Statistical Contact Report for FY2024Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024

882188.2

Total Hours

Contributed.

4116128

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

8867.2

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

199952

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Stories

Graves County Cooperative Extension and Farm Bureau Partner to Provide Grain Entrapment Devices to First Responders

Graves County was one of the many communities deeply impacted by the December 10, 2021 Quad State Tornado. Mayfield Grain Company, a large grain elevator in the heart of Mayfield, took a direct hit in this storm and ultimately chose to permanently close their doors at this location. According to the USDA, Graves County is the 8th largest sized county, the 5th largest county in grain production, and 1st in Ag Receipts in Kentucky. At full capacity, Mayfield Grain stored over 6.5 million bushels o...

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Graves County Cooperative Extension and Farm Bureau Partner to Provide Grain Entrapment Devices to First Responders

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Jeanne
I began my position in the UK Extension Program as a Senior Extension Associate for Clothing, Textiles, and Household Equipment in August 2019.  My role is to update and expand the programming av... More

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