Hardin County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2023





1081 - Farm Management, Economics and Policy
1081.2) 75

Number of people who recognize methods to reduce risk and improve farm profit

1081.5) 61

Number of people who improved or maintained record keeping practices

1081.7) 15

Number of people who applied marketing techniques for meat animals

1081.6) 150

Number of people who incorporated technology to effectively manage farm operations

1081.8) 5

Number of people who applied marketing techniques including futures and options to reduce risk levels for crops

1081.8) 1

Number of people who adopted practices or adapted equipment  for safety (i.e. Agribility, install roll over bar)

1081.10) 30

Number of farmers adopting new technologies in agriculture production

1081.11) 35

Number of people who improved equipment or facilities

1081.12) 75

Number of people who increased profits, reduced expenses,  and/or reduced risk

1081.4) 530

Number of people who increased knowledge of farm health and safety practices (i.e. farm safety days, disaster preparedness, equipment demonstrations, farmers dinner theater)

1081.3) 51

Number of people who discussed and compared leasing agreements and options  

1081.1) 250

Number of  people who increased their knowledge of Ag Policy including: Farm Bill and Environmental issues



Success Stories

Dirt 2 Dollars Podcast

Author: Matthew Adams

Major Program: Farm Management, Economics and Policy

Cooperative Extension Agents are continuously looking for ideas to help reach new audiences to educate and communicate. Agriculture and Natural Resources Agents Matt Adams (Hardin), and Daniel Carpenter (LaRue) specifically were looking for ways to reach the young farmer population, a group that can be difficult to reach in the current educational methods. One way that the agents looked into is podcasting. Podcasting uses the internet to make recordings of broadcasts available on computer or mob

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