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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu

Cooperative Extension Service

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu

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Success StoriesKentucky Extension Reporting System

Demo Farm- Marion County

Author: Christan Miracle

Major Program: Farm Management

NRCS and Extension have made a leap to start working together on what they call demo farms around the state for a program call Profitable Pastures. Doug Corbett, a Marion Co. resident, volunteered to be a part of this program. His farm is limited in some resources and he is wanting to get an idea of changes to make to get his farm to be more profitable. Some of the limitation that were noticed when first visiting the farm are water, shade, and rotational grazing. With the help of other colleague

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Progressive Agriculture Safety Day

Author: Christan Miracle

Major Program: Farm Management

Progressive Agriculture Safety Day is an event that teaches 4th grade students from Marion County about being safe in their community, home, and on the farm. Out rural community is in need of a program such as this to ensure youth have the proper skill set to stay safe while on the farm. During this event each child had the opportunity to visit several station to learn safe behaviors when they are faced with different scenarios. Some of the stations included equipment safety, electrical safety,

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Cash Flow

Author: Jennifer Rogers

Major Program: Farm Management

I was able to work with a producer to complete a Cash Flow for his farming operation.  This was a new exercise for the producer who had never thought about his cash flow needs on a monthly and cumulative basis.  The producer was stretched to think about forecasting when and how much money would be needed to purchase inputs and when and how much money would be coming in from the sale of crops.  We were able to complete this exercise and submit it to the Lender.  Through this p

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Cow-calf Profitability Strategies

Author: Kenneth Burdine

Major Program: Farm Management

Cow-calf operations are the most common type of beef enterprise in the state of Kentucky as Kentucky is home to more than one-million beef cows.  Historically, cow-calf profits have been very low due to the small nature of most of the operations, the cost of hay production, and high overhead requirements.  During 2018 / 2019, an effort was made to focus more extension programming on strategies aimed at improving profitability for cow-calf operations.  This topic was covered at 16

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Farm Financial Stress Materials

Author: Kenneth Burdine

Major Program: Farm Management

Agricultural producers continue to deal with challenges related to farm financial stress.  The department of Agricultural Economics held feedback / discussion sessions with extension agents and agricultural lenders during fall and winter of 2018/2019.  It was determined that a set of resources was needed for farmers as they consider their options during this time and for agents and lenders as they work through these options with their clientele.  For this reason, the agricultural

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Budgets for Emerging Crops

Author: Jonathan Shepherd

Major Program: Farm Management

Help co-create enterprise budgets for the emerging hemp enterprise.  These budgets have been used widely not only by producers but also industry to, at the very least, think through all of the line item revenue and expense areas.  These budgets have been widely used and updated as the industry matures in its every changing evolutionary path.

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Agricultural Economics Lender Programs

Author: Kenneth Burdine

Major Program: Farm Management

The department of Agricultural Economics continues to conduct successful programming aimed at meeting the needs of Kentucky’s agricultural lenders.  In December 2018 and January 2019, over 150 lenders attended one of these four conferences at either Lexington, Hopkinsville, Mayfield or Henderson.  Topics included the overall Kentucky ag economy, marketing and profitability for both grain and cattle, and an update from the local Kentucky Farm Business Management program.  An

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Farm Management in Tough Financial Times

Author: Jonathan Shepherd

Major Program: Farm Management

Worked with a farm family that was suffering significant farm financial stress given current farm economics.  It was determined that pivoting from the current business model was needed to ensure economic viability.  I worked with the farm family to help them develop a new business plan and a 3 year transition plan.  We are in year 1 of the transition and things are going to plan.

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Homesteaders - A New Generation of Extension Clientele

Author: Lindie Huffman

Major Program: Farm Management

The typical farm in Northern Kentucky is a small family operation with limited agricultural profitability. Many of the farm operators have less than ten years of experience managing a farm operation as a business. Though urban development has decreased farm sizes, it has opened potential for local food market expansion.In an effort to better serve these new beginning farm business operators the Campbell, Kenton, and Pendleton County extension agents conducted a Farm Start series that focused on

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Ag Funding Workshop

Author: Kendal Bowman

Major Program: Farm Management

With the Agriculture Economy on the downward slope, farmers could always use extra funds to assist with their farming practices. Owen County Agriculture and Natural Resource Agent Kendal Bowman organized an "Ag Funding Workshop". At this workshop producers were able to learn about various grants, loans, and other resources to improve their farm. Local banks, Ag lenders, FSA, Conservation Groups, KSU, GOAP, and KY Proud had booths set up around the room to provide materials to the atten

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Multi-state Efforts to Determine the Economics of Cover Crops

Author: Jordan Shockley

Major Program: Farm Management

In 2016, a three-year grant was awarded from USDA-NIFA to conduct research and outreach regarding cover crops and their environmental, agronomic, and economic benefits.  This project is a multistate, multidisciplinary effort between the University of Kentucky and Mississippi State University.  In 2018-2019, the outreach portion of the grant launched which included an economic decision tool for determining the cost of establishing and terminating cover crops.  A graduate student at

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Clark County Extension 4-H Ag Day Makes Lasting Impression on Youth

Author: Shonda Johnston

Major Program: Farm Management

Between 2007 and 2012, the Kentucky has had a 6.7% decrease in the number of acres of farmland, which was the greatest percentage decrease of any state in the U.S. during this time period (Census of Agriculture, 2012). While Kentucky’s population continues to increase, the number of people living on farms is decreasing. Therefore, the need exists to educate people, particularly youth, about the impact that agriculture makes on their daily lives, as well as the importance of agriculture to

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Hemp Production

Author: Ricky Arnett

Major Program: Farm Management

Over the past 4 years Hemp Production has been an increasing adventure for Green County farmers. In 2016 Green County started with two Hemp growers. In 2017 we had 4, in 2018 we had 8, and in 2019 we have 33 farmers growing Hemp in Green County. In 2017 and 2018 crop year I continually had more and more request for information and question on Hemp Production. So in 2018 I invested several hour and days gathering research. This included visiting Hemp companies, producers, online searches, an

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Phase I Funding

Author: Ricky Arnett

Major Program: Farm Management

Phase I funding continues to play an integral part of the agriculture of Green County. The Green County Agricultural Development Board helped to administer over $320,000 to the agriculture producers of Green County. Starting this year the Green County Agricultural Development Board implemented one new change of funding which was every other year availability. This has helped the program to reach new individuals with help to their operation. The council funded producers with the C.A.I.P. pro

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Row Crop Risk Management

Author: Clinton Hardy

Major Program: Farm Management

Commodity grain producers and landowners have endured five years of paradigm shift adjusting to lower commodity prices and subsequent revenue in 2019 and foreseeable future.  Assets and debt acquired during the dramatic climb in revenues between 2008 and 2014 have become an obstacle for many farm businesses to overcome.  With no substantial increase in revenue predicted for the next ten years according to the USDA, some businesses face the risk of depleting equity in order to cash flow

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Recordkeeping

Author: Bonnie Sigmon

Major Program: Farm Management

Record keeping is a tedious task that many producers try to avoid.  However, for an agricultural production endeavor to succeed, business records are vital.  Reviewing and comparing the information can provide the producer with valuable insight as to whether or not a practice has been successful and potential areas for improvement. Good records lead to better decisions and, ultimately, higher returns.Record keeping practices are discussed and highly recommended during all of my pr

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Early Career Farming Program - Planning for the Future Generations.

Author: Benjamin Rudy

Major Program: Farm Management

Early Career Farming Program - Planning for the Future Generations.

The Agriculture and Natural Resources Agents from Fulton, Hickman, and Carlisle Counties talked for several years of developing a program for the producers in their counties that were beginning their own operations or working into becoming the decision-makers of the family operations.Existing programs like Ky FarmStart or Next Generation Farmer were programs that had some of the topics these producers needed, but did not fit into large grain only operations or grain/contract livestock operations

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Farm Safety Day

Author: Colby Guffey

Major Program: Farm Management

Clinton County Cooperative Extension partnered with the Clinton County Farm Bureau Board of directors and the Clinton County FFA Chapter to host a farm safety day at Bluegrass Stockyards of Albany.  The farm safety day consisted of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s roll-over tractor simulator and grain bin rescue demonstration, Kentucky Department of Forestry’s chainsaw safety demonstration, Clinton County’s 4-H ATV safety demonstration, Clinton County SNAP-Ed Home

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Acting Associate Dean & Director — Craig Wood, Ph.D.
S107 Ag. Science Center North
Lexington, KY 40546-0091
+1 (859) 257-4302

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