June Ag Ops Calendar

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*June Crop Operations* (Based on 10 yrs. of Kentucky Crop Reports)
	First Week	Second Week	Third Week	Fourth Week
Forages	-----	-----	-----	-----
Small Grains	Army Worm Development (cont.)	Barley Harvest BEGINNING Army Worm Development (cont.)	Barley harvest nearly complete Wheat harvest BEGINNING Army Worm Development (cont.)	----- 25% of Wheat harvested Army Worm Development ENDS
Soybeans	40% is now planted	50% is now planted	70% of crop is now planted	75% of beans planted
Tobacco	50% of Burley is set 40% of Dark is set	75% Burley set 65% Dark set	Burley is nearly all set Dark is near 90% set	----- -----
Corn	Planting ENDED: all planted 90% has emerged up to 7" tall European Corn Borer ACTIVE	Now up to 12" tall European Corn Borer ACTIVE	Now at a height of 18" European Corn Borer ENDS	-----
General Farm Operations	-----	-----	-----	-----

*Usual Crop Planting And Harvesting Dates For June* (from Kentucky Agricultural Statistics Service)
	Planting Dates	Harvesting Dates
Corn	Thru June 8th	-----
Soybeans	Entire month	-----
Burley Tobacco (Type 31)	Thru June 15th	-----
Dark Fired Tobacco (Type 22 & 23)	Thru June 20th	-----
One Sucker Tobacco (Type 35)	Thru June 20th	-----
Green River Tobacco (Type 36)	Thru June 20th	-----
Winter Wheat	-----	BEGINS June 12th MOST ACTIVE begins June 20th
Barley	-----	BEGINS June 1st MOST ACTIVE June 5th-15th ENDS June 25th
Sorghum Grain	Entire Month	-----
Alfalfa Hay	-----	MOST ACTIVE entire month
All Other Hay	-----	MOST ACTIVE entire month
Apples	-----	BEGINS June 25th
Popcorn	Thru June 10th	-----

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*June Vegetable Gardener's Calendar for Western KY* (from Home Vegetable Gardening in Kentucky)
June 1st	Start seeds outdoors for SWEET CORN. Move transplants to garden for SWEET POTATOES.
June 15th	Start seeds outdoors for SWEET CORN, LATE POTATOES, SUMMER SQUASH, BUSH BEANS, PARSNIPS, BEETS, and CARROTS.
NOTE: Add 10 days for Central KY and 15 for Eastern KY to these dates for spring and summer crops.

*June Garden Safe Planting Dates* (from Home Vegetable Gardening in Kentucky)
	Earliest Safe Planting Date		Latest Safe Planting Date
	Date	Area of KY	Date	Area of KY
Beans (lima)	-----	-----	June 15th June 20th	Eastern Mt. Central
Celery	-----	-----	June 15th	Eastern Mt.
Chard	-----	-----	June 15th	Eastern Mt.
Sweet Corn	-----	-----	June 15th	Eastern Mt.
Cucumbers	-----	-----	June 15th	Eastern Mt.
Eggplant (plants)	-----	-----	June 1st June 15th	Eastern Mt. Central
Muskmelons	-----	-----	June 15th	Eastern Mt.
Onions (plants)	-----	-----	June 15th	Eastern Mt.
Onions (seed)	-----	-----	June 1st June 15th	Eastern Mt. Central
Parsnips	-----	-----	June 1st June 15th	Eastern Mt. Central
Peppers (plants)	-----	-----	June 15th	Eastern Mt.
Irish Potatoes	-----	-----	June 15th	Eastern Mt.
Sweet Potatoes	-----	-----	June 1st June 10th June 15th	Eastern Mt. Central Western
Pumpkins	-----	-----	June 1st June 15th	Eastern Mt. Central
Southern Peas	-----	-----	June 15th	Eastern Mt.
Tomatoes (plants)	-----	-----	June 1st June 15th	Eastern Mt. Central
Watermelons	-----	-----	June 15th	Eastern Mt.
Winter Squash	-----	-----	June 15th	Eastern Mt.

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*June Beef Operations* (from the Beef Integrated Resource Management Calendar)
Spring Calving Herd	Breeding season continues.
Fall Calving Herd	Weaning period.
All Cattle	Prevent/Control pinkeye: - clip tall, mature grass - reduce flies with adequate fly control - (see details) Control flies (see details). Maintain a clean water supply and check it routinely. Shade water if possible. Water is extremely important in hot weather.
Forages	Continue hay harvests. Clip pastures for weeds and seedheads as needed. Rotate pastures as needed. Soil test for late-summer seedings. Protect round bales of hay from weather damage to minimize storage losses of yield and quality.

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