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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




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Success StoryResponding to Escalating Fertilizer Prices



Responding to Escalating Fertilizer Prices

Author: Christopher Teutsch

Planning Unit: Wildcat County CES (demo only)

Major Program: Forages

Outcome: Initial Outcome

Responding to Escalating Fertilizer Prices

 

Chris Teutsch, Jimmy Henning, Ray Smith, and John Grove, University of Kentucky 

 

In 2020, fertilizer prices more than doubled, negatively impacting the profitability of forage-livestock operations in the Commonwealth.  We responded to escalating fertilizer prices be publishing a series of articles and designing and implementing extension programs at the county and state level on weathering high fertilizer prices.  These educational efforts directly or indirectly reached more than 40,000 livestock producers across the Commonwealth and beyond.  Implementation of the strategies outlined in these programs mitigated the negative impact of high fertilizer prices on Kentucky’s forage and livestock producers.  In one post meeting survey, 100% of the respondents agreed or strongly agreed that one or more of the management practices that they learned would increase the profitability of their operation.    

 






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