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| 1081 - Farm Management, Economics and Policy | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1081.6) | 20 |
Number of people who incorporated technology to effectively manage farm operations |
| 1081.7) | 15 |
Number of people who applied marketing techniques for meat animals |
| 1081.1) | 10 |
Number of people who increased their knowledge of Ag Policy including: Farm Bill and Environmental issues |
| 1081.5) | 50 |
Number of people who improved or maintained record keeping practices |
| 1081.3) | 10 |
Number of people who discussed and compared leasing agreements and options |
| 1081.2) | 25 |
Number of people who recognize methods to reduce risk and improve farm profit |
| 1081.4) | 100 |
Number of people who increased knowledge of farm health and safety practices (i.e. farm safety days, disaster preparedness, equipment demonstrations, farmers dinner theater) |
| 1081.8) | 5 |
Number of people who applied marketing techniques including futures and options to reduce risk levels for crops |
| 1081.8) | 4 |
Number of people who adopted practices or adapted equipment for safety (i.e. Agribility, install roll over bar) |
| 1081.10) | 90 |
Number of farmers adopting new technologies in agriculture production |
| 1081.11) | 120 |
Number of people who improved equipment or facilities |
| 1081.12) | 120 |
Number of people who increased profits, reduced expenses, and/or reduced risk |
Author: Daniel Carpenter
Major Program: Farm Management, Economics and Policy
Phase I funding continues to play an important part to the agriculture community of LaRue County. The LaRue County Agricultural Development Board helped to administer over $244,267 in the last calendar year to directly and indirectly make positive impacts to LaRue County farmers.The council funded producers directly through the County Agriculture Investment Program which is ran by the county Beef Producers Group. Investments were made in genetics, fencing, on farm water development, cattle handl
Author: Daniel Carpenter
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), Whitney Carman (Grayson) 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 ava
Author: Daniel Carpenter
Major Program: Farm Management, Economics and Policy
Peer groups have been helpful for CEO’s, marketing managers, entrepreneurs, human resources, operations managers, etc. in both big and small business for years. The modern day farm manager encompasses all of these jobs and it can be a helpful tool to help farm owners and operators to perform efficiently by sharing information and experiences with each other. It is also beneficial from a mental and social health perspective for the peer group to discuss problems and issues within their oper
