Success Stories

• 08

  October

  Grain Day Enhances Client Production Practices

  Grain production in the Tri-County Area (McLean, Webster and Hopkins County) continues to be a major economic driver in the local area. Local agents hosted a Grain Day to showcase current demonstratio...

  
  

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• 08

  July

  Forage Management is Key to a Profitable Beef Business

  Feed is the number one cost associated with producing beef cattle. Therefore; forage management is a key component to reducing that cost. This agent and Darrell Simpson, Extension Agent for Agricultur...

  
  

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• 02

  April

  Community College Agriculture Program Development

  Skilled labor is a highly debated and sought after need for business development and expansion in Hopkins County, Kentucky. Cooperative programming efforts facilitated by the Madisonville-Hopkins Coun...

  
  

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• 04

  March

  Beef and Forage Improvement contributes to Higher Agriculture Economic Contributions

  Forage establishment and improvement are both key pillars to the enhancement of beef and livestock operations in Hopkins County. According to the 2012 Census of Agriculture, the Beef industry contribu...

  
  

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