Carpenter ants are among the largest ants in the United States. Workers of a colony may be up to 1/2 inch long. Their color may vary from a solid dull black or yellowish-red to a combination of...Read More
Worldwide there are nearly 330 species of hummingbirds, but here in Kentucky there is only one. The ruby-throated hummingbird is the only species regularly found east of the Mississippi River. The male is easy to recognize by...Read More
Tabbed as a Level 1 facility by the USDA National Animal Health Laboratory System this past spring, and one of just 23 in the country, the Murray State University Breathitt Veterinary Center in Hopkinsville remains open...Read More
Farmers representing the Kentucky Soybean Board and Association, Kentucky Corn Growers, and the Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association hosted a two-day “show and tell” farm tour for guests from the Kentucky Cabinet for Energy and the Environment...Read More
Skeletonization is a term used to describe how an insect chews away a layer of the soft leaf tissue leaving behind the leaf veins. The thin layer remaining turns clear or brown and the uneaten veins appear...Read More
Average prices paid for replacement heifers increased compared to the fall sale during the West Kentucky Bred Heifer Sale Saturday in Guthrie....Read More
The term anthracnose refers to the dark blotching (necrotic) symptom commonly seen on some of our favorite shade trees. Anthracnose can occur in the spring with cool, wet weather and when expanding leaves are affected, leaf distortion...Read More
Walnut trees, including black walnut (Juglans nigra) and butternut (Juglans cinerea) are Kentucky natives and are considered by many as a valuable shade source. Additionally, the nuts produced on the tree are attractive to wildlife and people...Read More
