In the Fall of 2023, the Adair County Agriculture Advisory Council identified practices to reduce risk as one of their top three priorities for the upcoming plan of work. Activity monitoring systems for cattle have the ability to detect when animals may be experiencing a health event. These technologies can alert farmers of health concerns sooner than they may be able to detect them on their own. In response, the Adair County Cooperative Extension service secured funding thr
Beef and dairy farming make up a large portion of the agriculture revenue in south central Kentucky. Farmers who adopt artificial insemination in their herds can access the best genetics in the world and improve cattle production while also decreasing injuries to employees often associated with running a herd bull. In July of 2024, the Adair Count Cooperative Extension Service collaborated with a local AI cooperative to teach producers how to AI cattle. The artificial insemina
