12 - April 18, 2013 Your Hometown Newspaper News Outlook
COOPERATIVE
EXTENSION
SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF
KENTUCKY"
College of Agriculture
bull for about5 weeks and registered basis. Contact It is especially impor- needs. Using a suitable
a second bull for 7 weeks, the Extension Office at tant for children to have feeder will reduce hay
Only 22 cows conceived 674-6121 for more infor- a healthful diet that in- waste. "Sacrifice areas"
and all of them conceived marion or to register. Sign- cludes plenty of calcium, are similar to a dry lot,
to the AI. The first ques- up deadline is June 10. In children, the growth of but are an effective way
tion I asked this rancher new bone exceeds bone to protect the remaining
was the obvious one; did Calcium breakdown. During this pastures,
you get a breeding sound- stage of life, osteoblasts in
ness exam (BSE) per- There are a lot of con- our cells create new bone Bath Co. Homemak-
formed on your bulls? His tradictory nulfition rec- faster than osteoclasts are ers Offer Scholarship
response; the bulls had ommendations that come breaking it down. Around
one when he bought them out from various research age 30, most people attain The Bath County Ex-
but he had not had one studies, and recently some what is called peak bone tension Homemakers
available from the high
school or the Bath Coun-
ty Extension Office at
2914 East Highway 60.
The Homemakers also
offer a scholarship for a
non-traditional student
returning to college or
vocational/technical
school, and a scholarship
for a student working to-
ward their GED. These
applications are available
Gary Hamilton
Cooperative Extention
Agent for Agriculture
and Natural Resources
Martha Perkins
Cooperative Extention
Agent for Family and
done since (2-3 years), new research on the use of mass. By age 40, the ac- will award a S500 scholar- at the Extension Office.
The bulls were checked calcium supplements was rivity of the osteoblasts ship to a qualifying Bath All scholarship applica-
and, sure enough, both released that has caused starts to slow down to the County senior. Seniors tions are due by May 7.
were infertile, some controversy in the point where new bone who plan to attend col- For more information,
Whatis a BSE? ABSE is nutrition community, formation falls behind the lege or post-high school call the Extension Office
aferrilityexamperformed Regardless of where breakdown of old bone by vocational training may at674-6121.
on bulls by a veterinarian, nutrition experts stand the osteoclasts. It is pri- apply. Applications are
A BSE has three compo- on the new studies, all marily the drop in osteo-
Consumer Sciences
Terrance Clemons
Extension Agent for
4-H
PESTICIDE CARD
TRAININGS -April 29
nents; scrotal circumfer- agree that the best place blast cell activity with age
ence, a physical exam, to get the calcium needed that sets the stage for os-
and a semen evaluation, for good bone health is teoporosis, the bone thin-
Scrotal circumference is from food. That's all well ning disease. The result is
highly correlated with se- and good if you like dairy that bone mass starts to
men output and servin products, since these are decline in all people with
capadty. It is recommena- the best food sources of increasing age.
ed that a 12-13 month old calcium, but not everyone Try smoothies for
The Bath County Ex- bull have a scrotal circum- likes milk or can drink it. snacks and desserts. A
tension Service has two ference of at least 30 cm. If you're not a milk per- combination of skim milk
Pesticide Card Trainings The physical exam is per- son, there are other food and fresh fruit is just like
scheduled for April. Both formed to simply ensure sources of this important ice cream and offers a
will be held on Monday, that a ,bull is physically mineral. Some may even great way for kids (and
April 29th. One will be- up to the challenge of the surprise you. adults) to stock up on cal-
gin at 10:00 AM and the breeding season. Are his Certain green vegeta- cium.
other will be held at 6:00 feet and legs structurally bles contain calcium. One Educarional programs
PM. Both will be held correct? Is he free from cup of broccoli has about of the Kentucky Coop-
in the Bath County Ex- injury and/or infection? 75 milligrams of calcium, erative Extension Service
tension Office Meeting The veterinarian then ex- Other vegetable sources serve all people regard-
Room. This is the train- amines the bull's semen include collards and tur- less of race, color, age,
ing that provides you with to determine if the sperm nip greens. There are 226 sex, religion, disability or
the card that is required cells are normal. The bull milligrams of calcium in national origin.
at the farm stores to buy is then graded as saris- a cup of cooked collards
restricted-use pesticides factory, unsatisfactory, and 197 milligrams in a Providing summer
for personal use. Please or deferred. Bulls classi- similar amount of cooked pasture for horses
call the Bath County Ex- fled as unsatisfactory are turnip greens.
tension Office at 606-674- considered infertile and it Spinach is a green leafy Pasture provides a sig-
6121 and register if you is not recommended that vegetable, so does it have nificant percentage of
plan on attending either of they be used for breed- calcium, too? Unfortunate- horses' nutrient needs. A1-
these trainings. This will ing. Bulls that receive ly, no it doesn't. Spinach, though horses have more
be the last training oppor- the deferred classification rhubarb stalks and beet grass than they can con-
tunity for this year. had some irregularities in greens are examples of sume in the spring when
their ejaculate and a sec- foods that are high in a moisture is adequate, the
Hey!! It's not to late ond collection is required substance called oxalate, hot, dry conditions of
to Sell at the Farmer's to determine his fertility. Foods with high levels summer greatly reduce
Market A BSE is a highlyreliable of oxalate reduce your available pasture. Good
tool to use to identify bulls body's ability to absorb management is the key
The Bath County Farm- that are infertile, calcium. While spinach, to getting through this
ers Market will hold a Results from surveys rhubarb and beet greens growth slump.
mandatory training re- nationally and in Ken- can be part of a healthful Some livestock produc-
quired by the Kentucky tucky indicate that fewer diet because they provide ers might use temporary
Department of Agricul- than 30% of cattlemen rou- other vitamins and min- summer pasture to over-
ture for all vendors that tinely subject their bulls erals, they are not good come the summer growth
plan on accepting WIC to a BSE. I am amazed sources of calcium, slump. However, horse
andSeniorCouponsatthis by how. few people ob- An eight-ounce glass owners do not have this
year's market. The train- tain a BSE in their herd of 2% milk has about 297 option, because many
ing will be Tuesday, April bull before each breeding milligrams of calcium. So forages used for summer
23 at 7:00 PM in Owings- season. We purchase car, you'd have to eat about pastures are not suitable
ville, at the Bath County health, life, and crop in- four cups of broccoli or a for horses. For example,
.P n j'cqJRlr.e, Education surance why wouldn't we cup and a half of eens a beef cattle producer
i Marl eting Center. purchase a little bi-eeding- in order to get " same might use a sorghum:su'
To beable to accept WIC season insurance? We amount of calcium that's dan hybrid. Horse owners
or Senior Coupons dur- protect ourselves against in a glass of milk. should avoid this hybrid
ing the 2013 season you most disasters but we Some other sources of because it is known to
must attend this training, don't protect our cow herd calcium include seeds and
If you cannot attend you from the ultimate disas- nuts. One ounce (about
may send a representative ter? A BSE will cost $50- cup) of almonds has
to attend in your place. If 100 so it is a fairly inex- 75 milligrams of calcium.
you already have a WIC
or Senior Stamp please
bring them with you. This
alning will last one hour
and will be the only one
offered this year. Vendors
must also signup and pay
dues at this meeting to
sell at the farmers market.
Dues are $35 per season
before July 1.
A Breeding Sound-
ness Exam: Insurance
for Your Breeding
Season
Dr Les Anderson, Beef
Extension Specialist, Uni-
versity of Kentucky
pensive, easy form of risk
management. I'm fairly
certain that the cattleman
that called me wished he
had gotten a BSE on his
bulls before he found out
that he had 21 open cows.
The $150 investment in
breeding insurance (BSE)
seems small compared to
the lost income from 21
cows (815-18,000). So
protect your investment.
Obtain a BSE on all your
bulls 30 days before every
breeding season.
Technology Day
The Licking River Area
Extension Homemakers
are sponsoring a technol-
ogy workshop on June
27 from 10:00 a.m. to
12:00 noon atthe Fleming
County Library. Classes
will include using Face-
book, e-readers, manag-
ing photos and preventing
identity theft. Registration
is $5.00 and classes will be
filled on a first-come, first-
The same amount of ses-
ame and sunflower seeds
had 37 milligrams and 33
milligrams of calcium re-
spectively.
Another surprising
source of calcium is figs.
Ten dried figs provide
270 milligrams of calcium.
Use some care here, since
figs are also loaded with
sugars. Those ten figs pro-
vide about 477 calories. If
you look at the nutrition
label on fig cookies, they
do contain some calcium;
two cookies contain 6%
of the Daily Value of cal-
cium. That's about 60 mil-
ligrams. That's not a great
source, but it's better than
nothing and every little bit
does add up.
There are also calci-
um-fortified non-dairy
foods that may be help-
ful. These include orange
juices, breakfast foods,
soy milk, cereals, snacks
and breads. Even some
bottled water is fortified
with calcium.
cause serious problems in
their animals.
Pearl millet is a po-
tenrial forage for horse
pastures during summer
growth slumps. Owners
considering this forage
need to practice good
grazing management
strategies such as rotating
horses off pasture when it
has been grazed to 5 to 6
inches high.
Rotational grazing on
cool summer forages is
another way to provide
some pasture during the
growth slump. When us-
ing this system, it is im-
portant to prevent over-
grazing.
Dividing pastures with
an electric fence is a cost-
effective way to allow
horses to graze one area
while limiting access to
others until the forage is
needed. Owners need to
limit time on an area so
horses do not graze the
forage below 3 to 4 inches.
If conditions limit pas.
ture re-growth, owners
may establish a "sacrifice
area" to feed hay and grain
to meet horses' nutritional
I received the call on
Monday. I seem to re-
ceive this call 6-8 times
each year. This particular
rancher had just finished
getting his cows diag-
nosed for pregnancy. He
had 43 cows falling calv-
ing cows. Last fall, these
cows were synchronized
for artificial insemination
and were exposed to one
MENIFEE EXTENSION NEWS
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ColM0e Of AgrR:uRur, ~r
Extension Notes
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Artmnda Hamilton
Menifee County Extension Oft-me
CEA for 4-H and Family and Consumer Sconce
Fru and vegeb s
inyour diet
Ii
extension professor, which
you may also want to try
We all know that we
should eat at least five serv-
ings of fruits and vegetables
a day, but many of us don't
get the recommended serv-
ings. Fruits and vegetables
are importmt to our diet,
because they provide nece
sary nutrients and are high
in dietary fiber and low in
calories, fat and cholesterot
The 2010 Dietary Guidelines
for Americans recommend
flint you make half your plate
fruits and vegetables.
Spring is an excellent time
to try to incorporate more
fruits and vegetables into
our diet, as all of them
Coleslaw
Yiel& 8 servings
Shw
lsma cabbage heact
grated
1~ pq~le (~e ~
2 cm ts,
cup een onions, sliced
o
Dress
1 cup mayommi,low fat
1/z cup sour ~
6 tablespoons alder
vinegar
3 tablespoons molasses
1 poblano pepper, gnqled
or roasted, peeled, minced
Combine shwingredients
together in alarge bowt
Combine dressing in4 li-
be in-seamn at some point in
the coming months lwsea-
son produce is the peak of a entsin a small bowl. Toss the
particular fruit or vegetable's slaw and dressing together
and refrigerate to develop
flavors for at least one hour.
NutrifionalAnalysis (1/2-
cup): 170 calories 4 grams
l tein, 30 grams carbohy-
drates, 5 grams fat
Fruit Kabebs
Yml& 4 sm .gs
1 cup pear, chunks
1 cup honeydew, chunks
1 cup cantaloupe, chunks
1cup slmwbmies, halved
1/2 cup blueberries
Lemon juice
1 cup plain yogurt, 4ree
2 cups granola
8, 64nch bamboo skewers
Toss fruitin a smaU amount
of lemon juice to stop brown-
ing. Alternate fruit chunks on
the skewer with a blueberry
between To dip
fruit in yogurt, coating al
freshness, which means its
flavor is going to be wonder-
ful.
Spring is also a lime when
many local farmers markets
kick off their season. Shop-
ping at a farrnexs market w ql
not only give you the fresh-
est produce posm%le but also
gives you the opportunity to
support local farmers and the
local emnon .
lncorporaling more fruits
and vegetables in your diet
may seem like an
task, but here are some easy
waysto do so.
Add fresh fruit to
either cooked or whole grain
cereal.
* .Add berries or other
fruits to pancake
Add applesauce to a
peanut butter sandwich.
Try mw vegetsbles
with cottage cheese or
yogmd .
Add vegetables to a
torliJh to make either a veg-
etable quesadi]h or breakfast
burdto.
Add chopped veg-
etables to an omelet, quiche
or fi'itlata.
Try baked bagel
chips with homemade salsa
made from i gedients you
purchased at the fm-mers
market
Ifyou don't the
ta e of a particular fruit, try
preparing it in a different
way, as it may actually be the
texture you do not like.
Below are a couple
of redpes developed by
Sancka Bas Un er of
Kentucky foods and nutrition
side Put granoh into a shal-
lowbowl and mn kabobs.
Nu onal Analysis (2
bobs): 350 calorie 14 grams
pro,65 grams c oo -
dr-ales, 9 arns
Note: For smaller kabobs,
use half the fruit on each
bob for 8 serving
For more information on
increasing your fruit and
vegetable intake and your
all farmers market, contact
Menifee County office of the
UK Cooperative Extrusion
Service.
progm at
the Coope ve F amsion Ser-
vice serve all lw.ofle regardle
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