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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu

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Contact Information

Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu




Fiscal Year:
Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025


Statistical Contact Report for FY2025Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025

878965

Total Hours

Contributed.

4357598

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

11028

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

253141

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Stories

East Kentucky Youth Cattle Working Clinic and Contest

Creating hands on learning opportunities is key for youth interested in agriculture. By allowing a safe environment to learn the correct way to manage a beef cattle herd, better management strategies can be utilized in the future. Often, what we teach our youth is the first line of getting that information into the hands of their parents who are producers at home. While cattle working contest exists in the western part of our state, nothing similar occurs on the Eastern side. As a group, barrier...

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East Kentucky Youth Cattle Working Clinic and Contest

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LaToya
LaToya Drake, a Barren County Kentucky Native, is currently employed by the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service with Kentucky’s Nutrition Education Program. LaToya holds a Maste... More

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • Superstar Chef Cooking Camp

    Superstar Chef is fun to teach and impactful to lives!Students attended the 3-day cooking camp for children aged 11-13 years old at the cooperative extension office. Superstar Chef is a program devel... Read More

  • NIR for the Barrens

    For many years, cattlemen and producers have fed rations without data for their hay being readily available. By data I am meaning proteins, fibers, macronutrients, micronutrients, etc. However, in May... Read More

  • Youth Gardening Initiative

    Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, interest in home gardening has surged across Spencer County and throughout Kentucky, with families turning to gardening as a source of food security, stress r... Read More

  • Strengthening Families through Disasters

    In February 2025, severe flooding impacted multiple counties in Eastern Kentucky, including Martin, Johnson, Lawrence, and Pike Counties. The flooding displaced numerous families, leaving many without... Read More

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