LaRue County CES Program Indicators and Success Stories - Jul 1, 2023

LaRue County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024

1034 - Hay testing
1034.1)	9	Number of producers who conducted hay testing
1034.11)	5	Number of producers who applied Extension recommendations for improving hay production
1034.18)	3	Number of producers who used information to balance livestock nutrition or market forage

1034 - Hay testing

1034.1)

Number of producers who conducted hay testing

1034.11)

Number of producers who applied Extension recommendations for improving hay production

1034.18)

Number of producers who used information to balance livestock nutrition or market forage

Success Stories

Forage Testing Field Day

Author: Adam Thomas

Major Program: Hay testing

The problemForage quality has long standing an misunderstood concept in animal nutrition.  Most producers goal is to produce a quantity amount of forage instead of a quality forage.  Historically most stored forages in Kentucky are late maturing grasses with lower levels of adequate nutrition components.The educational program responseIn response to the lack of knowledge relating to forage quality a program was established to collect and and analyze stored forages.  As part of a f