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.

Travel show featuring UK students, professor to air on KET

By Katie Pratt
Published on Nov. 13, 2018

“Transformative Travels: Exploring Kentucky,” will air in six episodes during December and January on the KET network.

A horse theft cold case is focus of November’s Kentucky Proud Evening

Published on Nov. 9, 2018

The November installment of the Kentucky Proud Evenings series, Wednesday, Nov. 14, includes a discussion of the book, “Taking Shergar: Thoroughbred Racing’s Most Famous Cold Case.”

Alley to deliver UK S.H. Phillips No-till Lecture

By Katie Pratt
Published on Nov. 8, 2018

Alley, a professor emeritus at Virginia Tech, has made signficant contributions to no-till research.

Fragipan Field Day shows research breakthrough to farmers

By Katie Pratt
Published on Oct. 10, 2018

Farmers got an upclose look at a UK research breakthrough that should increase their yields.