News by County

“Our speakers include dairy specialists, farmers and other industry leaders and there's something for everyone in terms of beneficial information.” Donna Amaral-Phillips, UK Extension dairy specialist

Alfalfa is a versatile crop and can be used for pasture, hay, silage, green-chop, soil improvement and soil conservation. It has great potential for the cash hay market and for grazing. Garry Lacefield, UK Extension forage specialist

“These are substantial programs that are having direct, measurable impacts on families and communities throughout the Commonwealth and we're extremely pleased that Senator McConnell has enable us to strengthen our efforts in these areas.” Scott Smith, dean, UK College of Agriculture

“Few plants draw as much attention in the landscape as those that bloom early." Rick Durham, UK Extension Consumer Horticulture Specialist

“If you reduce the bacteria count you increase the safety of an already safe product.” Melissa Newman, meats researcher, UK College of Agriculture

“One thing I really want growers to consider is that we have tools now that can control just about anything they see on a preventative basis,” he said. “If you go out and buy all these controls based on what you can control, you are going to spend a lot of money, or you can control only what you nee

“Novel sources of resistance must be found and they are searching. Seed companies and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are putting in a lot of money to find resistance.” Don Hershman, UK plant pathologist

"...some of the counties that traditionally rank low were among those showing the greatest improvement.” Gary Hansen, UK Extension Sociologist

“What we're doing is taking what used to be a paper accounting system and individually tying the identity of the animals to that system so we can quickly and easily find a particular animal.” Jim Akers, coordinator, beef Integrated Resource Management coordinator

"We are working on season extension for farmers who are phasing out of tobacco and looking for other market opportunities." Shane Bogle, UK Extension associate for vegetable production