ForagesMajor Program

18365

Total Hours

Contributed.

58941

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

1551

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

120

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of producers who planted or started using any alternative forage for grazing

3175

Number of producers who used temporary fencing  

4907

Number of producers who developed or implemented a grazing plan

3748

Number of producers who used Extension recommendations to improve quality of haylage/silage storage  

6158

Number of people who made decisions based on Extension research including interseeding clover/legume, using cover crops and/or alternate forage species

7476

Number of people who gained knowledge of forage production, management and/or profitability which could include species, best management practices for species, forage harvest and storage, pasture renovation

100973

Number of producers who conducted on-farm demonstrations or applied research trials  

2653

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Conferences on Grazing and Alfalfa meet producer needs

Conferences on Grazing and Alfalfa meet producer needsSpecialists involved: Jimmy Henning, Ray Smith, Chris TeutschProducer leadership of the Kentucky Forage and Grassland Council identified high priority educational needs in grazing and in alfalfa and stored feed production for Kentucky. UKY forage specialists used these priorities to create and implement educational programs in the fall and winter of 2022-2023 to meet producer needs. These programs featured a diverse group of speakers from the...

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