Robertson County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025
| 1081 - Farm Management, Economics and Policy | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1081.1) | 0 |
Number of people who increased their knowledge of Ag Policy including: Farm Bill and Environmental issues |
| 1081.3) | 2 |
Number of people who discussed and compared leasing agreements and options |
| 1081.4) | 0 |
Number of people who increased knowledge of farm health and safety practices (i.e. farm safety days, disaster preparedness, equipment demonstrations, farmers dinner theater) |
| 1081.12) | 10 |
Number of people who increased profits, reduced expenses, and/or reduced risk |
| 1081.11) | 22 |
Number of people who improved equipment or facilities |
| 1081.10) | 0 |
Number of farmers adopting new technologies in agriculture production |
| 1081.8) | 0 |
Number of people who adopted practices or adapted equipment for safety (i.e. Agribility, install roll over bar) |
| 1081.8) | 0 |
Number of people who applied marketing techniques including futures and options to reduce risk levels for crops |
| 1081.6) | 6 |
Number of people who incorporated technology to effectively manage farm operations |
| 1081.7) | 8 |
Number of people who applied marketing techniques for meat animals |
| 1081.2) | 32 |
Number of people who recognize methods to reduce risk and improve farm profit |
| 1081.5) | 46 |
Number of people who improved or maintained record keeping practices |
Success Stories
Farm School for Women 2024
Author: Samantha Saunders
Major Program: Farm Management, Economics and Policy
The Farm School For Women program is an annual program hosted by the Buffalo Trace County area Cooperative Extension Offices, consisting of Bracken, Fleming, Lewis, Mason, and Robertson Counties. The program addresses agriculture/farm topics that are of expressed interest by the group or realized topic of interest based upon the issues of the year. The 2024 topics included: Beekeeping 101, with a hands-on activity of making candles and Chapstick with beeswax; Pond Management; P
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Local Man Accepted into the Farm Launch Program
Author: Samantha Saunders
Major Program: Farm Management, Economics and Policy
Over the past several years, there has been an increase in people moving to Robertson County from different parts of the state and also different parts of the county. Many of these new community members reach out to us at the Extension Office as a starting point for the plans they have with their new homes and land. One of those new community members has been very eager since they moved here a few years ago. First he wanted to get his three children involved with showing livestock, that is
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