The eleventh Kentucky Agriculture Leadership Class will graduate in September after studying agriculture in Kentucky, California and Eastern Europe.  Alan Watts talks with University of Kentucky Ag Economist Dr. Will Snell who heads the class up with fellow UK Ag Professor Dr. Steve Isaacs.

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A series of four popular events in western Kentucky offer children and adults an opportunity to fish, make friends, and experience the outdoors.  Alan Watts talks with Pennyrile Resource, Conservation and Development Director Charles Turner about Take Kids Fishing events.

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CBOT futures closed mixed in a fairly volatile trading day.  When markets opened Sunday evening, futures were pressured by recent rainfall in the Corn Belt.  Live Cattle and Feeder Cattle futures closed sharply lower after opening steady/higher this morning.  Live Cattle have been under selling pressure for the last 10 days as traders’ attitudes have been more bearish as the cash cattle market; last week’s average cash trade was $130.23.

CBOT futures traded fairly wide ranges today and closed at/near the day’s highs.  The spec funds were buyers, especially in the wheat market which had the best gains at the CBOT.  Cattle futures closed mixed with the nearby June LC contract down a sharp $2.00 on much lower cash trade this week ($128 in KS) and a weaker boxed beef market.

Kentucky Farm Bureau 2017 Farm Public Relations Award nomination form

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The UK Ag Department is providing an educational opportunity for some twenty urban county governments in the Bluegrass region.  Grace Coy with UK’s Urban Forest Initiative discusses some of the challenges that local government leaders face from storms, invasive species and disease that can threaten their efforts in developing and maintaining a health tree canopy in parks and community areas.     

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A feature report with Tammy Horn Potter, state apiarist in the Ky Ag Department, on the progress among corporate leaders in developing pollinator habitat with many of their facilities across the state.  Potter also discuss the “black jar” competition for beekeepers at the Ky State Fair.