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Anyone planning field scouting based on the tables in the guide should begin checking 10 days prior to the predicted first flowering date. Chad Lee UK Extension Agronomist

“This is a chance for them to explore and see what’s available and how to take care of what they already have. It is spring and you kind of want a new look in your home.” Christine Rivera UK Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences in Caldwell Co.

When farmers are out in the field, they need to know what the agricultural weather situation is right then – especially the current radar." Tom Priddy UK Agricultural Meteorologist

“Their land is so different, their soil is so different, and their needs are so different than what we can even fathom.” Marlene McComas KEHA International Chair

The field day is an annual event of the UK Wheat Science Group. This year’s program begins at 8:45 a.m. and concludes at noon with a lunch provided by the Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association.

“Over the past 20 years, the Lloyd's market has donated to the Department of Veterinary Science, and we have been delighted to do so.” Julian Lloyd, Chairman of Lloyd's Livestock Committee and Bloodstock Underwriter at Hiscox

“If the common burning bush is truly invasive, and if the Rudy Haag variety is a noninvasive alternative, I’d like to see that we’d be able to step up and fill that niche in the market and that our nurserymen would be able to profit from that.” Cindy Finneseth Seed Testing Coordinator

“To me what’s so exciting is that if we’ve been able to have growth here in the state in the last two to three years with the economic situation so bleak, it’s only going to improve. It’s going to continue to improve as the economy improves." Benjy Mikel UK Extension Meat Scientist

“We’ve seen where the earlier we plant, the better the yields. We’re probably more than 60 to 65 percent done. We had three good days last week and five good days again this week." Rankin Powell UK Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Union Co.

“We are trying to instruct the six core curriculums that 4-H is emphasizing – agriculture, family and consumer science, leadership, communications, environment and health." Paula Tarry UK Extension Agent for 4-H Youth Development in Barren Co.