Today's News

By DAVE TAYLOR
The Trimble Banner
The Bedford City Commissioners and Mayor Todd Pollock were unanimous in their praise of city employee Jimmy Hoskins for his street cleaning efforts in the wake of recent storms and frigid temperatures that made travel difficult.
Hoskins said his job was made difficult by the number of cars that had been parked along city streets and the garbage cans left out waiting for trash pickup.

The Fayette County Farm Bureau Farm Machinery Consignment Auction will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. at the Kentucky Horse Park. The event is open to the public and will display all types of farm equipment as well as lawn and garden equipment and a few unique items.
The auction draws a crowd of over 4,000 potential buyers with an average of 1,700 pieces of equipment being consigned to the sale. This sale is the largest of its kind in Kentucky.

According to the latest livestock reports, cattle numbers are on the rise again. Good management is critical.
To improve the reproductive efficiency, and profitability, of a beef cattle operation, you must understand proper heifer development. Properly managing yearling heifer reproduction is the first step toward reproductive efficiency according to Les Anderson and Darrh Bullock, University of Kentucky Extension Beef Specialists.