With Thanksgiving Day coming up this Thursday, this report with a Butterball Turkey Talkline specialist, offers tips on food handling safety, provides a guide for how big a bird to buy, and discusses the various ways consumers can access Talkline advice, this year, including texting.

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Corn and soybean futures closed lower, while wheat markets were mixed. Pressure originated from yesterday’s bearish action in soybean futures with key chart support levels being broken. Improved weather in South America was also cited. Cattle futures opened near steady but quickly headed lower and then closed down sharply and near the day’s lows.

Darren Luttrell of Ohio County  was honored as the 2017 Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) “Farmer of the Year” during the organization’s 98th annual meeting in Louisville.

More than 2,000 Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) members from across the state will gather for the organization’s 98th annual meeting November 29 – December 2 at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. 

CBOT futures closed lower with the soy complex leading the market down. Soybeans ended down 12-13 cents and at the day’s lows. Soybeans were pressured by beneficial rainfall in South America and technical selling as important chart support failed – October lows and the 200-day moving averages.   After a roller-coaster day in prices, cattle futures closed little changed but on the negative side.

The Trump Administration recently appointed Brian Lacefield as the new State Executive Director (SED) for the USDA Kentucky Farm Service Agency (FSA). Lacefield will join the Kentucky FSA team on Monday, October 30

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A report on a series of educational webinars that’s being hosted by UK Forestry for landowners across the state.  UK extension forester Billy Thomas discusses some of the topics for the remaining three installments, which will run Nov 21, Nov 28, and Dec 7. To learn which county extension offices will be hosting the events, go on line to: ukforestry.org.

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