Woodford County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025
| 1017 - Equine | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1017.1) | 550 |
Number of people who increased knowledge of horse health, nutrition, and care |
| 1017.12) | 0 |
Number of equine owners/ operators who demonstrates good animal health practices (i.e. track drug use, chemicals, feed additives and movement, change vaccination and/or antibiotics protocols as appropriate, deworming strategy, treat disorder properly) |
| 1017.11) | 0 |
Number of equine owners/operators who adopted best practices to improve or maintain animal nutriton by selecting feed based on ingredients, using body conditioning scores, use a complete mineral supplement, use hay test analysis, and/or calculating supplemental nutrition for the life cycle |
Success Stories
Equine Farm Expo for Horsemen
Author: Beau Neal
Major Program: Equine
In order to help equine producers be efficient and profitable, Central Kentucky County Extension Agents for Agriculture & Natural Resources collaborated with Ag Equine Programs to offer the Equine Expo. I hosted the event right here in Woodford County at River Mountain Farm. The assistance of long-time business community sponsors allowed producers to see what the latest offerings are in farm machinery, equine nutrition products, and numerous other necessities for equine operations.&nbs
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Pastures Please Equine Program
Author: Beau Neal
Major Program: Equine
The ANR Equine Agents Working Group, Extension Specialists and Associates planned the annual Pastures Please workshop. This was the 18th year for the workshop and typically takes place at the Fayette County Extension Office in Lexington, KY. In the future the group would like to add a location in eastern KY. This workshop typically focuses on horse pasture management with some other subject matter areas mixed in that may relate well to the equine producers. The focus is always on delivering time
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