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The Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service is the most comprehensive outreach and engagement program at the University of Kentucky.

Our mission, simply stated, is to make a difference in the lives of Kentucky citizens through research-based education. Jointly with our other land-grant partner, Kentucky State University, we take the University to the people in their local communities, addressing issues of importance of all Kentuckians.


Kentucky Grazing Schools focus on improving pasture management

cattle grazingGrazing is the most cost effective way for producers to feed their ruminant animals. The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture will host the Kentucky Grazing School at two different times and locations this year to help producers better manage their grazing systems. [more]

UK researchers find important new disease

UK researchers find important new diseaseUniversity of Kentucky College of Agriculture specialists are encouraging Kentucky wheat producers and crop consultants to scout their fields for a new disease that could have important implications for future crop years. [more]

Nominations accepted for Kentucky Agricultural Leadership Program

Nominations accepted for Kentucky Agricultural Leadership ProgramThe Kentucky Agricultural Leadership Program is accepting applications for Class X.

KALP, housed in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, is an intensive two-year program designed for young agricultural producers and agribusiness individuals from Kentucky and Tennessee. [more]

Warm weather leads to exceptionally early silage harvest

Warm weather leads to exceptionally early silage harvestLike most producers, Adair County dairy farmer Jonathan Gaskins regularly checks the progress of his forage crops, but he found a big surprise when checking his wheat fields early this spring.

“We were thinking we had two or three more weeks. But we came out here and checked it, and it was ready to harvest,” he said. [more]

Hay yields down

hay yields downAs many hay producers make their first cutting, they are finding lower-than-normal yields. The lower yields are due to a variety of reasons and depend on the type of hay produced and the producer’s location, said Ray Smith, extension forage specialist with the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture. [more]

Dry weather causing some early season concerns

Dry weather causing some early season concernsDry weather this spring has some producers worrying about young crops already in the ground or those soon to be. [more]

Who let the bulls out?

Who let the bulls out?With spring calves hitting the ground around the state, Kentucky cattle producers should begin to plan now for the breeding season to follow. Most young, healthy cows come back into heat within a few weeks after calving. [more]

Heal the land, heal the nation

Heal the land, heal the nationKentucky now has roots in Pennsylvania. On a blustery Saturday in late April, with rain pressing in from the western horizon, representatives of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture joined 150 volunteers in opening the soil and laying in thousands of tree seedlings in the highlands of southwestern Pennsylvania. [more]

UK Wheat Field Day is fast approaching

UK Wheat Field Day is fast approachingMembers of the University of Kentucky Wheat Science Group will discuss important and timely topics related to wheat production during their annual field day. This year’s wheat field day is from 8:30 a.m. until noon CDT, Tuesday, May 15 at the UK Research Farm in Princeton. [more]

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S-107 Ag Science Bldg. North
Lexington, KY 40546-0091
Phone: 859-257-4302
Fax: 859-257-3501
darlene.mylin@uky.edu

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