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





1081 - Farm Management
1081.1) 15

Number of producers/landowners willing to make a change to their leasing strategy

1081.2) 15

Number of producers/landowners who better understand land leasing options (including advantages/disadvantages of each)

1081.3) 15

Number of producers who are comfortable using financial principles in their operations

1081.4) 15

Number of producers willing to adopt improved soil health/quality practices to improve profitability due to extension programming efforts

1081.5) 15

Number of producers reporting improved machinery management through Extension programming efforts

1081.6) 15

Number of producers who gained knowledge of farm profitability for their enterprise(s) from Extension programming

1081.7) 15

Number of producers reporting increased profits and/or reduced risk due to farm management strategies learned through Extension programs 



Success Stories

Early Career Farming Program - Planning for the Future Generations.

Author: Benjamin Rudy

Major Program: Farm Management

Early Career Farming Program - Planning for the Future Generations.

The Agriculture and Natural Resources Agents from Fulton, Hickman, and Carlisle Counties talked for several years of developing a program for the producers in their counties that were beginning their own operations or working into becoming the decision-makers of the family operations.Existing programs like Ky FarmStart or Next Generation Farmer were programs that had some of the topics these producers needed, but did not fit into large grain only operations or grain/contract livestock operations

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