ForagesMajor Program

17247

Total Hours

Contributed.

69014

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

1326

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

456

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of producers adopting improved grazing system practices

2771

Number of producers adopting practices to improve grazing infrastructure (fences, water)

2080

Number of producers testing stored forage

1175

Number of producers utilizing ration balancing to improve livestock nutrition

840

Number of producers adopting improved hay storage practices

1740

Number of producers adopting haylage/silage for improved forage quality and storage

1173

Number of producers adopting improved varieties

1746

Number of producers adopting one or more best management practices for optimum forage establishment for pasture or hay

2153

Number of producers adopting improved practices to manage endophyte-infected tall fescue

1118

Number of producers utilizing improved forage species for pasture or hay

2021

Number of producers adopting practices that improve profitability

2803

Number of producers utilizing UK diagnostic service for weed ID and control

1687

Number of producers utilizing UK diagnostic services for plant disease control and management

1411

Number of producers conducting on farm demonstrations or applied research trials

144

Number of producers adopting practices that improve environmental quality

1137

Number of producers who reported improved record-keeping practices

766

Number of producers who reported saving money or reducing cost of operation

1220

Stories

Forage Demo Pasture Walk

Forage Demo plotsThis past summer the Calloway County Extension office assisted local beef producer Odom Farms in hosting a warm season summer annual demonstration plot. Odom Farms is a participant in the state wide Beef IRM program that assist farmers increase their reproductive profitability, they are currently the only participants in the purchase region. Upon the initial evaluation of their cowherd it was determined that they needed to increase their body condition scores significantly over ...

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Forage Demo Pasture Walk

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