Farm and Family

We all want a good night’s sleep, but for some of us, sleep is hard to come by.
If you experience trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, awakening too early or never feeling rested, you are not alone.
Many adults experience sleep disturbances at some point. The National Institutes of Health estimates that nearly 30 percent of the general adult population complains of sleep disruption, and about 10 percent has functional impairment in the daytime that is a telltale sign of insomnia.

Retail food prices across the Commonwealth continued their year-long pattern of growth in the fourth quarter of 2014 according to the Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) Federation’s latest Marketbasket Survey. The December 2014 survey results identified the total cost of 40 basic grocery items as $129.14, or 1.7 percent higher than the previous quarter. This is the seventh consecutive quarter that the Marketbasket Survey total resulted in an increase and is also a new all-time high.

 
7 Angus Farms, Turners Station, is a new member of the American Angus Association®, said Bryce Schumann, CEO of the organization headquartered in Saint Joseph, Mo.
The American Angus Association, with nearly 24,000 active adult and junior members, is the largest beef breed association in the world.
The association records ancestral information, keeps production records on individual animals, and develops selection tools for its members.

UPCOMING EDUCATIONAL EVENTS
Henry County farmers and homeowners will have several opportunities over the next couple of months to learn about many agriculture enterprises, including forages, beef cattle, bees, turf care, grain crops, tobacco and poultry.  
Also on the agenda is a series for new and beginning farmers, particularly those with small acreages.  
It is the season, during our cold winter months, when many organizations and commodity groups have their annual conferences and the Extension Service has producer meetings.