Statistical Contact Report for FY2024Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024

755359.3

Total Hours

Contributed.

3554822

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

6935.2

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

167880

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Stories

Gaining Ground: No-Till Drill Clinic Offers Hands-On Learning Experience

Kentucky has 90,000 stream miles and the number one pollutant in those steams is soil sediment. Sediment is soil lost due to erosion in heavy rainfall events, according to Amanda Gumbert Extension Water Quality Specialist with the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food & Environment. No-till seeding enables farmers to directly seed into the vegetation in the field without tilling the soil. Benefits of no-tillage include an increase in soil biological activity and organic matter wit...

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Gaining Ground: No-Till Drill Clinic Offers Hands-On Learning Experience

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Chelsea Walling

Extension Associate

Chelsea
K-12 Aquaculture and Aquaponics extension associate who loves sharing environmental education with minds of all ages. ... More

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