Cooking Under Pressure

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1 Trimble County Extension Newsletter: December H Youth Development Family and Consumer Sciences Agriculture and Natural Resources Creative Card Making Class December 5, 2018, 6:30 p.m. Trimble County Cooperative Extension Service Office Cost $6.00 Class size is limited so an RSVP is a must! Call (502) by Tuesday, December 4, Come and join us to learn creative card making techniques! Each participant will make two Christmas cards with envelopes included. Trimble County 43 High Country Lane Bedford, KY ph (502) Fax (502) Cooking Under Pressure presented by Rachelle Sharar, Shelby County Extension Program Assistant Thursday, December 6, :30 p.m. Trimble County Cooperative Extension Service 43 High Country Lane, Bedford, KY Recipes and samples will be offered! A drawing for a free 6 quart Instant Pot will be held at the conclusion of the program. Please call (502) to RSVP by December 4, 2018

2 Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences Trimble Thimbles Homemaker Group Thimbles meet each Thursday afternoon 12:30-2:30 p.m. Evening quilting group meets every Monday evening, 6:00 p.m. at the Trimble County Cooperative Extension Service, 43 High Country Lane, Bedford. All are welcome to come sew, learn, or just watch. Simply Sharing Homemaker Group Christmas Tea December 19, :30 a.m. Trimble County Extension Service Must RSVP by December 14, 2018, (502) Prepare to Care January 16, :30 a.m. Trimble County Extension Service Caregiving is one of the most important roles a person will ever hold. This program will address the importance of planning ahead, rather than waiting for a crisis, as a way to optimize both individual and family preparedness in regards to mental, physical and financial care. Recognizing that conversations about care can be challenging, a resource guide will be provided that includes tips for starting necessary conversations Food & Nutrition Calendars are Here! Stop by the Extension office for one! Available while supplies last! **** Inclement Weather Statement **** If the Trimble County Schools are closed due to inclement weather, daytime programs of the Extension service will be cancelled. If it is an evening program, please call the office at (502) , to confirm the program is still on schedule.

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4 Agriculture and Natural Resources Dates to Remember... County Agricultural Investment Program (CAIP) Reminder to Applicants: Receipts are due by December 14, 2018 for approved project reimbursements. Contact Laraine Staples at (502) if you have any questions Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference January 7 & 8, 2019, Lexington, Ky Kentucky Cattlemen Association Convention January 18 & 19, 2019, Owensboro, Ky Trimble County Cattlemen Meeting January 22, 2019, 6:30 p.m. Trimble County Extension Service As 2018 is ending, I wanted to begin looking ahead and share a few Agriculture related ideas that are in development for the new year. Potential of working with an equine therapy farm in Trimble County, helping US Military Veterans with vocational opportunities in agriculture. i-cow A Management Tool for Today s Cattle Industry The University of Kentucky Extension Service, Beef IRM Team, Kentucky Beef Network and Kentucky Cattlemen are working together to development i-cow. i-cow is a multi-faceted, web-based app designed to help users collect, store and analyze production data, search and stay updated on all relevant educational material opportunities, connect with other users and businesses in the cattle industry. This webbased app allows for data flow between a hand-held device (phone), a tablet, a PC, and a database and supports push notifications. i-cow will have three functionalities: data management, education, and community. For years, the cattlemen s main tool was a pencil and a notebook but many did not take the time nor had the desire to use them. Electronic data systems have been in existence for many years but most are too cumbersome, too complicated, and simply too intimidating and frustrating for most cattlemen. With i-cow, a simple, efficient system, the average cattleman can use, we can build a community of cattlemen, help move the industry forward by helping with collection of records, staying educated/updated, and be a part of a productive community where available resources are readily accessible. I will keep you informed of the progress and opportunities of these programs as they become available. As always, let me know if the Extension Service can be of any assistance to you. Call, stop by the office or anytime kevin.perkins@ukyu.edu Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources

5 Beef Production is Good for Mother Nature Dr. Gary Bates, Professor and Director, UT Beef and Forage Center Many of us have read news articles or heard reports about the environmental issues that are caused by livestock. It is everything from greenhouse gases from cattle to they are using food that could be used to feed people. All of this seems followed by a push to stop eating meat and consume a diet made up primarily of vegetables. Is our industry really damaging the environment? Would the world be better off if livestock production was reduced or eliminated? Do we have any information to defend and support beef production? Let s look at a few of the issues. Beef production requires food and land that could be used to feed people. Think about the cattle you have on your farm. What are they eating? Forage makes up the overwhelming of cattle diets. This forage is inedible by humans, since we cannot digest it. But cattle, thanks to their ruminant digestive system, can digest this material and use it to produce a high quality protein that humans can use for food. Cattle are not taking food out of people s mouths, but taking food we can t eat and making something we can eat. What about the land? As you take your next drive across out state, look at the topography of most of our pastures? Why are they planted to pasture instead of corn or soybeans? Most of the times it is because the land is too steep to plant to crops, or the yield potential is too low for it to be profitable. But it will work perfectly for growing grass and grazing cattle. In other word, beef production allows us to use land for food production that otherwise would be of little value. Beef production is contributing to global warming. This is a topic that is often more difficult for us to deal with. It comes with a lot of abstract terms and vague definitions that we don t know how to handle. First, understand that there is no doubt that the atmospheric CO2 is definitely going up. The real question is if this is a man-made issue or not. I m not going to attempt to deal with this. But if someone assumes the carbon dioxide level is going up because of man, is beef a significant contributor? Look at the figure below. It is from the 2018 EPA publication Inventory of U.S Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks, Less than 10% of the greenhouse gases emitted come from agriculture. And remember, some of this is from segments of agriculture other than beef production. While we are thinking of carbon dioxide, we need to remember that a perennial grass pasture can take some of the COs out of the atmosphere and store it in the ground as roots and organic matter. In fact, one of the best ways to improve environmental sustainability of land is to plant a perennial grass, like tall fescue. The next time you hear someone say beef production is bad for the world, keep these points in mind. My response would be that we are improving the environment while still providing a valuable protein source made from a low-quality feed. That s a big deal.

6 4-H Youth Development Extension Agent for 4-H Youth Development Club Meeting Dates: Trimble County 4-H Livestock Club December 11, :30 p.m. Trimble County Extension Service New members are always welcome! In-School Clubs Class BES 4th MES 4th BES 5th MES 5th Milton 6th Bedford 6th Dec Dec 12 Dec 12 Dec 12 Dec 13 Dec 13 Dec 14 Jan Jan 9 Jan 9 Jan 9 Jan 10 Jan 10 Jan 25 In Review H Camp In 2018, Trimble County set an all-time attendance record number of 109 people attending 4-H camp! This number included campers, teens and adults. For these efforts, Trimble County was recognized by the State 4-H Office for sending more people to camp than 83 other counties in Kentucky. Twenty-five of the 31 leaders grew up in the 4-H camping program, experiencing life as a camper, teen leader, and some now as adult leaders. At camp, participants enjoyed classes such as archery, rifle, canoeing, crafts, recreation, nature, swimming, and high and low ropes courses H Teen Council Service Project The Trimble County 4-H Teen Council began a service project in 2017 of making rag rugs for the local animal shelter. The teen council members spent hours collecting, cutting and tying pieces of recycled donated t-shirts to create mats for each of the animals housed at the shelter. Teaming up with youth from the District 3 4-H Teen Council they were able to complete the project and make a delivery to the shelter this past Spring.

7 4-H Shooting Sports In 2018, the Trimble County 4-H Shooting Sports club branched off from Archery to include an Air Pistol division. This year we had nine participants from Trimble county in our 4-H Shooting Sports Club. Several of our club participants competed at local county competitions and brought home division award trophies. Four club members competed at the State Competition this past September, held in Lexington, Ky. Late this summer, Trimble County hosted our first ever 4-H Invitational Tournament at the Extension Office. Over 60 participants from Trimble and surrounding counties attended and competed in Archery, Air Rifle and Air Pistol divisions. Through fundraising, donations, a Ohio Valley United Charities grant and financial support by the Trimble County Extension District Board our club has purchased an archery net, targets and several club bows and equipment for participants to use. In the spring of 2019 we hope to add a.22 caliber Rifle division to the Trimble County Club. 4-H Livestock Club The Trimble County 4-H Livestock Club teaches children how to raise and show animals, such as cattle, sheep, goats, and swine. This past summer, our club had 33 participants involved, with two participants being in the Clover Bud (five to eight years old) division. The Trimble County Livestock Club has three Certified Livestock Volunteers leading this club. Thanks to a grant provided by the Ohio Valley United Charities the club was able to purchase show equipment and shears for club members to use. Each 4-H Livestock Club member and Clover Bud member is required to attend a minimum of six hours of education in order to be eligible to show at the Trimble County Fair under the 4-H/FFA class. Within those six hours of education, each member learns valuable information on topics surrounding their animal project. Topics such as breed identification, skeletal and external parts, feed additives, nutrients, rations and feeding management, and disease recognition. Topics that are also covered are; grooming, judging, and showmanship. Each summer culminating the 4-H members project, they are given the opportunity to show their project animal in the County Fair and Livestock Auction. Each member retains possession of their animal, the money donated by each auction buyer, goes directly to the 4-H member they bid on. The 4-H member can use the money they receive from the auction in any way they like. Some members use it to purchase their next animal project for the following year.

8 Trimble County PO Box High Country Lane Bedford, KY RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED NONPROFIT ORG US POSTAGE PAID BEDFORD KY PERMIT 11 Office Holiday Closings: December 24, 2018 thru January 1, 2019