Success StoryHay Bowl, Cattlemen's



Hay Bowl, Cattlemen's

Author: Matthew Chadwick

Planning Unit: Calloway County CES

Major Program: Forages

Plan of Work: 2021 Beef Cattle Production

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

In 2020 our local Cattlemen’s chapter decided to reform their Chapter and separate from the larger “Purchase Area” group so that they could offer more in county activities. I have partnered with them to provide the educational component to their meetings. This year we have seen a tremendous increase in attendance at meetings and events. I assisted them in their first ever “Hay Bowl” this summer and collected over 40 hay samples in a two week time span from 15 different producers. For several of those producers this was their first interaction with the extension office in many years. We then hosted their annual meeting and saw an increase in attendance of more than 100 people than last year with some 150 individuals present for a catered meal sponsored by a local tractor dealer. The partnership that extension has developed with them has allowed me to increase the educational components offered in the Cattle area by 2 fold over years past, and we have been able to reach many more clientele.






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