Farming

How do you grow mums in Harrison County? Are mums a good cash crop for producers to get involved with? What does it cost to get started in production? All of these questions will be answered at the mum demonstration at the home of Andy Barnes, 3201 Ky. Hwy. 1284E, Cynthiana, on Monday, Aug. 22. The program will begin at 6 p.m.
If you plan to attend call the Harrison County Extension Office at 234-5510 to register for the program. A meal will be served so please call. The program is open to all folks interested as a producer or a consumer of these colorful mums.

If you are a female or a Hispanic farmer or rancher and you believe that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) improperly denied farm loan benefits to you for certain time periods between 1981 and 2000 because of your gender or race, you may be eligible to apply for compensation. “We want all producers in Kentucky who may be eligible to have the opportunity to participate in this claims process,” said John W. McCauley, Kentucky Farm Service Agency State Executive Director.

Corn has been a staple food for centuries. It was first cultivated by Indian peoples in Central America; in fact, the adoption of agriculture and the art of cultivating gave way to the grand cities of the Aztec and Mayans.   
What would the world be without corn and potatoes, both of which were first cultivated in Central America?
Modern corn derived from teosinte, a far less productive genetic relative. Teosinte is a wild grass that has small female spikes made up of encased seeds; modern corn forms ears instead.  

I continue to stand by my belief that my best defense in the garden is me.
In the morning I go out and inspect my garden and smash insects and pick off diseased foliage, careful not to spread it to other plants by my own hand. I watch for the beginning of any abnormality and nip it in the bud.  
However, sometimes things slide by undetected, plus it is hard to determine bacterial brown spot from mosaic if you are not sure what you are looking for.