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| 1072 - Forages | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1072.7) | 8 |
Number of producers who planted or started using any alternative forage for grazing |
| 1072.5) | 20 |
Number of producers who used temporary fencing |
| 1072.4) | 7 |
Number of producers who developed or implemented a grazing plan |
| 1072.3) | 52 |
Number of producers who used Extension recommendations to improve quality of haylage/silage storage |
| 1072.2) | 60 |
Number of people who made decisions based on Extension research including interseeding clover/legume, using cover crops and/or alternate forage species |
| 1072.1) | 180 |
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) | 1 |
Number of producers who conducted on-farm demonstrations or applied research trials |
Author: Adam Barnes
Major Program: Forages
Drought Relief Meet The 2022 growing season was a challenge for most of Western Kentucky due to extreme dry weather. In many counties of Western Kentucky, it has become a very serious drought. Normally when people think of a drought, we immediately think about grain production, not livestock production. The way the weather patterns hit Western Kentucky you could have drought on one side of the county and enough rain to keep descen
