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Developing a grazing management plan for your pastures is a critical practice for livestock producers because pasture is the most economical and efficient way to feed your animals.

The first step in developing a grazing plan is to identify the forage species in your pastures.  During most of the spring and fall in Kentucky, we find cool-season grasses along with some legumes.  The following descriptions are those forages we see most often:

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Volunteers will be out in force on Kentucky’s highways  next week for Adopt-a-Highway’s “summer scrub.”

Summer Scrub Week is June 2-8.

Nearly 750 groups participate in Kentucky’s Adopt-a-Highway program, established in 1988. Volunteers clean approximately 5,100 miles of roadside annually, setting an example of responsible environmental stewardship.

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DISTRICT COURT
The following decisions were rendered Wednesday and Thursday, May 22-23, 2013, in Carroll County District Court with the Hon. Elizabeth Chandler presiding.

Carroll County Middle School eighth-grader Malachi Corbin won the Middle School State Track and Field Championship in both shot put and discus, setting new personal bests in both events. The meet was held Saturday, May 25 at University of Louisville.

His throw of 45 feet 1 inch in the shot put was more than two feet further than the second place throw, high school head coach Joe Creager said in an e-mail.