Extension
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Author: Fernanda Camargo
Major Program: Equine
I feel that my largest accomplishments this year has been the Flooding Relief Efforts that I spearheaded in August and September of 2022. My background as a veterinarian, and because I teach equine health and disease, I am always very aware of disease outbreaks. When the historical floods happened in the summer in Eastern Kentucky, I immediately started to fear that we would have an outbreak of vector-borne diseases in the horses in that region. The amount of water and the time of the year
Author: Nicole Rhein
Major Program: Equine
On March 2nd, 2023, Extension Agriculture Agents from the Purchase and Pennyrile collaborated to offer a program entitled, "Pasture Please." This unique program offering was geared towards equine owners who manage their own pastures. The goal was to give these owners research-based recommendations pertaining to horse pasture renovation. After the drought conditions endured during the 2022 growing season, the host agents knew this topic would be in high demand. The agenda featured
Author: Samantha Anderson
Major Program: Equine
On March 2nd, 2023, Extension Agriculture Agents from the Purchase and Pennyrile collaborated to offer a program entitled, "Pasture Please." This unique program offering was geared towards equine owners who manage their own pastures. The goal was to give these owners research-based recommendations pertaining to horse pasture renovation. After the drought conditions endured during the 2022 growing season, the host agents knew this topic would be in high demand. The agenda featured
Author: Adam Barnes
Major Program: Equine
On March 2nd, 2023, Extension Agriculture Agents from the Purchase and Pennyrile collaborated to offer a program entitled, "Pasture Please." This unique program offering was geared towards equine owners who manage their own pastures. The goal was to give these owners research-based recommendations pertaining to horse pasture renovation. After the drought conditions endured during the 2022 growing season, the host agents knew this topic would be in high demand. The agenda feature
Author: Shane Bogle
Major Program: Equine
Horses are natural grazers and the availability of high quality forage can provide almost year round nutrition of most horses in Kentucky if managed correctly. Equine producers in Western Kentucky experienced an extended drought in 2022 that left pastures in a sad state of repair. Agents in the Pennyrile and Purchase collaborated to host the popular Eastern Kentucky, "Pastures Please" program. This popular program has been offered to equine operations to better equip
Author: Mary Jane Little
Major Program: Equine
"The potential for change is a core strength of all youth—a strength that can be built upon. This strength is cause for optimism for it means we can positively influence the life paths of all children. The contexts in which they live, learn, and play have resources to promote positive youth development. These resources can become the “social nutrients” young people need for healthy development. Researchers and practitioners agree that this concept of developmental as
Author: Mary Jane Little
Major Program: Equine
This year I was invited to teach at multiple 4-H horse camps and field days. These horse camps and field days were held in Bowling Green, Liberty, and Winchester. I spoke on 4-H Horse Programmatic updates, distributed equine safety publications, answered questions regarding upcoming events, taught lessons on water and karst and how they correlate to making Kentucky the "Horse Capitol of the World", ran mock hippology stations, and administered horse judging practice. Over the course of
Author: Linda McClanahan
Major Program: Equine
The ANR Equine Agents Working Group, Extension Specialists and Associates, planned the annual Pastures Please! Workshop. This was the 16th year for the workshop and typically takes place at one of the extension offices in central KY. As a result of efforts from the working group, this year the workshop was held in two locations - Fayette County and Livingston County. In the future the group would like to add a location in eastern KY. This workshop typically focuses on horse pasture management an
Author: Steven Musen
Major Program: Equine
The ANR Equine Agents Working Group, Extension Specialists and Associates, planned the annual Pastures Please! Workshop. This was the 16th year for the workshop and typically takes place at one of the extension offices in central KY. As a result of efforts from the working group, this year the workshop was held in two locations - Fayette County and Livingston County. In the future the group would like to add a location in eastern KY. This workshop typically focuses on horse pasture management an
Author: Robert Amburgey
Major Program: Equine
The ANR Equine Agents Working Group, Extension Specialists and Associates, planned the annual Pastures Please! Workshop. This was the 16th year for the workshop and typically takes place at one of the extension offices in central KY. As a result of efforts from the working group, this year the workshop was held in two locations - Fayette County and Livingston County. In the future the group would like to add a location in eastern KY. This workshop typically focuses on horse pasture management an
Author: Lindsay Arthur
Major Program: Equine
The ANR Equine Agents Working Group, Extension Specialists and Associates, planned the annual Pastures Please! Workshop. This was the 16th year for the workshop and typically takes place at one of the extension offices in central KY. As a result of efforts from the working group, this year the workshop was held in two locations - Fayette County and Livingston County. In the future the group would like to add a location in eastern KY. This workshop typically focuses on horse pasture management an
Author: Beau Neal
Major Program: Equine
The ANR Equine Agents Working Group, Extension Specialists and Associates planned the annual Pastures Please workshop. This was the 16th year for the workshop and typically takes place at the Fayette County Extension Office in Lexington, KY. In the future the group would like to add a location in eastern KY. This workshop typically focuses on horse pasture management with some other subject matter areas mixed in that may relate well to the equine producers. The focus is always on delivering time
Author: Michelle Simon
Major Program: Equine
Campbell County ANR Agent collaborated with ANR Equine Agents Working Group, Extension Specialists and Associates, and planned the annual Pastures Please! Workshop, Let’s Go Show! Clinic and developed local leadership and community development in partnership with the local Northern Kentucky Horse Network. This was the 16th year for the Pastures Please! Workshop focusing on best management practices as they relate to pastures, forages, nutrition and equine health, in turn making their opera
Author: Bob Coleman
Major Program: Equine
It is often stated that forage and in particular hay is the basis for all horse feeding programs. As part of that conversation is that the hay needs to be quality hay. What is horse quality hay and what does it take to produce that kind of hay? To start the conversation a Hay 101 program was held at the Robinson Center for Appalachian Resources Sustainability Center (RCARS) in Jackson Kentucky in early June. The program brought together hay producers and hay consumers to discuss what goes i
Author: Bob Coleman
Major Program: Equine
Pasture is a common item on most horse farms and facilities. The challenge is how to maintain a good pasture stand with the challenges of weather. In 2007 Kentucky experienced a significant drought and horse owners became concerned about their pastures and what they might have for the next year. To address these concerns Agriculture and Natural Resource (ANR) agents in Fayette, Jessamine and Woodford counties came up with an educational program Pastures Please. In 2023 the program is in it
Author: Jay Stone
Major Program: Equine
A minor share of farm gate receipts in West Kentucky belongs to the equine industry, but all of the counties in our area have horse owners who either rely on horses for on-farm power or utilize horses as a form of recreational activity. Because of the need to maintain good health in our horse herds, agents polled producers to pinpoint their greatest need, which was solid nutritional information to help insure their horses stay in peak physical condition.To help producers meet their horses nutrit
