A feature report on the Montgomery County 4-H Junior Chef team which won the state championship in that event at the Ky State Fair.  Volunteer coach, Lee Etta Greer talks about the team’s progress throughout the school year and the lessons learned in the competition far beyond developing culinary skills.   

CBOT futures closed higher on strong fund buying. Futures were led higher by soybean meal and soybeans on strong export sales.  Cattle futures finally turned around after 4 days of sharp losses, as traders booked their profits in an oversold market.

CBOT futures closed mixed with the soy complex performing the best. Market support came from a sharply lower US Dollar Index and the report showing better-than-expected export inspections(shipments) for last week.  Cattle futures closed sharply lower with nearby Feeder Cattle contracts touching the daily limit of $4.50/cwt.

Corn and wheat futures closed strongly higher on the first day of September; this comes after 8 straight days of lower closes.  It was a terrible day in cattle futures with nearby October Live Cattle closing down the daily $3.00 limit.  Lean Hog futures closed higher despite the crash in cattle futures.

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Feldhaus visits with Ky Ag Commissioner, Ryan Quarles, taking a look at the commissioner’s “Hunger Initiative,” and a series of regional fact-finding meetings to assess the problem of underfed citizens, especially youth.  Quarles says that meeting series is about to close with recommendations to follow soon.

A report with Ky Farm Bureau President, Mark Haney, focusing on that group’s two-year-old ‘water quality working group’ which has taken a proactive look at state and regional water resources, distribution mechanisms, and the potential to develop on-farm water collection and storage facilities.  Haney discusses the General Assembly’s recent passage of legislation creating the Ky Water Resources Board.