Rain helps Kentucky Farms
Posted on November 1, 2007
The Shelbyville KY newspaper, The Sentinel-News reports yesterday that while Kentucky farms may have enjoyed the most recent 5 to 8 inches of rain that we received last week did help, it won’t be enough to salvage the entire season for the local farms.
Still, it did help the Kentucky farms that have housed tobacco for drying. With the hot and dry weather we’ve been having, the tobacco was drying too quickly and was starting to burn and get a poor color.
Half of Kentucky farms have reported that their pastures were in very poor condition.
31% said their pastures were poor.
A whopping 84% of Kentucky farms said they do not have adequate hay for winter.
Additionally, the dry weather has caused other crops to mature faster than normal. 97% of Kentuckys corn crop has been harvested, compared to 84% at this time last year. 69% of Kentuckys soybean crop has been harvested, compared to 38% at this time last year.
But, its not all doom and gloom. Forecasts show cooler and wetter weather on the way - hopefully, it’ll be enough to bring some relief to the Kentucky farms that have been hit fairly hard this year.
The Farmers Almanac has predictions for a relatively decent next year for Kentucky - so hopefully those will come true. We just have to get through this winter first. Probably would be a good idea if you haven’t already done so to stock up on your hay. With 84% of Kentucky farms saying that they have insufficient hay to get them through this winter, you can expect hay prices locally in Kentucky to start moving up.
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