Extension
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| 1081 - Farm Management | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1081.6) | 11 |
Number of producers who gained knowledge of farm profitability for their enterprise(s) from Extension programming |
| 1081.7) | 25 |
Number of producers reporting increased profits and/or reduced risk due to farm management strategies learned through Extension programs |
| 1081.5) | 0 |
Number of producers reporting improved machinery management through Extension programming efforts |
| 1081.4) | 280 |
Number of producers willing to adopt improved soil health/quality practices to improve profitability due to extension programming efforts |
| 1081.3) | 6 |
Number of producers who are comfortable using financial principles in their operations |
| 1081.2) | 30 |
Number of producers/landowners who better understand land leasing options (including advantages/disadvantages of each) |
| 1081.1) | 27 |
Number of producers/landowners willing to make a change to their leasing strategy |
Author: Carol Hinton
Major Program: Farm Management
During the past 27 years I have been asked, ‘just what does UK College of Ag say we can make on this crop’, but to this extent I would never have ever thought I would be asked so many times to run an Enterprise Budget. Crop and livestock prices have been more than depressing for growers, and they began to realize that its time to put some numbers down on paper to verify what they were thinking. I worked closely with two growers on tobacco enterprise budgets. They ha
