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

882188.2

Total Hours

Contributed.

4116128

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

8867.2

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

199952

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Stories

Kentucky-Tennessee Grain Day

Grain production is an important source of farm income in Todd County. Todd County ranks 7th in Kentucky for value of grain production at $64.4 million, according to the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Challenges facing grain farmers include managing herbicide-resistant weeds and dealing with weather extremes that impact crop health and yields.Because of the importance of grain production here, agriculture agents in Todd and Logan Counties in Kentucky and Montgomery and Robertson County in Tennessee...

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Kentucky-Tennessee Grain Day

People

Jeffrey Wheeler

Extension Specialist

Jeffrey
I conduct research, teaching and Extension efforts to support the Kentucky commercial wine industry.... More

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