Author: Ted Johnson
Planning Unit: Lee County CES
Major Program: Water and Soil Quality and Conservation
Plan of Work: Beef Production
Outcome: Intermediate Outcome
Beef producers in Lee County have reported or expressed concern with environmental issues such as mud over the past few years many control around feeding areas. East Kentucky has been dealing with higher than average rain fall for the past few winter feeding seasons. This has created several issues for the farmers and impacted the environment negatively. They have reported loss of forages, loss of top soil, and safety being issues that they need to correct in their beef operations. We at the Lee County Extension office have worked with 8 beef producers in the past 5 years addressing these issues. We recommended and demonstrated the proper use of filter fabric to control erosion and forage loss during the winter feeding process. Two in line fence feeding systems have been installed. These produces have reported on average of saving around 15 percent hay savings due to the implementation of the feeding pads and in line fence feeding systems, 100 percent reported less soil erosion due to the filter fabric utilization. 100 percent reported improvements in safety for the producer when feeding due to less mud around feeding areas.
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