Taylor County Agriculture News

Patrick L. Hardesty
County Extension Agent
for Agriculture & Natural Resources
1143 South Columbia Avenue
Campbellsville, KY  42718
Phone:  (270) 465-4511
Fax: (270) 789-2455
E-Mail:  phardest@uky.edu

Agricultural Websites

Doane's Crop Decisions - http://www.agprofessional.com/weather.php
Governor's Office of Agricultural Policy - http://www.agpolicy.ky.gov/
Chemical Labels - http://www.cdms.net/pfa/LUpdateMsg.asp
Kentucky Office of GIS - http://www.gis.ky.gov/
University of Kentucky - http://www.ca.uky.edu
NRCS -  http://www.soils.usda.gov/
Farm Service Agency (FSA) - www.fsa.usda.gov
USDA - www.usda.gov
GardenData - http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/gardendata/
Kentucky Department of Agriculture - http://www.kyagr.com/
Kentucky Agricultural Statistics - http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Kentucky/index.asp
Wildlife Resources - http://www.enature.com/home/
Kentucky Pest News Alert - http://www.uky.edu/Ag/kpn/kpnhome.htm
U.S. Agricultural Agencies - http://www.ca.uky.edu/AIC/Ag_Agencies.htm
Wildlife Food Plots - www.utextension.utk.edu/publications/pbfiles/PB1743.pdf  
Clay Hill Forest Weather Station - http://clayhillforest.org/weather/weather.htm

Useful Livestock Websites:

Chicago Mercantile Exchange - www.cme.com  (Cattle futures prices.  Click on “View all Delayed Quotes”, then “CME Commodities”, then “pit traded” for feeder cattle or live cattle futures or options)

Chicago Board of Trade - www.cbot.com (Grain futures prices.  Click on “Corn” or “Wheat” or whatever you are interested in.)

USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, Livestock & Grain Market News - http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsmnpubs - livestock prices.  Click on “Reports by Commodity”, then click on “Livestock”.  All markets in the US are reported here.

Kentucky Livestock and Grain Market Report - www.kyagr.com (from this page, select “Livestock, Poultry, and Forage” from the drop down menu.  Then click on Livestock and Grain Market Report.  KY prices for cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, dairy, grains, and feedstuffs. )

USDA Livestock Reports - http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewTaxonomy.do?taxonomyID=29
(Numerous livestock reports including “Cattle on Feed”, “Cattle”, and “Livestock Slaughter”.  Click on the one you want to look at. )

ERS Outlook Publications - http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/outlook
(Click on “Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry”, then click on the report you want to look at.  These come out once per month and are excellent outlook publications.)

Updated June 4, 2008