Kentucky Ag Matters

2022 Crop Wrap up with Dr. Chad Lee

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Hello everybody!  And welcome to Kentucky Ag Matters, a podcast designed to inform and educate both producers and consumers about all matters affecting Agriculture. On this week’s show David, Jay and Vicki will visit with Dr. Chad Lee, Extension professor for Grain Crops. Our weekly topic will be the lessons learned in 2022 to help prepare for the 2023 crop season. And as always, we will wrap things up with this week’s Timely Tip. Thanks so much for joining us and we hope you enjoy the show!

 

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Welcome to the show!

This week your hosts sit down with Dr. Chad Lee, Extension Professor for Grain Crops. Dr. Lee will discuss the lessons learned in 2022 to help prepare for the 2023 crop season.

 

Timely Tip- Take advantage of educational opportunities to improve your operation and get involved with commodity associations to stay abreast of current topics.

 

Useful Links

https://www.kygrains.info/ - UK Grain Crops website 

http://www2.ca.uky.edu/agcomm/pubs/agr/agr1/agr1.pdf - Lime and fertilizer recommendations and considerations 

 

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Frost seeding clover with Dr. Ray Smith

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Hello everybody!  And welcome to Kentucky Ag Matters, a podcast designed to inform and educate both producers and consumers about all matters affecting Agriculture. On this week’s show David, Jay and Vicki will visit with Dr. Ray Smith, Extension Forage Specialist to discuss the importance of frost seeding clover in pastures and hayfields as well as winter grazing options. And as always, we will wrap things up with this week’s Timely Tip. Thanks so much for joining us and we hope you enjoy the show!

 

 

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Welcome to the show!

 

This week your hosts sit down with Dr. Ray Smith. Dr Smith will discuss the importance and timing of frost seeding clover in pastures/ hayfields as well as options for winter grazing.

 

Timely Tip-Have your fertility on order including soil amendments before considering frost seeding clovers in your pastures and hayfields.

 

Useful Links - 

https://forages.ca.uky.edu/ - 

 

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Thanks’ this week to Dr. Ray Smith and our hosts for this week’s information and thanks to our listeners for joining in. We hope you have enjoyed our show and will make plans to join us again next week for our next episode. And until then remember

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Grain Storage with Dr. Sam McNeill

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Hello everybody!  And welcome to Kentucky Ag Matters, a podcast designed to inform and educate both producers and consumers about all matters affecting Agriculture. On this week’s show David, Jay and Vicki will visit with Sam McNeil, Extension Professor with the University of Kentucky. This week we will discuss Grain Handling and Storage.  And as always, we will wrap things up with this week’s Timely Tip. Thanks so much for joining us and we hope you enjoy the show!

 

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Welcome to the show!

 

This week your hosts sit down with Sam McNeil, Extension Professor with the University of Kentucky.

 

Timely Tip- Check your bins and look at your grain so you know what to expect when it’s time to start hauling!

 

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Thanks to Sam McNeil and to our hosts for this week’s information and thanks to our listeners for joining in. We hope you have enjoyed our show and will make plans to join us again next week for our next episode. And until then remember

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Farm Programs with Tom Miller

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Hello everybody!  And welcome to Kentucky Ag Matters, a podcast designed to inform and educate both producers and consumers about all matters affecting Agriculture. On this week’s show David, Jay and Vicki will visit with Tom Miller, County Extension Agent for Ag and Natural Resources in Ballard County. This week we will discuss USDA Farm Programs.  And as always, we will wrap things up with this week’s Timely Tip. Thanks so much for joining us and we hope you enjoy the show!

 

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Welcome to the show!

 

This week your hosts sit down with Tom Miller, Ag and Natural Resources agent in Ballard County, Kentucky.

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Timely Tip-Contact your local USDA office and verify all your information is turned in and correct before upcoming deadlines!

 

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Impacts of Genetic Improvements (CAIP) with Dr. Darrh Bullock

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Hello everybody!  And welcome to Kentucky Ag Matters, a podcast designed to inform and educate both producers and consumers about all matters affecting Agriculture. On this week’s show David, Jay and Vicki will visit with Dr. Darrh Bullock, Extension professor Department of Animal and Food Sciences. Our weekly topic will be the long-term impacts of the genetic improvement program (CAIP) for beef cattle in KY. And as always, we will wrap things up with this week’s Timely Tip. Thanks so much for joining us and we hope you enjoy the show!

 

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Welcome to the show!

This week your hosts sit down with Dr. Darrh Bullock, Extension Professor, Department of Animal and Food Sciences. Dr. Bullock will discuss the long term impact of genetic improvement program (CAIP) for beef cattle in KY.

 

Timely Tip- Know the genetic background of your herd before selecting genetics to make improvements in your herd.

 

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Thanks’ this week to Dr. Darrh Bullock and our hosts for this week’s information and thanks to our listeners for joining in. We hope you have enjoyed our show and will make plans to join us again next week for our next episode. And until then remember

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Insights to the Kentucky Soybean Board with Keith Tapp

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Hello everybody!  And welcome to Kentucky Ag Matters, a podcast designed to inform and educate both producers and consumers about all matters affecting Agriculture. On this week’s show David, Jay and Vicki will visit with Keith Tapp, Webster County Farmer and past Chairman of the United Soybean Board. This week we will discuss our commodity groups, particularly soybean commodity groups and how they advocate for producers.  And as always, we will wrap things up with this week’s Timely Tip. Thanks so much for joining us and we hope you enjoy the show!

 

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Welcome to the show!

 

This week your hosts sit down with Keith Tapp, past chairman of United Soybean Board and Webster County, KY Farmer.

 

Timely Tip-Be engaged with your commodity groups!

 

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Thanks to Keith Tapp and our hosts for this week’s information and thanks to our listeners for joining in. We hope you have enjoyed our show and will make plans to join us again next week for our next episode. And until then remember

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Precision Ag and the Economics of Ag technology with Dr. Jordan Shockley

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Hello everybody!  And welcome to Kentucky Ag Matters, a podcast designed to inform and educate both producers and consumers about all matters affecting Agriculture. On this week’s show David, Jay and Vicki will visit with Dr. Jordan Shockley, Associate Extension Professor University of Kentucky Ag Economics. Our weekly topic will be Precision Ag and Ag Tech Economics. And as always, we will wrap things up with this week’s Timely Tip. Thanks so much for joining us and we hope you enjoy the show!

 

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Welcome to the show!

This week your hosts sit down with Dr. Jordan Shockley, Associate Extension Professor University of Kentucky Ag Economics. Dr. Shockley will discuss all things precision agriculture and Ag Tech Economics. In other words what advances in precision ag/ag technology can you afford to implement in your operation.

 

Timely Tip-What’s profitable for your neighbor may not be profitable for you. Just like soils there is variability in the economic benefits of precision ag technology.

 

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Thanks’ this week to Dr. Jordan Shockley and our hosts for this week’s information and thanks to our listeners for joining in. We hope you have enjoyed our show and will make plans to join us again next week for our next episode. And until then remember

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Long Term Weather forecasts with Matt Dixon

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Hello everybody!  And welcome to Kentucky Ag Matters, a podcast designed to inform and educate both producers and consumers about all matters affecting Agriculture. On this week’s show David, Jay and Vicki will visit with Matt Dixon, Senior Meteorologist University of Kentucky Department of Ag Engineering. Our weekly topic will be the long-term weather outlook in KY and weather-related disasters. And as always, we will wrap things up with this week’s Timely Tip. Thanks so much for joining us and we hope you enjoy the show!

 

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Welcome to the show!

This week your hosts sit down with Matt Dixon, Senior Meteorologist University of Kentucky Department of Ag Engineering. Mr. Dixon will discuss the long-term weather outlook in Ky and weather-related disasters.

 

Timely Tip- Educate yourself on watching weather trends and have disaster readiness plans before you need them.

 

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Thanks’ this week to Mr. Matt Dixon and our hosts for this week’s information and thanks to our listeners for joining in. We hope you have enjoyed our show and will make plans to join us again next week for our next episode. And until then remember

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Feeding the Fall Calving Herd with Dr. Jeff Lehmkuhler

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Hello everybody!  And welcome to Kentucky Ag Matters, a podcast designed to inform and educate both producers and consumers about all matters affecting Agriculture. On this week’s show David, Jay and Vicki will visit with Dr. Jeff Lehmkuler, Associate Extension professor Department of Animal and Food Sciences. Our weekly topic will be meeting the nutritional needs of the fall calving herd this winter. And as always, we will wrap things up with this week’s Timely Tip. Thanks so much for joining us and we hope you enjoy the show!

 

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Welcome to the show!

This week your hosts sit down with Dr. Jeff Lehmkuler, Associate Extension Professor, Department of Animal and Food Sciences. Dr. Lehmkuler will discuss meeting the nutritional needs of the fall calving herd this winter.  

 

Timely Tip- Match the nutritional needs of your cow herd with the best available forage resources you have and supplement as needed.

 

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Thanks’ this week to Dr. Jeff Lehmkuler and our hosts for this week’s information and thanks to our listeners for joining in. We hope you have enjoyed our show and will make plans to join us again next week for our next episode. And until then remember

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What is Extension? with Dr. Laura Stephenson

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Hello everybody!  And welcome to Kentucky Ag Matters, a podcast designed to inform and educate both producers and consumers about all matters affecting Agriculture. On this week’s show David, Jay and Vicki will visit with Dr. Laura Stephenson, Associate Dean, Director of the Cooperative Extension Service. Our weekly topic will be “What is Extension” and how did Extension respond to recent natural disasters in KY. And as always, we will wrap things up with this week’s Timely Tip. Thanks so much for joining us and we hope you enjoy the show!

 

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Welcome to the show!

This week your hosts sit down with Dr. Laura Stephenson, Associate Dean and Director of the Cooperative Extension Service. Dr. Stephenson will discuss “What is Extension” and how did Extension respond to recent natural disasters in KY.

 

Timely Tip- get involved with your local Extension Service and help improve your community.

 

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Thanks’ this week to Dr. Laura Stephenson and our hosts for this week’s information and thanks to our listeners for joining in. We hope you have enjoyed our show and will make plans to join us again next week for our next episode. And until then remember