Menifee County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2021





1072 - Forages
1072.7) 0

Number of producers who planted or started using any alternative forage for grazing

1072.5) 0

Number of producers who used temporary fencing  

1072.4) 1

Number of producers who developed or implemented a grazing plan

1072.3) 2

Number of producers who used Extension recommendations to improve quality of haylage/silage storage  

1072.2) 12

Number of people who made decisions based on Extension research including interseeding clover/legume, using cover crops and/or alternate forage species

1072.1) 23

Number of people who gained knowledge of forage production, management and/or profitability which could include species, best management practices for species, forage harvest and storage, pasture renovation

1072.6) 1

Number of producers who conducted on-farm demonstrations or applied research trials  



Success Stories

Yak Research Continues in Menifee County

Author: Mary McCarty

Major Program: Forages

Menifee County has been home to Yaks for 5 plus years.  Limited research has been conducted on the species in North America’s.  The Menifee County Extension Programs started doing research at Zhi-ba Shing-ga Yak Farm in Wellington, KY in 2019 with a Yak Garden.  In winter of 2021, a new research study began with the help of Dr. Jeff Lemkuhler.  The objective of this on-farm research was to evaluate the effect of hay type on growth rate of growing yaks. Forages evaluated

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