Success StoryAllen County Agirculture Field Day



Allen County Agirculture Field Day

Author: Adam Huber

Planning Unit: Monroe County CES

Major Program: Sustainable Agriculture

Plan of Work: Enhancing Business Profitability

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

Allen County is very diverse in its agriculture production. According to the 2017 agriculture census, Allen County is ranked #1 in the state for vegetable production as well as #1 in cattle production in terms of dollars sold. To say the least, we are a very agriculture dependent county. 

In response to the large production of agriculture that Allen County has to offer with the help of the agriculture council members, stakeholders and the Allen County Extension Agent for Agriculture a very successful field day was planned and executed. This field day was held in September where six University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Food and Environment specialist and Governor’s Office of Agricultural Policy Executive Director Warren Beeler presented material. The materials presented were diverse and fit the needs of anyone from homeowners, backyard gardeners to large scale agriculture producers. Topics included: vegetable disease occurrence and management, fruit tree production, IPM of fruits and vegetables, hemp production, rotational grazing and beef production. 

A total of 208 stakeholders and producers attended the field day. Written surveys were taken and indicated that the field day topics, speakers and in general was a very successful and education day. Many individuals plan to implement and/or make management changes on their farms due something they learned from the presentations. This field day is just the beginning to what is planned to be an annual event to help stakeholders and producers in our community. 

 






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