Home Gardening Offers More Than Just Nutritional Benefits

By Aimee Heald-Nielson
Published on Jul. 23, 2004

“Involvement in gardening helps promote healthy habits." Rick Durham UK Extension Consumer Horticulture Specialist

Sewing Camp Teaches More Than Needles and Thread

By Aimee Heald-Nielson
Published on Jul. 23, 2004

“Once you learn to sew, that’s a skill you can use for the rest of your life." Jennifer Klee UK Extension Agent for 4-H Youth Development in Woodford Co.

Extension Disaster Education Network Enhancing Efforts Nationally and in Kentucky

Published on Jul. 21, 2004

“It's important that people not rely on just a single means of obtaining their information, but instead have multiple ways of getting information.” William Nesmith, UK Extension plant pathologist and EDEN team member

Grain Crops Showing Promise

By Laura Skillman
Published on Jul. 21, 2004

“We’ve got the remainder of July and all of August to go, which is a very critical period. Most of the grain fill in corn will be occurring during that time.” Jim Herbek, Extension grains specialist

Kentucky 4-Hers Elect New State Officers

By Haven Miller
Published on Jul. 14, 2004

“An officer might go a couple of hundred miles in a month when carrying out his or her official duties.” Mark Mains, Extension associate for 4-H youth development

UK's Eden Shale Research Farm: Helping Farmers Nearly 50 Years

By Ellen Brightwell
Published on Jul. 14, 2004

"We're weaning calves close to 600 pounds off infected tall fescue. This shows that you can successfully raise cattle on fescue by using various management practices." Joe Wyles, Eden Shale Research Farm manager

Hay Storage Program Reduces Losses

By Laura Skillman
Published on Jul. 14, 2004

“It has helped us to move the whole quality emphasis forward. It is something that will be paying back in Kentucky livestock forage production for years to come.” Garry Lacefield, Extension forage specialist

Growing Conditions Prove A Challenge For Tobacco Producers

By Laura Skillman
Published on Jul. 14, 2004

“We know from past experience a wet start is bad for tobacco production. Wet conditions early in the season significantly reduce root growth and leave the crop less tolerant of the dry conditions that often occur later in the season.” Bob Pearce, Extension tobacco specialist

UK Ag Engineering Students are International Runners-Up in Tractor Design Competition

By Haven Miller
Published on Jul. 14, 2004

“Considering that more than 25 schools compete in this event it's a tremendous accomplishment.” Scott Shearer, faculty adviser, UK Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

Frequent Rains Hamper Fly Control Efforts for Livestock Producers

By Aimee Heald-Nielson
Published on Jul. 7, 2004

“Sanitation and manure management around confinement areas is the key to breaking fly life cycles." Lee Townsend UK College of Agriculture Entomologist