Mercer County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2021 - Jun 30, 2022
| 1017 - Equine | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1017.1) | 125 |
Number of people who increased knowledge of horse health, nutrition, and care |
| 1017.12) | 20 |
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) | 25 |
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
UK Extension Farm & Facilities Expo
Author: Linda McClanahan
Major Program: Equine
In order to help equine producers be efficient and profitable, Central Kentucky County Extension Agents for Agriculture & Natural Resources collaborated with UK Extension Specialists and Ag Equine Programs to offer the Equine Farm and Facilities Expo. 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. Just like in years past, the
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