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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

878965

Total Hours

Contributed.

4357598

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

11028

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

253141

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Stories

2025 Area Winter Meetings

To support the educational needs of agricultural producers, the ANR Agents in Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln, and Mercer counties collaborated to host a series of winter educational meetings. This year, these meetings catered to forage producers, cattle backgrounders, grain crop producers, and tobacco growers, covering a range of timely and relevant topics.Key topics included pasture renovation after drought, parasite control, soybean disease management, grain bin safety, new hay technologies, and risk...

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2025 Area Winter Meetings

Major Programs

Program Emphasis

Name

Percent

People

Simon Boschert

Extension Program Assistant (hourly)

Simon
I have been involved with 4-H since I was 5 years old and I have a passion for helping our youth. In my spare time, I love to read novels and play board games and other strategy games.... More

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • Superstar Chef Cooking Camp

    Superstar Chef is fun to teach and impactful to lives!Students attended the 3-day cooking camp for children aged 11-13 years old at the cooperative extension office. Superstar Chef is a program devel... Read More

  • NIR for the Barrens

    For many years, cattlemen and producers have fed rations without data for their hay being readily available. By data I am meaning proteins, fibers, macronutrients, micronutrients, etc. However, in May... Read More

  • Youth Gardening Initiative

    Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, interest in home gardening has surged across Spencer County and throughout Kentucky, with families turning to gardening as a source of food security, stress r... Read More

  • Strengthening Families through Disasters

    In February 2025, severe flooding impacted multiple counties in Eastern Kentucky, including Martin, Johnson, Lawrence, and Pike Counties. The flooding displaced numerous families, leaving many without... Read More

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