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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, 2022 - Jun 30, 2023


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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