Extension
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| 1081 - Farm Management, Economics and Policy | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1081.6) | 2 |
Number of people who incorporated technology to effectively manage farm operations |
| 1081.7) | 14 |
Number of people who applied marketing techniques for meat animals |
| 1081.1) | 42 |
Number of people who increased their knowledge of Ag Policy including: Farm Bill and Environmental issues |
| 1081.5) | 12 |
Number of people who improved or maintained record keeping practices |
| 1081.3) | 5 |
Number of people who discussed and compared leasing agreements and options |
| 1081.2) | 120 |
Number of people who recognize methods to reduce risk and improve farm profit |
| 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) |
| 1081.8) | 0 |
Number of people who applied marketing techniques including futures and options to reduce risk levels for crops |
| 1081.8) | 0 |
Number of people who adopted practices or adapted equipment for safety (i.e. Agribility, install roll over bar) |
| 1081.10) | 9 |
Number of farmers adopting new technologies in agriculture production |
| 1081.11) | 23 |
Number of people who improved equipment or facilities |
| 1081.12) | 97 |
Number of people who increased profits, reduced expenses, and/or reduced risk |
Author: Garrard Coffey
Major Program: Farm Management, Economics and Policy
Approximately 75 producers in Rockcastle County were approved to get cost share funds through the county agriculture investment program. Upon being approved for cost share these producers must attend an educational class pertaining to farm management. Over the past 6 weeks the Rockcastle County extension office has offered a wide variety of programming for producers to attend that will coincide with the cost share program in which they were funded. These programs include backg
Author: Garrard Coffey
Major Program: Farm Management, Economics and Policy
In light of the current pandemic situation, I have been forced to expand my programming efforts to other platforms for disseminating information. In the last 3 years, monthly podcast listeners have increased by 54% and 37% of Americans listen to podcasts on a monthly basis. One statistic that specifically interested me is that half of Americans 12-34 listen to podcasts monthly. This age group demographic is very difficult to reach in typical extension programming. This lead me
Author: Garrard Coffey
Major Program: Farm Management, Economics and Policy
The idea for “Ag Tool Tuesday” was derived from seeing many "Tutorial Tuesday" videos and posts on social media. There are many tools that we can use in our farming operations that some producers might not be familiar, or may not know how to use. Starting in January of 2021 the Rockcastle County Agriculture Agent started making Ag Tool Tuesday videos for Facebook and YouTube. In these short, 2-4 minute, videos an agriculture tool is shown and the agent describes
