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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

540379

Total Hours

Contributed.

2446766

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

5497

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

159299

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

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"HAM"tastic Day

Snowy January days, early morning drives to pick up green hams have become a tradition for the Lincoln County 4-H Agent. On January 20, 2025 the 4-H Country Ham Project began. We had 9 4-H youth, 5 clover buds, and 10 adults who joined us in learning how to cure a country ham. This project is planned by Dr. Rentfrow (Meat Science Professor University of KY) and a committee made up of numerous 4-H Agents from across the state, Oxbow Meats, and Clifty farms. Lincoln County put 42 hams into cure on...

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"HAM"tastic Day

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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

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