PR-853: 2024 Alfalfa Report

Gene Olson, Ray Smith, Jimmy Henning, Chris Teutsch | Dec. 4, 2024 (New)

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) has historically been the highest-yielding, highest-quality forage legume grown in Kentucky. It is an important part of Kentucky’s cash hay enterprise and is an important component in dairy, horse, beef, and sheep diets.
Choosing a good variety is a key step in establishing a stand of alfalfa. The choice of variety can impact yield, thickness of stand, and persistence.

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NEP-238: Growing Your Own: Cucumbers

Erika Olsen, Rachel Rudolph, Rick Durham | Nov. 12, 2024 (New)

Cucumbers are a warm-weather crop that you can grow from a seed or transplant. They give many harvests over one to two months and can be enjoyed fresh or pickled.

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FCS3-571: Fiber: Are You Bulking Up on the Benefits?

Ingrid Adams | Nov. 12, 2024 (Major Revision)

You may have heard you should eat more fiber, but do you know why? Fiber, in adequate amounts, decreases the risk for heart disease, supports blood sugar management, improves digestive health, and contributes to weight management.

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FCS3-104: Lactose Intolerance

Sandra Bastin | Nov. 12, 2024 (Major Revision)

Lactose intolerance is the inability to digest lactose, the natural sugar found in most dairy products. Lactase, an enzyme our bodies produce, breaks down lactose into simpler units during digestion. Some people do not produce enough lactase or do not produce lactase at all. In this case, the lactose does not get broken down into smaller units. Instead, the lactose is fermented in the colon. This fermentation process often produces common symptoms of lactose intolerance, including bloating, abdominal gas or pain, diarrhea, and nausea.

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AGR-6: Weed Control Recommendations for Kentucky Grain Crops, 2025

Travis Legleiter | Nov. 6, 2024 (Minor Revision)

The use of herbicides suggested in this publication is based on research at the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station and elsewhere. We have given what we believe to be the most effective herbicides, with the most suitable rates and times of application.

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CLD4-3: Identifying Extension Program Outcomes

Omolola Adedokun | Nov. 1, 2024 (New)

The goal of Extension is to translate research into actionable knowledge and skills that clients can use to effect behavior change and improve their lives, livelihoods, and communities. However, Extension faces stricter requirements for accountability and increasing demand for impact documentation to justify continued funding. Hence, Extension evaluation has become much more outcome and impact driven.

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CLD4-4: Writing Effective Success Stories

Omolola Adedokun | Nov. 1, 2024 (New)

A success story is a tool for communicating program impacts with stakeholders including local, state, and federal legislators; county leaders; advisory groups; university administrators; program partners; and funding agencies. An effective success story is brief and concise—it should be about three-quarters of a page and no more than a page. An important key to writing a compelling success story is to answer four core questions: What was the issue, need, or opportunity that the Extension program or outreach addressed? What did Extension do (and who did Extension partner with) to address the issue or opportunity? Who participated or benefitted from Extension’s efforts to address the issue or opportunity? What changes occurred in individuals, groups, families, businesses, or in the community because of Extension’s efforts?

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NEP-237: Growing Your Own: Basil

Erika Olsen, Rachel Rudolph, Rick Durham | Oct. 31, 2024 (New)

Basil is a flavorful herb that is easy to grow in pots or garden beds. It is a key part of Italian food, as well as Thai, Vietnamese, and Indonesian cuisines. Growing fresh basil can add great flavor to your meals for little cost.

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PR-851: 2024 Kentucky Soybean Variety Performance Trials

Dalton Mertz, Bill Bruening, Cam Kenimer, Phillip Shine | Oct. 30, 2024 (New)

The Kentucky Soybean Variety Performance Trials are conducted to provide an unbiased and objective estimate of the relative performance of soybean varieties commercially available in Kentucky. Annual evaluation of soybean varieties provides farmers, seed producers, and other agricultural workers with current information to help them select the varieties best adapted to their locality and individual requirements.

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NEP-227s: Cosechando Lo Suyo: La Remolacha

Rachel Rudolph, Rick Durham | Oct. 29, 2024 (New)

La remolacha o betabel, sembrado en la primavera, crece bien en Kentucky. Es fácil de cultivar y rápido en madurar. Tanto las raíces como las hojas se pueden comer.