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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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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




Fiscal Year:
Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025


Success StoryBlue Water Farms - Field Days



Blue Water Farms - Field Days

Author: Brad Lee

Planning Unit: Plant and Soil Sciences

Major Program: Water and Soil Quality and Conservation

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

Twenty-nine edge-of-field water quality monitoring stations have been developed to measure continuous nutrient and sediment runoff within row-crop agricultural fields across western Kentucky through a partnership of nine landowners, the Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board, the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board, the USDA NRCS, Kentucky Geological Survey and the College of Agriculture Food and Environment at the University of Kentucky.  Over the past year, we have held 4 field days for a total of 488 participants, highlighting agricultural runoff water quality for the public.  Audiences included the Junior Red Angus Round-up (07/14/21 - 66 young adults from around the nation), Trigg County farm Tour on (07/22/21 - 274 agricultural producers), University of Kentucky Corn/Soybean/Tobacco Field Day (07/27/21 - 136 agricultural producers) and the Agriculture Water Quality Authority (05/05/22 - 12 agricultural leaders).






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Your yard and water quality: "Lawn and Gardening Our Way to Hell in a Vegetable Basket"

about 6 days ago by Brad Lee

Urban audiences often mistakenly believe that rural areas and agricultural production operations are... Read More


Blue Water Farms: Edge-of-field water quality monitoring in western Kentucky

about 7 days ago by Brad Lee

Twenty-nine edge-of-field water quality monitoring stations have been developed to measure continuou... Read More


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University of Kentucky Partners with the Kentuckiana Golf Course Superintendents Association and Southeastern Turfgrass Research Center for Turfgrass Field Day

about 16 days ago by Kenneth Clayton

In early July, 60 participants from the turfgrass industry gathered for the first turfgrass field da... Read More


Grain Crop Pest Management Research has Value to Kentucky Farmers

about 22 days ago by Jason Travis

Over half a million acres impacting an estimated $7.1 million. Thats the results from a recent surve... Read More