News Archive: Events
Siemer Milling gives $1 million to UK Grain and Forage Center
By
Laura Skillman
Published on Jan. 18, 2019
The gift will support initiatves to improve grain quality and agronomic productivity in wheat.
Woodland Stewards webinar series is a “primer for beginners”
By
Carol Lea Spence
Published on Jan. 17, 2019
UK Cooperative Extension Service will offer a series of free webinars, Getting to Know Your Woodlands: A Primer for Beginners, on five successive Thursday evenings in February and March.
Presentation will connect the dots between nature and health
By
Carol Lea Spence
Published on Jan. 10, 2019
UK's Urban Forest Initiative will host a free, public presentation, Green Heart Louisville: Connecting the Dots Between Nature and Our Health, by Chris Chandler of The Nature Conservancy on the UK campus Wednesday, Jan. 23.
UK’s Winter Wheat Meeting is Jan. 8
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Dec. 20, 2018
UK specialists will cover timely wheat industry topics during the meeting.
UK Ag Equine Programs to host revamped Equine Showcase, Equine Vet Continuing Education
By
Holly Wiemers
Published on Dec. 19, 2018
University of Kentucky Ag Equine Programs will host the 8th Annual UK Equine Showcase in conjunction with an Equine Vet Continuing Education session (formerly known as the Kentucky Breeders’ Short Course) Jan. 25-26.
2019 Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference set for Jan. 7-8
By
Carol Lea Spence
Published on Nov. 28, 2018
Fruit and vegetable producers will find much information to help their enterprises at the 2019 Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference in Lexington.
UK students sought as STEM leaders for Expanding Your Horizons conference
By
Carol Lea Spence
Published on Nov. 27, 2018
Expanding Your Horizons is a one-day conference for middle school girls, the purpose of which is to expose them to the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
WWI Christmas truce is subject of next Kentucky Proud Evening
Published on Nov. 26, 2018
The December installment of the Kentucky Proud Evenings series, Thursday, Dec. 6, presents Terri Blom Crocker, author of “The Christmas Truce: Myth, Memory, and the First World War.”
Forum to discuss importance of tree inventories in urban areas
By
Carol Lea Spence
Published on Nov. 19, 2018
Urban forestry professionals and University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment students will gather for a panel discussion and community forum, Seeing the Forest Through the Trees, Wednesday, Nov. 28.
Tree Farmer of the Year shows off well-managed woodlands
By
Carol Lea Spence
Published on Nov. 16, 2018
Clifton Taylor wrote his first management plan in 1972 and entered the tree farm system in 1974. Not many people nationwide can say they’ve been in the tree farm system for as long as the Taylors.