Extension
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Author: Levi Berg
Major Program: Ag Marketing
Due to Henry County’s topography and soil, animal production has always been strong with in Henry County. According to the 2017 Census of Agriculture, Henry County has over $14,000,000 in animal sales, and the average age of the farmer is 57.6 years old according to the USDA Census of Agriculture. With this knowledge, the Henry County Extension Office wanted to find ways to encourage youth to begin or stay in animal agriculture. The Henry County Extension Office decided to partner with loc
Author: Brandon Sears
Major Program: Ag Marketing
The annual Richmond CPH-45 feeder calf sale was held at the Bluegrass Stockyards of Richmond LLC on December 10th, 2019. With assistance from the KY Beef Network, KY Department of Agriculture, Bluegrass Stockyards of Richmond, and nearby Cooperative Extension Agents, the Madison County Extension ANR agent provided leadership and coordinated receiving cattle for the sale. The Madison County ANR agent made 30 different field inspections of cattle, provided two BQA trainings and gave ass
Author: William Snell
Major Program: Ag Marketing
Extension specialists in the Department of Agricultural Economics conducted their annual series of Lenders Conferences across the state to discuss the current situation and outlook for the ag economy. These seminars are designed to assist bankers in providing loans and other financial services for our farmers and ag businesses. Locations include Mayfield, Hopkinsville, Henderson/Owensboro and Lexington/Central Kentucky. Approximately 150 lenders representing several dozen different b
Author: Todd Davis
Major Program: Ag Marketing
A series of multi-county meetings that provided a commodity market outlook and risk management update helped farmers with their 2018 Farm Bill decisions and educated farmers on how to use crop insurance with price risk tools in protecting 2020 crop revenue. Twenty-three two-hour meetings were delivered from October 2019 through February 2020. Over 900-extension clientele were reached, and over 55 FSA county directors received the farm bill analysis and information.
Author: Glen Roberts
Major Program: Ag Marketing
Situation: Our current Farmers Market facility cannot meet the new standards imposed by the advent of COVID-19.We do not have the space for social distancing with vendors, customers, and parking. We also do not have adequate hand washing facilities. Collaborators: Farmers Market vendors, extension ANR agent, Glen Roberts, ANR assistant,Terry Bertram, KSU Small Farm Program, Danny Adams, FCS assistant, Cassie Lester.ANR agent Glen Roberts brainstormed with co-workers, Farmers Market v
Author: Kenneth Burdine
Major Program: Ag Marketing
COVID-19 has impacted most every aspect of our economy and the beef cattle market was no exception. The impacts of COVID on both supply and demand, coupled with an extremely high level of uncertainty, resulted in price variation on a daily basis that is seldom seen in cattle markets. It was clear that a need existed for frequent market updates during the pandemic and this also provided an opportunity to increase my profile, so that stakeholders knew I was continuing to work for them, although I
Author: Kenneth Burdine
Major Program: Ag Marketing
Master Cattleman is a comprehensive extension program covering all aspects of beef cattle production. Five multi-county Master Cattleman programs were conducted from October 2019 to March 2020. I deliver the Marketing and Profitability sessions, which were held in Monticello, Erlanger, Henderson, West Liberty, and New Castle, reaching 169 producers directly. The Marketing and Profitability session is very detailed and covers general marketing concepts, beef trade, price seasonality, cattle cycle
Author: Christan Miracle
Major Program: Ag Marketing
In response to COVID-19 school, community and business closings, Marion County Cooperative Extension Service and the 4-H Program, ANR Program, and EFNEP Program sought to address a community need to provide educational opportunities. Due to COVID-19 social distancing, 4-H, ANR, and EFNEP Programs developed Extension Activity Bags and informational packets that helped to keep both youth and adults informed and involved with Extension programs during the pandemic.Over 1500 informationa
