Hickman County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2019
| 1081 - Farm Management | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1081.1) | 60 |
Number of producers/landowners willing to make a change to their leasing strategy |
| 1081.2) | 150 |
Number of producers/landowners who better understand land leasing options (including advantages/disadvantages of each) |
| 1081.3) | 50 |
Number of producers who are comfortable using financial principles in their operations |
| 1081.4) | 0 |
Number of producers willing to adopt improved soil health/quality practices to improve profitability due to extension programming efforts |
| 1081.5) | 0 |
Number of producers reporting improved machinery management through Extension programming efforts |
| 1081.6) | 250 |
Number of producers who gained knowledge of farm profitability for their enterprise(s) from Extension programming |
| 1081.7) | 35 |
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
Author: Mattea Mitchell
Major Program: Farm Management
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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