Anderson County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2019





1072 - Forages
1072.6) 25

Number of producers adopting haylage/silage for improved forage quality and storage

1072.7) 35

Number of producers adopting improved varieties

1072.8) 56

Number of producers adopting one or more best management practices for optimum forage establishment for pasture or hay

1072.9) 23

Number of producers adopting improved practices to manage endophyte-infected tall fescue

1072.10) 168

Number of producers utilizing improved forage species for pasture or hay

1072.11) 81

Number of producers adopting practices that improve profitability

1072.12) 75

Number of producers utilizing UK diagnostic service for weed ID and control

1072.13) 74

Number of producers utilizing UK diagnostic services for plant disease control and management

1072.15) 15

Number of producers conducting on farm demonstrations or applied research trials

1072.16) 22

Number of producers adopting practices that improve environmental quality

1072.17) 19

Number of producers who reported improved record-keeping practices

1072.18) 44

Number of producers who reported saving money or reducing cost of operation

1072.5) 74

Number of producers adopting improved hay storage practices

1072.4) 37

Number of producers utilizing ration balancing to improve livestock nutrition

1072.3) 48

Number of producers testing stored forage

1072.2) 170

Number of producers adopting practices to improve grazing infrastructure (fences, water)

1072.1) 282

Number of producers adopting improved grazing system practices



Success Stories

Bale Grazing: Increasing Fertility While Reducing Costs

Author: Tommy Yankey

Major Program: Forages

The last few years in Kentucky we have seen a few farms in Anderson County change their hay feeding system by feeding round bales without using a tractor and building up the fertility of their pastures at the same time. These farmers are using a feeding technique called "Bale Grazing."  Bale grazing is a winter feeding technique where bales are set out on a pasture before winter and fed in a planned, controlled manner, somewhat like rotational grazing.  Temporary electric fen

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