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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 27 > Farmers plan for a burn-free future

Farmers plan for a burn-free future

Kentucky bluegrass yields will be put to the test in Madras

By Lauren Dake / The Bulletin
May 27, 2008

Whenever people drive past Dean Brooks’ farm in Jefferson County on a dry, hot summer day and see a plume of smoke, he has a pretty good idea they don’t like it.

“It’s a public relations problem,” he said.

For most farmers, burning their crops....

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