AG Edge

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Breathitt Director Gives Center Update at Cadiz Rotary

  Tabbed as a Level 1 facility by the USDA National Animal Health Laboratory System this past spring, and one of just 23 in the country, the Murray State University Breathitt Veterinary Center in Hopkinsville remains open

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Kentucky Soybean, Corn, Grain Farmers Host Environmental Tour

Farmers representing the Kentucky Soybean Board and Association, Kentucky Corn Growers, and the Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association hosted a two-day “show and tell” farm tour for guests from the Kentucky Cabinet for Energy and the Environment

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What’s Eating My Roses

Skeletonization is a term used to describe how an insect chews away a layer of the soft leaf tissue leaving behind the leaf veins. The thin layer remaining turns clear or brown and the uneaten veins appear

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Christian County Extension Manager Returning To Field

Christian County Extension Manager Jay Stone is heading back to work in the production agriculture field.

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Shade Tree Anthracnose

The term anthracnose refers to the dark blotching (necrotic) symptom commonly seen on some of our favorite shade trees. Anthracnose can occur in the spring with cool, wet weather and when expanding leaves are affected, leaf distortion

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Walnut Trees and Juglone

Walnut trees, including black walnut (Juglans nigra) and butternut (Juglans cinerea) are Kentucky natives and are considered by many as a valuable shade source. Additionally, the nuts produced on the tree are attractive to wildlife and people

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IPM in Perennial Gardens

The overall health of your perennial flower garden can drastically affect its need for pest control. A practical and effective approach to pest control involves a process known as integrated pest management, or IPM. The IPM process

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Spring Garden Pests

Several key pests of vegetables need to be controlled in the late spring, as control during this period will also help with their management later in the summer. It is important to get seedlings and transplants off

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Mowing Height Matters

Nothing signals springtime quite like the smell of fresh-cut grass wafting through the neighborhood. With warmer weather on the way, your annual lawn duties begin. Of those tasks, mowing at the right height can have a big

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