Calloway County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2021





1072 - Forages
1072.7) 19

Number of producers who planted or started using any alternative forage for grazing

1072.5) 18

Number of producers who used temporary fencing  

1072.4) 83

Number of producers who developed or implemented a grazing plan

1072.3) 5

Number of producers who used Extension recommendations to improve quality of haylage/silage storage  

1072.2) 83

Number of people who made decisions based on Extension research including interseeding clover/legume, using cover crops and/or alternate forage species

1072.1) 212

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

1072.6) 3

Number of producers who conducted on-farm demonstrations or applied research trials  



Success Stories

Forage Field Day

Author: Matthew Chadwick

Major Program: Forages

Forage Field Day

This past August Calloway County extension assisted state specialist, state NRCS and conservation district staff along with several industry representatives in hosting a multi-state regional field day. The event was very successful on a programmatic scale as we had over 100 participants present, due to the layout of the farm we were able to divide them into small groups and space them out to limit exposure. On the county level the successes were even greater than attendance numbers. First, we we

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