Success StoryPastures Please Equine Program



Pastures Please Equine Program

Author: Samuel Smith

Planning Unit: Plant and Soil Sciences

Major Program: Forages

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

The 12th Annual Pastures Please equine program was held February 21, 2022 at the Fayette County extension office. The event was attended by over 150 in spite of the fact that Covid was limiting attendance to many similar events during this time period. Topics included Evaluating Pasture Health, Controlling Foxtail and Buttercup, and Plants That Shouldn’t Be In Your Pastures. The speaker's presentations were also recorded and to date an additional 215, 240 and 335 people have viewed each presentation respectively.

Specialists and Associates Involved: S. Ray Smith, Megan Romano, Jimmy Henning, Bob Coleman and Krista Lea






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