Quality assurance opportunities available Attention to all exhibitors, parents, and advisors, please make sure that you have met the requirements for 2010 Quality Assurance for the Brown County Fair. This is not the same as last year. We have a list of those who have met the requirements either by attending a Quality Assurance class or passed the written exam. Without meeting these requirements you will NOT be eligible to show at the 2010 Brown County Fair.
The last opportunity to take an exam will be August 23 during the Small Animal Tag-In. The testing will be held at Georgetown High School from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. For those who do not successfully pass the test, or those who simply want to take the class there will be one last opportunity on Thursday, August 26th at 5:30 p.m. at the Southern Hills Career Center. The class begins at 5:30 and will last for approximately an hour and a half. The class or test is an option for everyone 12 and over as of 1/1/10. For younger and first year members of any age, the class is required. According to our list, there is still several that have not attended a class. We hope everyone can take care of meeting the requirements so everyone is eligible to show their project. It is never pleasant to have our youth unable to show the project because of not meeting requirements, so double check now.
Tobacco Update
I want to make sure that I have the date correct. I have had some calls that the date was something different than what it actually is so please make note of the date of the tobacco field day. The date is August 17th, and this will be a one day event.
Since last week there have been some changes to the tobacco fields in some areas. There continues to be NO KNOWN blue mold in Ohio or Kentucky. I have seen some other fields that have serious disease pressure with both black shank and fusarium wilt in the area. The biggest problem for some growers in the last week was the combination of heavy rain that ponded in fields and the following days that consisted of sunny conditions with temperatures above 90. This combination causes the plants to basically drown and scald down. Some plants are completely lost and some are stressed severely. Both cases cause significant yield loss for the grower. Most of the damaged crop is in the southern part of Brown Co. I know the heaviest of the rain was in the southern part of the Ohio Counties that border the Ohio River, but the reports indicate that it was even worse in Mason, Fleming and Lewis Counties in Kentucky.
As I write this on Monday morning, I am headed to the location of our sucker control demonstrations to assist the grower with the application of the different rates and products for the field day in a few weeks. Below is more information about the field day.
I have several plots out throughout the area and will be doing a couple of field nights with Tobacco Specialists from the University of Kentucky. We have fertility trials, black shank variety trials and fusarium wilt trials out. We will visit those plots on the field tour. I also have plans for demonstration of different sucker control on three different varieties in light of the reduction in residue allowance for MH this year. The date for this field day is August 17 and it will begin around 2:00 p.m. The tour is free to attend. It is being sponsored by Chemtura Chemical Company, however I need for you to call in and register so we have a count for refreshments. Call 378-6716 for details.
This is a change from what I originally sent out, so make sure you have the correct day. The way the tour will work be scheduled will permit dairy farmers the opportunity to attend the early stops which will include a fertility trial, black shank trial and sucker control demonstration. For those who may be working off the farm we will have several stops after 5:00. We will see a sucker control demonstration, a fusarium wilt trial, a black shank trial and fertility trial. This is an opportunity to look at different varieties. How they perform under certain disease pressure or sucker control treatments. Plan to attend, just call and register by noon on August 16.
Ohio Valley Antique Machinery Show
Make sure to mark your calendar for the upcoming 2010 Ohio Valley Antique Machinery Show held in Brown County. The event is held on the west side of Georgetown just off of SR 125 about 1 mile west of the Brown County Fairgrounds. The dates for this year are August 12 -15. If you would like to know more about the show check it out on the web at http://ovams.org or you may contact Jeff Smith, OVAMS President at 513-734-6272.
Dates to Remember
August 12-15 Ohio Valley Antique Machinery Show in Georgetown
