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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 StoryAgriculture Education Series



Agriculture Education Series

Author: David Coffey

Planning Unit: Jackson County CES

Major Program: Agriculture

Plan of Work: Agriculture Production and Marketing

Outcome: Long-Term Outcome

For the 21-22 school year, the Jackson county agriculture agent has worked with the Jackson County Highschool Agriculture teacher and the Jackson County 4-H agent to do a educating ag students series. This series included artificial insemination, fruit tree grafting, BQCA, and a cattle management workshop and demonstration. Twenty-six high school ag students were taught artificial insemination and learned to pass a breeding rod through a bovine reproductive tract, 32 students were taught to graft fruit trees and grafted their own tree to take home and plant. 27 students were trained in BQCA, and 22 students participated in a on farm cattle management workshop where they learned proper cattle working techniques, cattle handling, rotational grazing, farming financials, and many ideas for how to start a beef operation and successfully manage it. This series allowed students who are interested in agriculture to discover what they liked about different areas of production. Since the series, two students have become certified in AI, several have expressed interest in orchards, and some have been actively seeking on farm employment with local beef operations.






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