07012019

HOW DO YOU MAKE SALSA?
Use your garden tomatoes!
THE BANNER
JULY 1, 2019
7
INGREDIENTS
6 Roma or garden tomatoes
(about 1lb if not Roma), cut
into quarters
1 jalapeño, seeded and
roughly chopped
1/2 large yellow or red onion
(not sweet), peeled and
roughly chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped or
crushed
juice of 1 lemon or lime
1 cup loosely packed fresh
cilantro leaves (you may want
to use only 1/4 cup and then
season to taste.)
pinch of cumin (optional)
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 (1/4 cup)Servings Per Serving: Calories: 13
INSTRUCTIONS
Chop all ingredients until just
chunky. Taste and adjust seasonings
if needed. Refrigerate
at least an hour to let the fla-
vors meld. The salsa may be
lighter red than store-bought
salsa because fresh tomatoes
are usually lighter in color than
canned.
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LOUISVILLE, K.Y. – Cattle
dot the hillsides all across the
Commonwealth, in fact more
than two million of them, according
to the 2017 Census of Agriculture.
Cattle are raised on
38,657 farms in the state, which
is just more than half of all
farms. Cattle and calf sales totaled
$1.0 billion in the state, or
17 percent of all agricultural
sales, making it the commodity
with the second largest value of
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“Raising cattle is both a way of
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“Rural economies and
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Census data shows cattle production
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economic driver.”
In Kentucky there were 38,657
cattle operations, with 2,155,894
head of cattle and calves. Both
the number of farms and number
of cattle have decreased
since the last Census of Agriculture
in 2012. The number of
farms fell by four percent, while
the number of cattle and calves
was down five percent.
Barren County had the largest
inventory of cattle and calves
with 85,544 head. Madison had
the second largest inventory, followed
by Pulaski, Lincoln and
Bourbon.
Forty-seven of the counties had
inventory increases from 2012.
Allen county increased by 7,630
head, while Wayne County
dropped by 14,344.
Breckinridge County had the
largest increase in the number
of farms, 92 farms, while the
largest decrease was 124 farms
in Lincoln County.
Other cattle facts for Kentucky
include:
• Top 5 Counties ranked by
number of operations: Barren,
Pulaski, Warren, Madison,
Breckinridge.
• Top 5 Counties ranked by sales:
Allen, Madison, Bourbon,
Lincoln, Mercer.
• Average cattle sales per farm
was $31, 218. Allen County had
the largest average sales per
farm, $104,044.
• Average number of head per
farm was 56. Boyle County had
the highest average, 121 head
per farm.
• Operations with 1 – 9 head, 24
percent; 10 – 19 head, 18
percent; 20 – 49 head, 28
percent; 50 - 99 head 16 percent;
100 – 499 head 13 percent; 500
or more head, 1 percent.
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