Impacts
Statistical Contact Report for FY2025Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025
469366
Total Hours
Contributed.
2183809
Contacts
with Local Stakeholders.
5037
Hours
of Multistate Efforts.
140834
Total Number
of Volunteers Engaged.
Stories
Value-Added Ag Workshops to Create Small Business and Farm Diversification Opportunities in Graves County
Graves County is one of the biggest agricultural counties in the state of Kentucky. It ranks 1st in ag sales, 1st in livestock production, and 4th in crop production. The economy has been built on the back of big agriculture thanks to the poultry industry and row crop farms growing soybeans, corn, wheat, and tobacco. However, we see many producers looking for ways to inject cash flow into their operations through other side ventures and diversifying their farms. Graves County has also seen a lar...
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I am a rural sociologist and an Extension faculty member in the Department of Community and Leadership Development.For Cooperative Extension, I developed and run the Extension program Kentucky: By The... More
