July 4, 2010
The unsung persona of the pet adoption center is Bill Boecker, who together with his wife, Toni, came up with the idea for the collaboration and toiled for months to get it done, Bennett said. Boecker, an executive for the Bass family’s property interests, also co-founded Fort Worth Pet Adoption Partners, and this funds the facility.
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July 4, 2010
In the areas to our north, there is a biotype or version of the western corn rootworm. Because of this variant, a big portion of the adult population leaves the corn fields to feed on the soybean leaves and to a lesser extent some other crops. They put their eggs in the dirt at the base of the soybean plants as well. The consequence is that when this soybean field is selected and planted to corn the next year, there might be a danger of western corn rootworm problem in the 1st year corn. Thankfully, we certainly have not had any studies of this variant in Kentucky. Even while the variant has propagated somewhat to the east and northeast from the zones it was first reported, activity southward continues to be time-consuming. If ever the soybean variant were to arrive at Kentucky, it would drastically affect the administration of corn rootworms.
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