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This summer, Farm Bureau’s Roadside Market tour will be headed to roadside operations in Ohio and Pennsylvania.  Roadside program coordinator, Fran McCall, says the tour is quite popular among Kentucky roadside retailers who say if they can pick up just one new idea, that will pay for the cost of the trip many times over.    

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A feature with Churchill Downs Executive Chef, Dave Danielson, who in seven years at the track has seen tremendous growth in its use of Kentucky Proud and locally grown produce and value added products. He says there are more products out there, farmers and distributors are making connections for sales, and the track is working hard to buy even more local products.  

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Kentucky Farm Bureau’s annual regional teacher workshops are coming up in seven locations across the state this June.  The organization’s Scott Christmas says the presentation provides free, professional development credits for teachers. Speaking to the events popularity he says they’re expecting some 400 educators to take advantage.

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A follow-up report on the Ky Ag Departments “buy local” program, stepping up reward efforts for food service retailers to buy Kentucky-grown products, and for wholesale distributors who help make those contacts.  KDA’s Tim Hughes is featured, talking about the new upgrade in this Kentucky Proud effort.  

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The unusually warm winter we’ve experience followed by some freezing temps this spring have had a variety of impact; one of them is that we’re experiencing a bumper crop of ticks.  Feldhaus visits with UK entomologist Lee Townsend on methods for us to avoid contact with them and suggestions for getting rid of them if you do.

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CBOT futures closed mostly lower to steady. Corn and soybean futures were pressured late morning by updated weather forecasts that lessened traders concern about planting delays.  Cattle futures soared today on a stronger cash market at the Fed Cattle Exchange supporting ideas that general trade will be up nicely from last week.

Corn and wheat futures closed sharply higher on fund short-covering. Support came from concern that wet soils will delay corn planting and maybe some spring wheat seeding.  Cattle futures closed higher which mostly erased Monday’s losses. Support came from Monday’s friendly Cold Storage report, futures’ discount to cash price and firmer boxed beef values.