News Archive: Biosystems Ag Engineering
Spray Clinic helps producers make better informed applications
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Katie Pratt
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The clinic covered sprayer set-up, calibration and maintenance, ways to make more efficient herbicide and fungicide applications and tips to prevent herbicide drift
UK turns food waste into useable material
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Meg Mills
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The college is able to leverage existing facilities and equipment and its composting expertise to divert valuable, nutrient rich food waste from the landfill and return it to the land as a soil amendment.
Stephenson named director of UK Cooperative Extension Service
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Laura Skillman
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Stephenson begins her duties on Aug. 1.
KYH2O podcast entertaining way to learn about water resources
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Carol Lea Spence
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KYH2O, a new podcast series produced by the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, examines the importance of our most vital natural resource, water.
Registration for UK’s Expanding Your Horizons Conference open
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Carol Lea Spence
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The University of Kentucky is hosting the third annual Expanding Your Horizons Conference for middle school girls and their parents April 20.
Annual book drive promotes literacy
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Carol Lea Spence
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Alpha Epsilon's book drive runs from Feb. 15 through March 30.
Ready Clarabelle for her close-up: UK scientists need pictures of cows for research project
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Katie Pratt
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UK researchers are working on facial recognition software for cows to help make producer's jobs easier.
UK Water Week 2018 focuses on community engagement
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Carol Lea Spence
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UK’s Water Week 2018, Oct. 15–19, will focus on humanitarian efforts and community engagement in the struggle to provide all people with access to clean water.
Increased awareness, engagement are goals of Backyard Streams program
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Carol Lea Spence
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A new program and online course from UK Cooperative Extension will help homeowners with backyard streams appreciate the resource, protect personal property and improve water quality and habitat.
UK researchers to use lignin to make next generation batteries
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Katie Pratt
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The project is specifically studying the possiblity of using peach pits and walnut shells to make batteries.
