By Mark Halcomb Lime or ground limestone provides many essential benefits for nursery crops, mostly involving plant nutrition. In addition to neutralizing soil acidity (1) and supplying calcium (2) and magnesium (3) (essential plant nutrients), lime promotes microbial activity (4) required for converting some nutrients to forms that can be utilized by plants. Example: micro-organisms…

By Steve C. Stubblefield The annual requirement of reporting to the FSA office can be referred to as crop reporting, acreage reporting, or crop certification. Filing an accurate and timely report for all crops and land uses, including failed acreage, can prevent loss of benefits for a variety of FSA programs. All cropland on the…

By J. Dale Beaty According to folks down at the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, as of last week they have received a little over 800 applications for hay barn grants the first week. While I am sure there are more coming the mail really slowed down on Thursday and Friday. With this in mind I…

Baby Girl Maranda Emma Brooke Yates, daughter of Amanda Honeycutt and Mark Yates, arrived May 24 at River Park Hospital. The little miss weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces and is joined by siblings, Mandy, Jasmine and Damion. Her grandparents are Rosemary and Jerry Honeycutt, and the late R.L. and Norma Jean Yates. Baby Girl Amber…

Morrison resident and Van Buren County native Wilma Jean Martin Ward, 80, was born Oct. 13, 1926 and died July 7 at her residence following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Walter J. and Louise Hillis Martin. In addition to her parents,…

Pulaski resident and Biloxi, Miss., native Roy Lincoln (Buttercup) Mason, 79, died July 8 at Hillside Hospital in Pulaski. A retired employee of McCloud Steel, he was the son of the late John and Carmen Parker Mason. He is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Ken and Lili Mason of Pulaski; daughters, Paula and Denice Mason…

By ROB NUNLEY Some coaches will tell you it’s tough to beat a team twice in a row. But not if you’re Warren County’s 13-year-old Babe Ruth all-stars, who captured their district tournament championship in dominant fashion Saturday afternoon, invoking the mercy rule once again as they defeated Sparta for the second straight day, 14-4,…

By LISA HOBBS It’s not over till it’s over. In what seemed to be a done deal months ago, elected officials are once again discussing which engineering firm to use for phase II of downtown renovation. With the phase I, Main Street McMinnville went through numerous applicants and chose EG&G and city officials agreed. For…

Tractor enthusiasts from across the Midstate gathered Saturday morning in the Shady Grove community of Coffee County for the first Southern Middle Tennessee Tractor Ride. Participants came from as far away as Michigan to ride in the event that wound 31 miles through Coffee, Warren, and Cannon counties. The line of tractors was over a…

By LISA HOBBS Randy Moore and The Fabulous Suedes will be taking the stage this Friday night during the summer concert series held downtown. Their ‘breakneck blues’ style of music fuses rockabilly, blue-eyed soul and Delta blues. Main Street McMinnville will be rocking the night with blues thanks to Randy Moore and The Fabulous Suedes…