Success StoryTree Farmer of the year field day



Tree Farmer of the year field day

Author: Jerry Little

Planning Unit: Boyle County CES

Major Program: Woodland Education

Plan of Work: Management and Marketing

Outcome: Long-Term Outcome

Boyle/Casey county had the Tree Farmer of the year with the Clifton Taylor family. They own 1100 acres of timber under intense management. With the Taylor family winning this state award there is also a field day to highlight some of their management programs. U.K. Forestry, Ky. Division of water, Forestry Woodland Owners Association, U.K. extension, and the Ky. Division of Forestry were all involved in the field day. Water runoff, oak regeneration, marketing cull trees, white oak marketing, cost share funding availability(county, state and federal sources), and speakers highlighted educational opportunities through extension for the 85 that attended the evening field day.






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