Extension

Encounters with adult blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) (Figure 1) have in Kentucky over the past 2 years according to Lee Townsend, University of Kentucky Extension Entomology Specialist.
This is apparently due to an increase in numbers of this species in the state and perhaps a widening of its distribution. Most recently it was reported from Crittenden County. Currently the blacklegged tick has been reported in fourteen Kentucky counties including Trimble and Carroll counties in 2013.

By JANE PROCTOR

Genetically engineered foods have been available to consumers since the mid- to late-1990s. In fact, most of us have eaten food that contains ingredients from GMO crops without even knowing it.

So how do you know which foods contain a genetically modified crop as an ingredient?

Well, that’s not so easy.

The University of Kentucky, Kentucky State University and Purdue University are    co-sponsoring the 2015 Goat and Sheep Webinar on Thursday, December 3, 2015 from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. The webinar will focus on herd health and production.
The Trimble County Cooperative Extension Service will be hosting this webinar session. Presentation schedule is as follows:

Early winter is an optimum time to prepare your spring-calving herd for reproductive success. Adequate nutrition from about 50 to 80 days prior to calving is critical to maximizing a cow’s ability to rebreed and maintain a 365-day calving interval according to Les Anderson, University of Kentucky Extension Beef specialist. A cow that gets inadequate nutrition or is thin at calving and breeding will take longer to come into heat and will require more services to conceive.