News Archive: Extension
Study to determine efficient use of cover crops following double-crop soybeans
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Dec. 4, 2018
Seeding a cover crop to follow double-crop soybeans can be tricky. UK specialists are researching the best way to do it.
Ky. agricultural receipts hold steady, but net cash income drops
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Nov. 28, 2018
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.”
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.
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.”
UK program teaches kids cooking, nutrition and so much more
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Nov. 1, 2018
The cooking and nutrition program has been a huge success in Owen County for nearly a decade.
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.
UK extension agents receive national accolades
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Oct. 8, 2018
UK family and consumer sciences extension agents recently received several national awards.