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“The temperature determines how often cows need to be soaked with water. Under severe heat stress, cows should be soaked every five minutes, along with fans to blow fresh air over them. Under less severe stress, soaking can be cut back to every 10 to 15 minutes." Bill Crist, Extension dairy specia

“Horses need fresh, clean water available at all times. Routinely checking and cleaning water containers on a regular basis is vital. It ensures your horses will have water available from a container they will actually drink from.” Bob Coleman , Extension horse specialist

“I think we are looking at a real good wheat crop. I don’t think it will be a record because of late planting due to an excessively wet fall. But the crop did recover and grow well during the winter.” Lloyd Murdock, Extension agronomist

“Hopefully IPM is helping all of us by reducing the number of pesticides that are used – especially pesticides that are used in an ineffective or inefficient manner." Amy Fulcher UK Extension Associate for Nursery Crops

The benefits of baled silage are more timely harvest, lower dry matter losses during curing and storage, less chance of rain damage and better retention of leaves in high-quality forage crops such as red clover and alfalfa.

This is a new and upcoming business that is so important to agriculture, the environment, state of Kentucky and the community. Mick Henderson Commonwealth Agri-Energy General Manager

“I just want people to see that there are alternatives to get us to the future. I want to show people that ethanol could be a part of the equation in solving the fuel issue. It’s a bridge between natural gas and petroleum.” Chris Lappe

“I was familiar with some of the concepts but had never done a project where LID was the focus. It especially affected the way I approach new design projects.” Ryan Bandy UK Landscape Architecture Senior

“I’m hoping they will know a little bit about how much things cost and how important their parents are and they will see that everything is not free and cheap, so they need to conserve their money.” Amanda Lauer UK Extension Agent for 4-H Youth Development in Boone County

“The results indicate the GreenSeeker technology can aid in nitrogen management decisions by giving farmers the confidence they need to decrease their overall nitrogen application." Greg Schwab, UK Extension Plant and Soil Scientist