Impacts
Flood Relief & RecoveryMajor Program
7108
Total Hours
Contributed.
66766
Contacts
with Local Stakeholders.
30
Hours
of Multistate Efforts.
373
Total Number
of Volunteers Engaged.
Program Indicators
Stories
Farmer Flood Relief
Situation and Target AudienceBreathitt County is located in eastern Kentucky where 28% of the population (13,718 people in 5,506 households) live in poverty (per capita income is $20,654 according to the 2021 US Census estimate). Sixty percent of the 160 farms are family farms. Thirty-six percent of the farms are under 50 acres. Cattle and calves provide the majority of agriculture income. (2017 Census of Agriculture)On July 27th2022,eastern Kentucky was flooded and shortly after declared a fe...
Reports
Stories Behind the Numbers
- Acting Associate Dean & Director — Craig Wood, Ph.D.
- S107 Ag. Science Center North
- Lexington, KY 40546-0091
- +1 (859) 257-4302
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