Boone County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2020





1053 - Commercial Horticulture - Crop Marketing
1053.5) 23

Number of producers who plan to explore selling products in other types of markets currently not employed

1053.7) 112

Number of producers who plan to use Facebook, Twitter and other social media to market their business

1053.8) 53

Number of producers who used Facebook, Twitter and other social media to market their business

1053.3) 112

Number of producers who plan to utilize resources provided by Extension for marketing products

1053.1) 217

Number of producers who plan to utilize a new method to advertise products as a result of what they learned from Extension

1053.2) 8

Number of producers who utilized a new method to advertise products

1053.4) 53

Number of producers who actually utilized resources provided by Extension for marketing products

1053.6) 34

Number of producers who are selling products in other types of markets not currently employed



Success Stories

Northern Kentucky Specialty Crop Production and Marketing Workshop

Author: David Koester

Major Program: Commercial Horticulture - Crop Marketing

This is the second year of the Northern Kentucky Specialty Crop Production and Marketing Conference. Topics for the December 2019 conference were selected from recommendations of previous attendees and a planning committee. Holding the conference at the Boone County Enrichment Center enabled us to present two tracts of five presentations per tract. One tract featured specialty crops; mushrooms, blueberries, blackberries, etc. The other tract featured traditional crops and high tunnel production.

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