Tax Planning Important In Good Economic Year

By Laura Skillman
Published on Oct. 27, 2004

“Most farmers won’t take any action until December, but they need to get their ducks in a row now.” David Heisterberg, coordinator of the Kentucky Farm Business Management Program

Youth Leaders Lend Voice To Civic Groups

By Laura Skillman
Published on Oct. 27, 2004

“The purpose of the grant is to build youth-adult partnerships and have youth serve on boards of directors and we were able to accomplish that. I’m very pleased with what they’ve been able to do. These teenagers do a lot of work. I’m very proud of them.” Toni Riley, Christian County Extension a

New Center Boosts Cultural Arts Awareness

By Aimee Heald-Nielson
Published on Oct. 27, 2004

“This really is an educational center; it’s about learning skills." Brenda Cockerham, UK Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences in Johnson Co.

Career Fair Gives Students Visibility, Opportunity

By Aimee Heald-Nielson
Published on Oct. 21, 2004

“There are so many incredible opportunities for students to take advantage of. These companies are here looking for talented people and the College of Agriculture has plenty of those in many different areas.” Lennie Underwood, Career Associate for the UK Career Center

Kentucky Farmers Innovative in Sustainable Agriculture

By Aimee Heald-Nielson
Published on Oct. 21, 2004

“While farmers are innovative by nature, they still need help. Land-grant universities like UK and Kentucky State University do research and have Extension services to help.” Lee Meyer, UK Ag. Economist

McCracken Backpack Food For Kids Program Growing

By Laura Skillman
Published on Oct. 20, 2004

The Backpack Food for Kids program started by a group of teens that went to the 4-H Issues Conference from Lone Oak High School . They came up with the idea through a mini-grant opportunity to provide backpacks for kids who are on free and reduced lunches who might not necessarily have enough to eat

Straw Production In Kentucky

By Laura Skillman
Published on Oct. 20, 2004

“The demands are such that some of these farmers have a real good market to tap into for straw. So we wanted to do two things with our research. One was to find varieties that will produce straw and lots of it. Two, was to try to find some ways to produce higher quality straw, which basically means

Research Collaboration Aims To Reduce Highway Weed Problems

Published on Oct. 20, 2004

“There’s a lot of difference in vegetation across the state and so this project is devised to identify certain weeds, such as Johnsongrass and Kudzu and Japanese Knotweed, and then develop management techniques for them.” Bill Witt, UK plant scientist

Students Experience Real Science and Help Solve Community Problems

By Aimee Heald-Nielson
Published on Oct. 15, 2004

“Most of the time our kids learn science from a textbook and that might be necessary, but it’s just not sufficient." Carol Hanley, UK Extension Specialist for 4-H Youth Development

Kentucky Ranks 4th in Number of Farms

By Aimee Heald-Nielson
Published on Oct. 15, 2004

“When they count farms in the ag census, the definition they use is ‘any place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were produced or sold, or normally would have been sold’ during the census year." Craig Infanger, UK Agricultural Economist