC.

KAA honors Kroger

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Ted Sloan

The 100th Kentucky State Fair willattract people from throughoutKentucky to have fun, compete

and maybe even learn something.The Kentucky Department of Agri-

culture again will be greatly involved inthe festivities Aug. 19-29 at the Ken-tucky Fair and Exposition Center inLouisville. The KDA will join in on thehistorical theme of this year’s fair.

In the South Wing, the Departmentwill celebrate the his-tory of Kentucky agri-culture with a mocktobacco barn, antiquefarm equipment andother displays alongsidethe fair’s historical edu-cation and culturebooths. “We want toattract non-agriculture people, themainstream fairgoer, to our displays,”said Rayetta Boone, director of the Ken-tucky Agriculture and Environment inthe Classroom program. The old coun-try store will be back at the fair withitems from past and present.

The Department’s West Hall dis-plays will include the popular chickhatchery and the Farm and Home Safetybooth, featuring a tractor rollover simu-lator. Another display will provide infor-mation about Kentucky Proud products.

The fair will open Aug. 19 with thetraditional Commodity Breakfast. TheDepartment’s responsibilities at the fairwill begin well before that as KDA staffwill inspect all the rides and spray forflies and mosquitoes. Division of Showand Fair Promotion employees will helpwith the livestock shows.

About 650,000 people are expectedto attend the fair for the rides, food,livestock and crop shows, art, musicand other offerings.

Kenny Chesney, Brooks & Dunnand ZZ Top head thelist of concert perform-ers at this year’s fair.

Tickets to the fairare available online orat the gate. Parking is$5 per vehicle and isnot included in the ad-mission price.

The World’s Championship HorseShow Aug. 22-28 will bring more than2,000 entries to Freedom Hall. Morethan $1 million in premiums will beawarded. Morning performances arefree. Tickets for evening shows areavailable by calling 1-800-487-1212 or(502) 367-3100 (in Louisville); on theWeb at www.ticketmaster.com; by mail,or at the door.

For more information on the Ken-tucky State Fair, visit the fair’s Web siteat www.kystatefair.org.

By LEEWOOD PUGHKentucky Agricultural News

KAN staff report

Dr. Benjy Mikel, a professor atthe University of KentuckyCollege of Agriculture,

recently completed training to becomea USDA quality grader of beefcarcasses.

This certification will help level theplaying field between local producersand those with whom they compete tosell beef products.

“Dr. Mikel’s certification will en-able Kentucky producers who sell beefgraded Prime or Choice to market theirproducts as USDA quality graded andmake more money,” Agriculture Com-missioner Richie Farmer said. “We hopemore Kentucky beef producers will takefull advantage of this opportunity bygoing the extra mile to produce a betterproduct.”

Mikel will travel statewide to se-lected packing facilities to grade car-

casses with thefinancial assis-tance of a grantfrom the Ken-tucky Depart-ment ofAgriculture tocover travel ex-penses andUSDA’s gradingcosts.

Mikel willoffer a servicenot available inrecent years.This service willprovide the Kentucky beef industry anadditional tool to measure genetics asproducers breed for improved carcassquality.

A quality grade is a compositeevaluation of factors that affect the pal-atability of meat (juiciness and flavor).

Beef carcass quality grading is based pri-marily on two factors: 1) the degree ofmarbling; and 2) the degree of maturity.

Marbling, known as intramuscularfat, is the dispersal of fat within thelean. Graders evaluate the amount ofmarbling in the ribeye muscle after ithas been ribbed between the 12th and13th ribs. The degree of marbling is theprimary factor in determining the qual-ity grade. The four grades used in qual-ity grading are (from highest to lowestdegree of marbling) Prime, Choice, Se-lect and Standard.

The degree of maturity refers to theage of the animal from a physiologicalstandpoint since the chronological age israrely ever known. The degrees of ma-turity range from A to E. Approximatelive ages are associated with carcass ma-turity. For example, an animal graded Afor maturity would be assumed to be 9-30 months old. B maturity would be rec-

Mikel will grade beef at Kentucky packing plantsognized as 30-42 months, C as 42-72months, D as 72-96 months and E as 96months of age and older.

After determination of the degreeof marbling and maturity, these twofactors are combined to determine a fi-nal quality grade. Producers can use thefinal quality grade to merchandise theirproduct as a USDA Prime, Choice, Se-lect or Standard cut of meat. Producerscan now distinguish between the qual-ity of steaks and charge accordingly,adding value to the product.

“The Kentucky beef industry owesDr. Mikel a debt of gratitude for his ex-tra effort in bringing this service to ourproducers and for all the benefit pro-ducers will receive educationally asbeef cattle are made genetically better,”said Warren Beeler, assistant director ofthe Kentucky Department ofAgriculture’s Division of Value-AddedAnimal and Aquaculture Production.

Benjy Mikel

Kentucky State Faircelebrates centennial

Interns join KDA staff

Students from six universities gathered in Frankfort in May to begin work as summerinterns for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Pictured are, from left: front row –

LeeWood Pugh, University of Kentucky; Emily Branstetter, Western KentuckyUniversity; Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer; Katherine Wheatley, UK; and

Brandon Fenley, UK; middle row – LaFarin Meriwether, UK; Rachel Richardson,Murray State University; Bill Withers, UK; and Patrick Odenweller, Auburn Univer-sity; back row – Bryn Fallis, UK; Winston Grannis, Morehead State University; John

Dyehouse, Eastern Kentucky University; Philip Price, WKU; and Bart Branstetter, UK.

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Kentucky

News

Richie

Farmer

Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner

Be Kentucky Proud – buy Kentucky productsKentucky Proud is starting its

third year, and the KentuckyDepartment of Agriculture’s

marketing program is bigger thanever. Delicious, nutritious, and freshKentucky Proud food products areavailable from retailers and at farm-ers’ markets all over the Common-wealth.

This past spring, more than 50greenhouses and nurseries signedup to sell Kentucky Proud flowers

and landscaping mate-rials. These productshave their roots inKentucky soil and aremore likely to thrivein our conditions thanplants from otherstates. The right plantscan also help yourhome beat the sum-mer heat and cut yourcooling bills.

Produce cooperatives and indi-vidual growers are now offeringKentucky Proud fruits and veg-etables. Look for the KentuckyProud logo (which appears else-where in this newspaper) to findproducts grown right here in Ken-tucky. The sweet corn or tomatoesyou buy may have been picked thatvery same day; the only way to getthem any fresher is to grow yourown.

Kentucky Proud catfish andshrimp, raised in Kentucky and pro-cessed in Graves County, can befound in supermarkets all over theCommonwealth.

Thanks to the KentuckyGeneral Assembly, Kentuckyproducers now can sell productsthey process at home. You can findthese products at some ofKentucky’s 93 farmers’ markets.Next to those fresh, tasty vegetableswe’ve all come to expect are jellies,jams, sauces, salsas, and cannedvegetables. Some markets offerflowers, crafts, and numerous otheritems. A few markets with refrig-eration units sell locally grownbeef. Kentucky even has fourmarkets that sell bison meat.

Farmers’ markets are a greatdeal all the way around. Consumers

get fresh, good-tasting foods and thechance to meet the people whomade them. Growers get a largershare of the food dollar. Everyonehas a good time in the sunshine andfresh air. Everyone wins.

Chefs and restaurants are dis-covering the value and quality ofKentucky Proud products. Gil Lo-gan, executive chef at ChurchillDowns, bought 12,000 pounds ofpork products from John Medley’sKentucky Heritage Meats for Ken-tucky Derby weekend. He alsobought cheese from KennyMattingly’s Kenny’s CountryCheese, blackberry jam from WayneShumate’s WindStone Farms, andother Kentucky Proud products. Theendorsements of Chef Logan andother leading Kentucky chefs meanconsumers can buy Kentucky Proudfoods with confidence that they aregetting the best, freshest foodsavailable.

To find out how to get involvedin Kentucky Proud, or to find busi-nesses that sell Kentucky Proudproducts, go to www.kyproud.com.

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Each day, fifth generation dairyfarmer Stuart Mattingly ofMarion County makes a unique

offer to visitors of his Web site,www.10acresbackyard.com: Have acow, dude!

In 1999, Mattingly – a full-timefarmer who also loves playing on theInternet when milking chores allow –created his fun-farming site for chil-dren. With full credit to Bart Simpsonfor its paraphrasedslogan, Mattingly’ssite allows youngpeople to select acow and then,through a cyber-newsletter, receivereports on itsprogress as far asmilk production,calving, etc.

Aside from thee-newsletter, “Havea Cow Dude!” fea-tures a spotlighted “Top Producer(cow) of the Month,” farm trivia quiz,an “Ask the Farmer” and “Ask theFarmer’s Wife” opportunity, and muchmore.

“But when we did an online surveyof who was enjoying the site, my wifeGrace and I made a somewhat surpris-ing discovery,” Mattingly said. “A lotmore people ages 20 to 80 years werelogging on than young children. Ofcourse, teachers may be among thatgroup – they love this site, they’ve toldme – and kids might not respond tosuch a survey, but we found a lot ofpeople who grew up on a farm andlater left it are enjoying the site.

“Now that really made us have acow!”

Working in the Kentucky dairy in-dustry has not been easy the past sev-eral years, Mattingly admitted. Heowns the 200-acre “homeplace” wherehe grew up and now lives as well as an-other farm with 140 acres. He ownsabout 85 milking cows and about thesame number of heifers.

In addition to his dairy operation,the Marion County producer grows to-bacco, corn for silage and alfalfa forhay. He “double-crops” his cornfieldwith wheat, which is also used for hay.

“Dairy farming has always been ahard life,” Mattingly said. “I like towork hard, but I also like to get paid.That is not always the case in the dairybusiness.

“Last year, I decided I had to eitherget bigger or get out of the business. Ibought out one man’s herd of 25 milk-ing cows. I said to myself, ‘You eitherhave to milk 100 cows a day or you’ll bemilking none at all.’”

A dairy farm, he said, is a “familyaffair,” so Stuart and Grace are assistedon their farm by sons John Stuart, Craigand Benjamin. The couple’s oldestchild, daughter Ann-Hill, is a student atthe University of Kentucky.

Although his e-newsletter’s sub-scription list is up to almost 2,000 thesedays, an expanded dairy farm does not

allow StuartMattingly the timeto enjoy the com-puter as he wouldlike. The newsletterhas gone fromweekly to monthly,and those askingquestions of the“farmer” may haveto wait a bit longerthan a year ago, hesaid.

“The mostcommon question I have been askedover the Web site is, ‘Do all cows havehorns?’” Mattingly said. “The answer,of course, is no – but it has nothing todo with male or female, as somepeople think. No, some breedsnowadays have no horns; it has justbeen bred out of them. Others do havethem, but they are polled [clipped] atan early age.

“One of the most difficult ques-tions from ‘Ask the Farmer’ is, ‘Whatabout vegetarians?’ Now, I don’t raisebeef cattle, but this lady was referringto those people who do not consumeany animal products, including milk orcheese. I said, ‘That is fine. That is anindividual’s choice, but that choicedoes not put dollars in my family’spocket.”

One question Mattingly is having atougher time answering for himself isabout the future of dairy farming inKentucky.

“You know, the idea of the familydairy farm is becoming a thing of thepast,” he said. “Farming has becomemore of a big business, and it’s gettingtougher for the smaller guys like us tostay profitable. But, God willing, myfamily will be milking cows here for an-other hundred years.”

Have a cow, dude!Dairy farmeruses Web siteto educateBy BYRON BREWERKentucky Agricultural News

�God willing, my family will

be milking cows here for

another hundred years.”—Stuart Mattingly

Photos courtesy Kentucky Farm Bureau

Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer, top,addresses the crowd at the grand opening of the

Commonwealth Agri-Energy ethanol productionplant June 17 in Hopkinsville. Commissioner

Farmer said the plant would “boost our state’srural economies, improve the air we breathe, and

help wean our country from foreign energysources.” The plant, bottom, will buy corn from

western Kentucky growers and produce20 million gallons of fuel ethanol a year as well as

distiller’s grains for livestock feed, and carbondioxide for production of dry ice.

Commissioner marks plant opening

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tor and retail outlet for restaurants topurchase produce and other specialtyitems. Kentucky Premium Beef, devel-oped by Grant County producer MarkWilliams and his family, is distributedby SYSCO andLococco Whole-sale Meats.Consumers canget KentuckyProud productsat Burgers Mar-ket and Doll’sMarket in Lou-isville, throughmany otherretailers and atfarmers’ mar-kets throughoutthe state.

Kentucky Heritage Meats is openon Thursday, Friday and Saturday fromnoon to 7 p.m. Medley can be reachedat (502) 495-6341. Medley’s Web site ad-dress is www.happyhollowfarms.com.

For more information on Medley,Happy Hollow Farms or KentuckyProud, go to www.kyagr.com orwww.kyproud.com.

John Medley

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Kentucky Proud programlinks buyers, producers

A Louisville garden center haswon the top prize in the Ken-tucky Department of

Agriculture’s Retail Garden CenterDisplay Contest.

Boone Gardiner Garden Centerwas awarded the $1,000 top prize. Twogarden centers each took home second-place awards of $550, and three gardencenters each won $300 for third place.Participating businesses were chal-lenged to use Kentucky-grown plantmaterial to create attractive, imagina-tive displays that promote the KentuckyProud marketing program.

“The top six awards represent Ken-tucky garden centers from RowanCounty to Calloway County,” Agricul-ture Commissioner Richie Farmer said.“All the participants are to be com-mended for their creativity and theirdedication to using Kentucky Proudnursery plants.

“Kentucky Proud plants are likelyto do better because they are bettersuited to Kentucky’s soil and climate.We encourage consumers to look for theKentucky Proud logo at their local gar-den centers.”

The Boone Gardiner display wasbased on the theme “Kentucky Color”in response to consumer demand forcolorful plants during the spring. Theplants were grown by garden centerstaff as well as Star Farms of Shelbyvilleand Earl Thieneman Greenhouses inLouisville.

“Many customers have said thatthey have seen the Kentucky Proudcommercial campaign and have beenvery receptive to our efforts to marketlocal horticultural products,” the gar-den center wrote in a letter that accom-

panied its entry. “Our customers arepleasantly surprised when they dis-cover that Kentucky grows so manyflowering plants.”

The second-place awards went toBeans to Blossoms in Murray andAllyson’s Greenhouse in Berry.Hillcrest Nursery in Richmond, RainGreenhouse in Clearfield, and Wilson’sNursery in Frankfort took third place.

The $3,000 prize money wasfunded by a grant from the KentuckyHorticulture Council.

The Kentucky Department ofAgriculture’s Office of Agriculture Mar-keting and Product Promotion judgedthe 20 entries. Michael Judge, executivedirector of the KDA marketing office,supervised the judging, and marketingspecialist Kelly Ludwig tallied thevotes. Photos of each participant’s dis-play were mounted and identified onlyby number for judging.

Entries were judged on the basis ofuse of Kentucky-grown plant material(50 percent), promotional efforts to sellKentucky Proud (30 percent), the vari-ety of plants featured (10 percent) andcreativity (10 percent).

Participating garden centers wererequired to showcase their displays forat least 10 consecutive days duringMay. They each received a free Ken-tucky Proud banner and signage for usein the displays. They submitted picturesof their displays and a written sum-mary that included the Kentucky-grown items they used and where theycame from.

For more information about theKentucky Proud marketing campaign,call the Office of Agriculture Marketingand Product Promotion at (502)564-4983.

This entry won the KDA’s Retail Garden Center Display Contest.

Louisville center wins contestKAN staff report

Plays with his food

Roger Snell

Food stylist David Leathers displays some of his food art during the SYSCO tradeshow in April at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville.

Medley is thinking about adding a sec-ond retail location in Louisville.

“I think this is going to get evenbetter in the future as chefs and otherrestaurants learn where they can buyfrom Kentucky producers,” Medleysaid. Medley is impressed with howwilling chefs are to work with him,especially as he learns how to docustom cuts to meet each restaurant’sdemands.

Kentucky Heritage Meats is amember of the Kentucky Proud market-ing program. Kentucky Proud, which isadministered by the Kentucky Depart-ment of Agriculture, supports the salesof locally produced fruits, vegetables,meats and other farm products. Ken-tucky Proud products are labeled soconsumers know they are buying some-thing fresh and home-grown. Producersadd to their farm income when shop-pers buy Kentucky Proud. Consumersget the best, freshest products availableand keep their dollars close to home.

Many other producers and buyershave been connected through KentuckyProud. Creation Gardens is a distribu-

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Markets add canned goods, meats, crafts, moreBy LEEWOOD PUGHKentucky Agricultural News

A record 96 farmers’ marketsare operating in Kentucky thisyear, offering a greater variety

of Kentucky-produced items than everbefore.

Agriculture Commissioner RichieFarmer urges consumers to take advan-tage of the opportunity to buy fresh,high-quality, good-tasting productsmade or grown right here at home.

“Farmers’ markets are great forboth the producer and the consumer,”Commissioner Farmer said. “They givefarmers a way to diversify from tobaccowith low input costs and low risk. Con-sumers are happy because they can buylocal, fresh products while helping theircommunity. The Kentucky Departmentof Agriculture is committed to helpingour farmers’ markets grow and helpingconsumers find fresh, nutritious andgood-tasting Kentucky Proud foods.”

Growers of all ages and farm sizeshave rekindled interest in farmers’ mar-kets statewide. Many retired people arereturning to farming while others aretrying to get a start at it.

As a result, farmers’ markets arebecoming big business in Kentucky.Projected gross sales at Kentucky farm-ers’ markets for 2004 are $5.2-$5.4 mil-lion, according to University ofKentucky economists who studied theeconomic impact of farmers’ markets inthe Commonwealth. In 2003, Kentuckyfarmers’ markets grossed $4.8 million,20 percent more than estimated mid-way through the year. Average salesper market were about $55,000 last year.About 20 percent of gross sales of Ken-tucky produce occur at farmers’markets.

Boone and Scott County had thehighest sales per vendor reported in2003, with Lexington and FranklinCounty following. Farmers’ marketslocated near or in metropolitan areastend to have the best sales, but small-

town markets also get good communitysupport, the UK economists found.

Alongside the customary produce,consumers will find flowers, jellies, jams,sauces, salsa, crafts, gift baskets andmany other items at the farmers’ market.

Fresh fruits and vegetables are stillthe most popular items, said JanetEaton, farmers’ market coordinator forthe Kentucky Department of Agricul-ture. Non-traditional items are doingwell, she said.

Ted Sloan

Anderson County officials and partners in the Anderson County Farmers’ Market unfurl the market’s Kentucky Proud banner.

Shoppers can find assorted variet-ies of heirloom tomatoes and peppersand more unusual items such as paw-paws and rhubarb. Some farmers’ mar-kets offer crafts such as gourds andherbal wreathes.

Fourteen Kentucky farmers’ mar-kets sell meat from refrigeration units atthe markets. Four of those markets offerbison meat.

Kentucky Proud jams, jellies, salsasand other processed foods are available

at nearly half the state’s farmers’ mar-kets, Eaton said. The General Assemblypassed legislation that allows producersto process their foods at home. That hasincreased the number of products soldand the producers’ ability to sell them,Eaton said. Producers can take homegreen beans that weren’t sold, can them,and sell them later.

For more information andlocations, go to the KDA Web site,www.kyagr.com.

Cooking, call-in program returns to WAVE-3 Sept. 2

Anyone can prepare a deliciousmeal with fresh, high-qualityingredients. Kentucky food

products make the best meals, and lo-cal chefs will show you how to usethem. This is the setting for a Louis-ville television program co-sponsoredby the Kentucky Department ofAgriculture.

“WAVE 3 Listens” is a call-in show

that will air every Thursday from 10-11a.m. Eastern time in September and Oc-tober. Viewers can call in to discuss cur-rent topics, but questions are mainlyfocused on the chef or the food. Spon-sored by General Electric, the KentuckyBeef Council and KDA, the show hadits first run April 29 through May 27.

“We want to raise awareness aboutKentucky Proud so consumers can gofind the products they need,” saidWinifred Molohon, KDA marketing

By LEEWOOD PUGHKentucky Agricultural News

specialist. “Wherever you shop or dine,ask for Kentucky Proud products.”

Each show features a chef fromKentucky preparing dishes using onlyKentucky Proud products. The Ken-tucky Proud program supports localgrowers who produce crops and foodproducts to sell in supermarkets, atfarmers’ markets or in their own stores.

During the program’s first run lastspring, Chef Gil Logan from ChurchillDowns prepared an appetizer and

entrée using beef tenderloin. Chef JeffJafri, from Jafri’s Bistro at the KentuckyCenter for the Arts, also appeared onthe show. Several beef and pork selec-tions are expected to be featured thisfall.

GE donated the appliances used onthe show, including the Trivection oven.

Recipes can be found on the WAVE3 Web site at www.wave3.com. To findout more about Kentucky Proud, go towww.kyproud.com.

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The Commodity SupplementalFood Program supplies nourish-ing meals to thousands of needy

families throughout the Common-wealth. Generous citizens – includingsome of the clients – give from theirown bounty to make other people’slives a little better.

People bring clothes, stuffed toys,books, magazines and other items to theCSFP warehouse in Louisville to sharewith clients. The toys are given away asgifts during the holiday season. One

woman picks up bread and rolls fromher neighborhood supermarket andtakes them to the CSFP facility andother service offices. A client bringsvegetables from his garden.

The program serves nearly 17,000clients out of the main warehouse inLouisville and through five other loca-tions throughout the state, making it thelargest program of its kind in the eight-state southern region.

The Kentucky program wasawarded a Certificate of Excellence atthe National Commodity Supplemental

Food Program conference in Februaryin Washington, D.C. Only seven of the32 states that participate in the CSFPprogram received the award, which rec-ognized states that achieved a net in-crease of 5,000 or more clients between2002 and 2003.

Besides the Louisville warehouse,the CSFP program is administeredthrough God’s Pantry in Lexington,Dare to Care in Louisville, America’sSecond Harvest of Kentucky’s Heart-land in Elizabethtown, the NorthernKentucky Area Development District

and the Purchase Area DevelopmentDistrict. Those organizations distributefood through approximately 85 smalleragencies.

The Senior Farmers’ Market pro-gram returns this year at locationsacross the state. The program, whichdebuted last year in Louisville, allowsolder people in need to redeem SeniorFarmers’ Market Nutrition Programcoupons for fresh fruits and vegetables.

For more information, contact theDivision of Food Distribution at (502)573-0282.

KAN staff report

Kentuckians pitch in to help neighbors in need

By BYRON BREWERKentucky Agricultural News

An apple a day keeps the doctoraway. It also allows Kentuckyfarmers to make a profit if

they are patient and savvy. Unlike to-bacco in its golden day, apple or-chards are not overnight agriculturalmoneymakers. A commitment togradual crop changeover and a certainbusiness acumen are required totransform brown-leaf earnings intothose that are sweet and delicious.

Bill Jackson, owner of Jackson’s Or-chard and Nursery in Bowling Green,was ahead of the curve. Thirty-eightyears ago, he began planting apple treesalong with the ancient peach trees thatalready were growing on his farm.

Apples and peaches have madeJackson’s Orchard a centerpiece of agri-cultural progress in Warren County,where the family grows 20 different vari-eties of apples and 18 varieties ofpeaches. From the green Lodi cookingapples harvested in early June to thehard, tart Granny Smith apples picked inmid-October, Jackson has become a well-recognized authority on the apple busi-ness in the Commonwealth. And theDepartment of Agriculture’s KentuckyProud marketing campaign has broughtthe fame of both Jackson and his prod-ucts to new heights.

“This [Kentucky Proud] programhas done wonders for producersaround Kentucky, and that has been thecase with my apples and my peachesand the products I make from them,”said Jackson, who runs the orchardwith wife Shirley and daughter CathyOtis. “The campaign has certainly in-creased the awareness of shoppers, whoare actually now looking for productsgrown in Kentucky.”

Apple cider, preserves, jams andjellies, apple butter and relishes also canbe found at the farm store. The first im-age visitors to the operation see is a ver-

sion of KDA’s Kentucky Proud logo atthe bottom of the uphill farm entrance.

“Apple orchards are a five- to six-year commitment for a farmer,” Jacksonsaid. “You plant the trees and then waitthat long before you harvest the fruit.You have to think investment when youbuy into apples. You have to go intoapples slowly, replacing whatever yourcash crop is – tobacco, grain, beef cattle– with apple trees.

“Growing apples is a real commit-ment of time and of life. During theyears when you are not harvestingthose golden delicious, you have to beharvesting something or you and yourfamily don’t eat.”

Jackson also makes cider for 11different orchards in south-central Ken-tucky in a facility built with tobaccosettlement funds.

Jackson worked with U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture offices in PulaskiCounty, Ill., then came to BowlingGreen to join FMC Corporation as afarm chemicals salesman.

“I was approached by one of mycustomers, Ed Hudgens, who had afarm with very, very old peach trees onit,” Jackson said. “I signed a contract tobuy it in 1966, and we began plantingnew peach trees and then apple trees onthe spread. This area is good for applesand even better for peaches.”

The 40-acre peach orchard becamea 75-acre fruit enterprise: 40 acres ofapple trees and 35 acres of peach trees.Jackson began apple production in 1975and started selling cider in 1979. Thir-teen years ago, he began his farm’s fa-mous fall festivals that have broughtagri-tourism dollars to his orchard andto his community.

“It’s all a gradual thing,” Jacksonsaid. “It’s something you have to plan,not just go into it looking for a quickreturn. There are very few things in ag-riculture that you do not have to workhard for.”

Byron Brewer

Bill Jackson’s 38-year commitment pays off

Bill Jackson looks over some of his 40 acres of apples at his Bowling Green orchard.

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Thirty-two students at Kentucky colleges and universities were recognized at the Agribusiness/Governor’s Scholars awards luncheonJune 17 in Frankfort. Pictured are, from left: front row – Brittany Wilkinson, Sarah Meeks, Jonetta Tabor, Sarah Sheffel, ShannonMartin and Anthony Jones; second row – Elizabeth Hardesty, Lora Winstead, Sarah Small, Jordan Judy, Emily Hughes and KatieEllis; back row – Aris Cedeno, academic chair of the Governor’s Scholars program; Pamela Coffey, Andrea Basham, Ben Oak, Marc

Ettensohn, David Lewis, John Hendricks and Rodger Bingham, a deputy director with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture.

Ted Sloan

Governor’s Scholars honored

Fewer Kentuckians are growingtobacco, but more are producingmeat goats and vegetables,

the 2002 Census of Agriculture says.The total market value of Kentucky

farm products in 2002 was $3.08 billion,slightly lower than the 1997 total of$3.16 billion, according to the census,which was released this past spring bythe National Agricultural StatisticsService. The total market value of farmproduct nationwide was $200.6 billion,down $734 million from 1997.

The number of tobacco farms in2002 was 29,237, down 38 percent from1997, when the previous agriculturecensus was taken. Harvested acres oftobacco fell 56 percent compared with1997 as quotas were cut by more thanhalf during that time.

Meat goat sales in 2002 jumped tomore than 42,000 head from 5,000 headin 1997. Kentucky ranked fifth in thenation in meat goat inventory and thirdin sales.

The number of farms harvestingvegetables and melons for sale in-creased 31 percent between 1997 and2002, with a 53 percent increase in har-vested acres.

Kentucky continues to have thelargest beef cow inventory east of theMississippi River, with 1.1 million head.Total cattle inventory, 2.4 million head,was down 3 percent from 1997.

The number of women consideredprincipal farm operators in Kentuckydecreased 4 percent from 1997. Womenmade up 25 percent of the agriculturalproduction population in 2002. The av-erage age of a farm operator was 55, upone year from 1997.

Other significant findings of the2002 Census of Agriculture included:

• The number of farms in Ken-tucky decreased 5 percent, while land infarms declined 1 percent.

• 67 percent of Kentucky farmssold less than $10,000 worth of agricul-tural products in 2002, compared with59 percent in 1997.

• Broiler production farms morethan doubled from 1997. The numberof broilers sold in 2002 was almost2 1/2 times that of 1997.

• Corn acres were down 8 percent,and soybean acres increased 5 percentfrom 1997.

For more census statistics, go towww.nass.usda.gov/census/.

KAN staff report

Goat, veggiefarming up astobacco falls

Clay family hopes catfish catch on

For more than a decade, ClayCounty Judge-Executive JamesGarrison and his two sons, along

with a family friend, have venturedaway from the coal business in ClayCounty and shifted their efforts intocatfish farming. They are amongmany producers who have entered theaquaculture industry in recent years,making it one of the fastest-growingsectors in all of agriculture.

Garrison adamantly wants othersto get involved in aquaculture in ClayCounty, which has a high unemploy-ment rate. Much of the land in ClayCounty was involved in the coal indus-try and now is not useful for crops orlivestock. Garrison believes there isnothing better for the land than to build

ponds and start an aquaculture pro-gram to benefit the county as well asthe aquaculture industry.

“Much opportunity lies within theaquaculture industry within ClayCounty,” he said. “If people would uti-lize it, it could benefit the county andthose who put time and effort into it tomake it a success.”

Garrison and his partners begantheir business with only two ponds andeventually worked their way up to 10ponds and about 30 acres total of water.

With each pond harboring around6,000 catfish per acre, this catfish farmproduces three-pound fish every twoyears.

Unlike many catfish producers, thisfarm also hatches its eggs. Hatchingyour own eggs provides the advantage

KAN staff report of starting a fish crop and ending it asneeded by market demand.

The pay lakes surrounding ClayCounty are the Garrisons’ primary mar-ket. The catfish sell for an average of$1.25 per pound. Most of these lakeslike to receive 5,000 to 8,000 pounds, or1,500 to 2,500 three-pound catfish, perweek. Landowners also buy catfishfrom Garrison to stock their own ponds.

Garrison said he and his partnersplan to have about 250 acres of waterand are also considering producingfreshwater prawn in separate ponds.

For more information about Ken-tucky aquaculture, contact AngelaCaporelli, marketing specialist andaquaculture program coordinator forthe Kentucky Department of Agricul-ture, at (502) 564-4983.

A leading food distributor hasteamed up with the KentuckyDepartment of Agriculture to

support the sales of Kentucky Proudproducts.

SYSCO joined the KDA and theKentucky Cattlemen’s Association topromote Kentucky Proud foods from

February through May. The Louisville-based company, which supplies 3,800restaurants throughout the Common-wealth, promoted 40 food companies,including seven from Kentucky. SYSCOcelebrated the success of the promotionwith a Bluegrass Bash on June 6 at ThePalace in Louisville.

“Many of the businesses that par-ticipated in the promotion saw a 50 to 60percent increase in sales,” said WinifredMolohon, KDA marketing specialist.

The participating companies werefeatured at a SYSCO trade show inApril at the Kentucky Fair and Exposi-tion Center.

SYSCO promotes Kentucky Proud products

A brief look at what’s new inKentucky agricultureShort Rows:

Society seeks Parker productsSpecial to KAN

Kentucky youth honored for ATV safety campSpecial to KAN

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Pesticides, environmental assistance units joinedKAN staff report

National Angus Conference in SeptemberSpecial to KAN

10 Kentucky AGRICULTURAL News April 2004

Loans offered for eastern Kentucky farmersSpecial to KAN

Listening sessions on animal ID scheduledU.S. Department of Agriculture

Beeler serves on ethics panelSpecial to KAN

APHIS opens toll-free number for high-risk cattleU.S. Department of Agriculture

A Kentucky 4-H member has earned a place among an elite group ofnational winners in the Prudential Spirit of Community Awardscompetition.

Allison Hammer, 17, a recent graduate of Monroe County HighSchool, has been recognized by Prudential Financial Inc. and the NationalAssociation of Secondary School Principals as a Distinguished Finalist.Her award is for planning and raising funds for an all-terrain vehiclesafety camp for youth in her county after two of her friends lost theirlives in an ATV accident.

“Allison recruited a committee of volunteers, secured a grant andother donations for the camp and coordinated the entire event,” said Su-san Guffey, Monroe County Cooperative Extension agent for 4-H youthdevelopment.

Hammer is one of only four young Kentuckians, and one of only 236students nationwide, to receive the honor.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will hold two listening sessionsnear Kentucky in August to discuss the development, structure andimplementation of a national animal identification program for all live-stock and poultry animals.

Sessions will be held in Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 18 and Joplin, Mo.,Aug. 27. They are among 11 public forums scheduled between July 10and Aug. 31 throughout the United States.

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is working toimplement a nationwide system to quickly and efficiently trace back dis-eased or potentially diseased animals. A premise identification systemthat will allow for the beginning of pilot programs to test identificationsystems is to be completed this summer.

For more information about the listening sessions and the NationalAnimal Identification System, go to www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/issues/nais/nais.html.

The former Division of Environmental Assistance and Division ofPesticide Regulation have been combined into the Division of Environ-mental Services as a result of Kentucky Department of Agriculture reor-ganization.

The division regulates Kentucky’s pest control companies, lawn careindustries, pesticide dealers and applicators; operates training, licensingand certification programs, and registers pesticide products that are soldor distributed statewide. It also helps agricultural operations and localgovernments control weeds and pests, and administers the Department’schemical collection and Rinse and Return recycling programs.

The division is located in the Department’s offices at 107 CorporateDrive in Frankfort. Division staff can be reached at (502) 573-0282 or faxnumber (502) 573-0303.

Warren Beeler of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture served onan ethics panel during the National Junior Swine Association’s NationalYouth Leadership Conference May 20-23 in Dayton, Ohio.

The panel challenged youth to make ethical decisions in the swineindustry and in life. Beeler is assistant director of the Division of Animaland Aquaculture Production.

The conference attracted 43 youth from 14 states. It was sponsoredby the National Swine Registry, National Pork Board, Indiana YorkshireBreeders, Inc., Top Cut Show Pig Sires, Kent Feeds, Inc., PennerHampshires, Lean Value Sires, Akey/Sunglo Feeds, The Mitchell Insur-ance Agency, Just Charmed and the Lafayette Breakfast Optimist Club.

The 2004 National Angus Conference and Tour will be Sept. 14-17 inRoanoke, Va. The annual event includes a one-day conference and two-daytour for cattle producers wishing to learn more about important advance-ments in the industry.

The conference, hosted by the American Angus Association and theVirginia Angus Association, begins at 8 a.m. Sept. 15. The conference willinclude presenters from Virginia Tech, the U.S. Department of Agriculture,the American Angus Association, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Associa-tion, businesses and Angus farms.

The early registration deadline for the event is Aug. 15, with fees of$75 on or before the deadline. Participants can register after that date untilthe day of the conference for $100. To register, call Linda Campbell at (816)383-5143 or register online at www.angus.org.

For more information about the event, go to www.angus.org or callthe American Angus Association at (816) 383-5100.

The John P. Parker Historical Society in Cincinnati is looking to ac-quire Parker farm implements and other products for a forthcoming ex-hibit and its permanent collections.

Items sought include a sugar mill, corn crushers, iron frames forschoolhouse seats, steam engines, sash weights, boilers, threshing ma-chines, grass toppers, clod pulverizers, portable engines, apple crushers,Samson and Little Samson tobacco presses, plows, improved Parker steelframes, and flour barrels and sacks.

For more information, contact the John P. Parker Historical Society at(513) 242-4521; by fax at (513) 242-4507; or by e-mail atcbnuckolls@aol.com.

The Mountain Association for Community Economic Development(MACED) has allocated loan funds and managerial assistance resources tohelp small farmers implement diversification projects across eastern Ken-tucky. Funds from MACED’s Agricultural Diversification Lending Pro-gram may be used for the following.

• Working capital for new or existing farm diversification projects.• Lines of credit for financing receivables for existing food-related re-

tail or wholesale businesses.• New equipment purchases for diversification or value-adding projects.• On-farm renewable energy projects.• Matching funds for the Agricultural Development Fund grant programs.For more information or to request a loan application, contact

Jonathan Harrison, Business Development Director, by phone at (859) 986-2373 or by e-mail at jharrison@maced.org. The MACED Web site address iswww.maced.org.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health In-spection Service (APHIS) announced in June that a toll–free number to re-port high–risk cattle in the United States has been established. The toll–freenumber for the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) surveillance pro-gram is 1–866–536–7593.

As part of its expanded BSE surveillance effort, APHIS will workclosely with cattle producers, renderers, veterinarians, and others to obtainsamples from high–risk cattle targeted in this program. Callers reportinghigh–risk cattle will connect with a local APHIS office that will provide ad-ditional information. USDA will help defray costs incurred by industriesparticipating in the surveillance program for such items as transportation,disposal and storage, and tested carcasses.

APHIS’ enhanced BSE surveillance effort aims to test as many high–risk cattle as possible within the next 12–18 months.

Additional information about the BSE surveillance plan is atwww.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/issues/bse-enhan_surv/bse-enh_surv.html.

FOR SALE: Registered Limousin bulls. BlackPolled and Red Polled available. Call Donnie orJoey Massey, (606) 864-6961.

FOR SALE: Purebred Charolais Bulls. HamiltonCharolais, Stamping Ground, Ky. Call JimHamilton at (502) 535-6203 or (502) 535-6974 ore-mail hamil535@bellsouth.net.

FOR SALE: Registered Angus bulls and heifers.Bulls eligible for 50% cost-share. Call nights(502) 863-6342, days (859) 221-5958.

FOR SALE: AKC Labs. Absolutely beautiful.Black or yellow. Shots, wormed. $125-$250. Lovepeople, hunting and swimming. Phone (270)879-8708. Delivery possible.

FOR SALE: Registered English Shepherd pups.All-purpose dogs, farm-raised. Shots, wormed.Contact Janice Sallee, (270) 465-7848.

FOR SALE: South American llamas. Males andbred females. Registered; some microchipped.Assorted colors and wool types. Friendly, and inexcellent health. Call (606) 379-6040, or e-mail atDscbuis@aol.com.

FOR SALE: Lovable and friendly llamas, malesand females of all ages, breeding pairs, stud qual-ity/pet quality males. Guard llamas for small herdanimals, sheep and goats. Over 10 years experienceand expertise will serve you after your purchase.Call (859) 341-4188 or e-mail drycreek@fuse.net.

FOR SALE: Purebred Angus bulls and reg. An-gus heifers. Pottinger Angus Farm. Call Randyat (270) 324-3062 or Herman at (270) 324-3423 ore-mail pfangus@juno.com.

FOR SALE: Polled Hereford bulls & heifers. (502)348-4167. Moran Farms - Bardstown - Bloomfield.

BRANGUS CATTLE FOR SALE: Registered, pure-breds and commercial black Brangus bulls andheifers. EPDs available with several qualifying forgrant monies. If you are interested in decreasingcalving problems and pinkeye and increasing wean-ing weights then you would be interested inBrangus cattle. Circle C Brangus, Big Clifty, KY,(270) 242-7006, susanc@aggressiveonline.net.

FOR SALE/STUD SERVICE: Horses/ponies (alltypes), new/used trailers, metal roofing & siding,Mule Kote Paint, new/used tack (over 30 saddles),feed store (10% horse feed $4.25/50lb), Wrangler,Panhandle Slim and Lucille clothing, watches,childrens and adult cowboy hats, chaps, ladieswestern purses, boots, etc. Gray AQHA stud ser-vice Poco & Easy Jet $200/$100. L&R FARMS,1239 Morgantown Rd. (Hwy. 70), Brownsville,KY 42210. Phone (270) 286-9465, (270) 792-6636.

FOR SALE: Club calves. Maine and Chi crosses.Reasonably priced. Excellent quality. Call fordetailed information. Staley Farms, Sharpsburg.(606) 247-2008.

FOR SALE: Simmental bulls, red and black,polled and AI sired. Burton’s Simmental, Co-lumbia, Ky. Phone (270) 384-5255.

FOR SALE: Registered Angus cattle, bulls andheifers. Balanced EPDs. Fall Creek Angus,Monticello, Ky. Call nights (606) 348-6588.

FOR SALE: Registered and commercial Angus bulls.Good lines, large selection, 3-7 years old. ContactJason Smith, (270) 846-4972 and leave a message.

FOR SALE: Bathtub encloser. Not used much.Exercise machine. Good condition. Call (270)842-2657.

FOR SALE: Cookbook. $10 inclues S&H. A col-lection of Family Favorite Recipes compiled bythe members of Mt. Lebanon Missionary BaptistChurch at Alvaton, Ky. Contact Michelle Corder,1533 Cooper Dearing Road, Alvaton, Ky. 42122.

KENTUCKY SAMPLER COOKBOOK is a cu-mulative work of the members and friends ofThe Embroiderers’ Guild of America, LouisvilleChapter and contains the embroidery chart forthe Kentucky Sampler pictured on the cover.Great gift. Send $10 plus $2 postage to JudiSmith, 4605 Southern Pkwy, Louisville, KY 40214.

I DO MACHINE QUILTING, pretty designs. Ifurnish batting & thread, reasonable prices. Mailtop & lining to me & I will mail back to you pluspostage. (270) 842-0430.

MISCELLANEOUS

40th ANNUAL ANTIQUE SHOW AND SALE,Knights of Columbus Hall, Bowling Green, Ky.,Sept. 10, 11 and 12, 2004. Sponsored by AlphaTheta # 662 of Epsilon Sigma Alpha PhilanthropicSorority. Proceeds go to Community Projectsand St. Jude’s Research Hospital. (270) 782-1479.

FOR SALE: A large cut rock from white stonequarry, over 100 years old. Call (270) 842-2657.

WANTED: Buckwheat pillows. Call (502) 423-8612.

WANTED TO BUY: Old barns, old log cabinsand old wood. Call (859) 294-0390.

WANTED – FISHERMEN – Use CumberlandRiver Farm Campground as your fishing camp.Full hookups, hot showers. Boat dock approx. 1mile. Shady beach area. Located on the lowerCumberland River in Livingston County. NearLBL and Paducah. (270) 928-2180 or e-mailhmaupin@smithland.net.

WANTED: Kentucky State Fair programs, rib-bons, other items with the name of KSF affixed.Also, programs, books, etc. related to SaddleHorses and Hackneys. Send item, condition,price. E-mail tkccsa@aol.com or write Box 389,Lexington, KY 40508.

FOR SALE: Custom sawn turnings – mantelpieces – cherry, oak, ash, walnut. (270) 427-4569.

SEEDS/PLANTS

BLUEBERRY PLANTS, Kentucky grown blue-berry bushes. Kentucky Nursery License No. 85A. Member of Kentucky Blueberry Growers Asso-ciation, Inc. Low-maintenance crop with incomeof $9,000 to $18,000 per acre average possible.Larry Martin & Jean Daniels, Bluegrass Blueber-ries, 8080 Subtle Road, Edmonton, Kentucky 42129,phone (270) 432-5836, e-mail a61853@scrtc.com,Web page www.blueberries.biz

FOR SALE: Modern Simmental bulls — polled.AI sired, solid patterned reds or blacks, greatEPDs. Chowning’s Wind Rose Farm, Berea. Call(606) 986-3284.

FOR SALE: The University of Kentucky offersthoroughbred and quarter horses of various agesfor sale during the year. For information aboutavailable horses, call (859) 257-7509.

FOR SALE: Kentucky mountain saddle horses.Reg. chocolate. Babies $2,000. Bred mares. Mareswith babies. Call (859) 987-7151 nights.

FOR SALE: Registered full- blood Pinzgauer heif-ers and bulls ready for service. Contact: Dickson’sPinzgauer Farm, Bowling Green, KY, (270) 529-2962.

EQUIPMENT

PLANS TO BUILD YOUR OWN BAND SAW-MILLS. “The Lum-BR-Jak” can saw up to a 30”diameter log. “The Yellow•Jak•It” can saw upto a 36” diameter log. Introductory information$3 U.S.A. or $4 Canada, U.S. funds only. Buildersplans/packets are $48.50 each U.S. or $51 eachCanada (in U.S. funds only). A builders 48 min.video w/40-page supplement book , same priceas plans. Call or write Bill Reeks, 7104B U.S. Hwy231 S., Cromwell, KY 42333-9605, (270) 274-3361.

PORTABLE BANDSAW MILL: 24 horse Honda,36 in. diameter x 16 ft. length log capacity, 17”throat depth, trailer package – $6,500. Will alsobuild to your specifications. Call Jonathan8 a.m.-5 p.m. CT weekdays @ (270) 401-1529.

PROPERTY FOR SALE

164 ACRE FARM IN LOGAN COUNTY: Fencedand creek for cattle, deer, turkey and small gamefor hunting. 20 minutes from Bowling Green,very private on Old Greenville Rd with countywater available. Priced to sell at $179,000. Call(270) 542-6844.

120 ACRE FARM FOR SALE, Williamsburg, Ky.(Whitley County) 3-bedroom house, 1 bath, fullbasement. Three ponds, 2 stocked with fish. Threebarns and other buildings. Creek runs throughproperty. Call (606) 549-2524.

BEAUTIFUL BUILDING LOTS. 10 left. All havegrowing timber or market-ready Christmas trees.One stocked pond; good hunting; approved forseptic systems; good aquifer approximately 400feet deep. Meade County, northwest ofBrandenburg. Reasonably priced from $9,500.Timber Trace, (502) 339-6455.

88-ACRE FARM, with barns, deep well, ponds,and timber. Adjacent house on 18-acre hilltop, fouryears old, 4,600 sq. ft. Timber Trace, (502) 339-6455.

HOUSEHOLD

KENTUCKY HOSPITALITY II cookbook bythe Ky. Federation of Womens Clubs containsover 1,000 recipes from members across the stateplus excellent history of our state and is on salefor $20 which can be ordered by sending a checkmade to KFWC and mailed to Romenza Johnson,3341 Cemetery Rd., Bowling Green, KY 42103.

ANIMALS

FOR SALE: Duroc, Landrace, Yorkshire, andCrossbred Boars and Gilts. Bart and Sarah Jones,Scottsville, KY, (270) 622-2005, bwjones@nctc.com.

FOR SALE: Red Angus bulls, cows, and heifers.EPDs and performance data on all cattle. Semenand embryos also available. Red Hill Farms, Bartand Sarah Jones, Scottsville, KY, (270) 622-2005,bwjones@nctc.com.

FOR SALE: Katahdin hair sheep. Registeredand commercial. (859) 428-1491.

CHAROLAIS PERFORMANCE YEARLINGBULLS. Sired by TT Real Stryker 1953H. Verygood EPDs with above average weaning andyearling weights. Good pedigrees. $1,200 each.Free delivery within 50 miles. River Ridge Farms.Call (270) 528-3323, ask for Greg, or e-mailglsweet@scrtc.com. Canmer, Ky.

FOR SALE: Registered service age Holstein bulls.A.I.-sired from high producing, high testingcows. Jm-Mar-D Holsteins, 3638 Trimble Rd.,Adairville, KY 42202. Call Jim at (270) 539-9072.

TRAMMEL CHAROLAIS: Bulls, females, topsin Kentucky. Bulls test for 10 years. Bulls availablewith low birth weights and high weaning weights.Reasonable prices. Fred D. Trammel, 527 TrammelRd., Bagdad, KY 40003, (502) 747-8864.

BOER GOATS FOR SALE: Registered bucksand nannies, fullbloods and percentages withpapers, quality breeding and show stock, contactLarry Cole, Cole’s Creek Boer Goats, BowlingGreen, Ky., (270) 777-0054 or (270) 535-0054.

ANIMALS: Boer goat does for sale. Top quality.Starting at $600. Also, bucks for sale. Lillian H.Kinsey, (502) 857-4778, lilys@iglou.com.

FOR SALE: Registered Border Collies – adorable– well marked – black & white – shots & wormed– (270) 465-7961.

50 BLACK OR BW FACED OPEN HEIFERS –wgt. approx. 800 lbs. All shots & vet checked.1/4 Hol – 3/4 Angus. Helm Farms, Perryville,Ky., (859) 332-7912.

FOR SALE: Registered Boer goats; bucks andnannies, fullbloods and percentage with papers.Garden Gate Boer Goats, (270) 325-2972.

MINIATURE HORSES, for fun and profit.AMHA registered. DNA’d horses of quality.Reasonable prices. Jean Daniels, Forest FarmMiniature Horses, 8080 Subtle Road, Edmonton,Kentucky 42129, phone (270) 432-5836, e-maila61853@scrtc.com, Web page www.minihorse.ws

FOR SALE: Registered Angus bulls, A.I. sired,EPDs that meet program guidelines, fully vacci-nated, fully guaranteed, delivery available. Call(270) 384-0327. Elk Creek Angus, J.M. Shelley,Columbia, Ky.

FOR SALE: Registered Boer goats; bucks andnannies, full bloods and percentage with papers.Call (270) 749-4232.

FOR SALE: New Powder River Chute. Ninecows and one bull. Excellent starter herd. Fordetails, call (270) 358-3758.

FOR SALE: Polled Hereford and Gelbvieh bulls.Meet Bull Program standards. Clifford Farms,(859) 234-6956.

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