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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

751470

Total Hours

Contributed.

3470034

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

8842

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

230364

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

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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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Rhonda
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