NEP-250: Growing Your Own: Winter Squash and Pumpkins

Erika Olsen, Rick Durham, Rachel Rudolph | September 26, 2025 (New)

Winter squash and pumpkins are grown until their ripe fruit has a hard rind and mature seeds inside. It can be fun to harvest their fruits for decoration or store them to eat in the winter.

CLD4-5: Developing Effective Program Evaluation Surveys

Omolola Adedokun, Jacqueline Corum | September 26, 2025 (New)

A program evaluation survey is a set of questions for gathering data to help determine if (or the extent to which) a program achieved its outcomes. Surveys are inexpensive and offer program evaluators the opportunity to gather anonymized data from program participants, thereby promoting honesty in responses. However, surveys are not without limitations. They are subject to recall bias and limited by self-reporting and potential misunderstanding or misinterpretation of questions or response options.1 Despite these drawbacks, surveys are the most common tool for collecting data about the outcomes and impact of Extension programs.

AEC-102: Kentucky ANR Agent Land Value and Cash Rent Survey

Greg Halich, Thomas Keene | September 22, 2025 (New)

In January of 2025, Agriculture and Natural Resource (ANR) agents were surveyed to estimate land values and rental rates for various types of farmland. A total of 70 ANR agents completed this survey out of 120 counties, representing approximately 60% of the state total. These responses were distributed between the three geographic regions as follows: Western Kentucky (28), Central Kentucky (25), and Eastern Kentucky (17). These regions were further divided into eight subregions based on similar land attributes. This document summarizes the results from this survey. Dollar values are rounded to the nearest $5-10 for rental rates and $100 for land values.

NEP-249: Growing Your Own: Cabbage

Erika Olsen, Rick Durham, Rachel Rudolph | September 4, 2025 (New)

Cabbage is a cool-season crop that is rich in vitamins. In Kentucky, it can grow from March to December. Cabbage can be eaten raw or cooked.

NEP-235: Cook Wild Kentucky: White-Tailed Deer

Annhall Norris, Wooldridge Bloomfield. Becky, Copley Andrew, Coots Easton, Knappage Elizabeth, Rentfrow Jann, Robinson Gregg, Springer Jen, Walters Matthew, Yount Jackie, Cline Martha | September 4, 2025 (New)

Kentucky has a mixture of woodlands, grasslands, wetlands, and farmland. This makes it a great habitat for wildlife species such as white-tailed deer. The white-tailed deer is common throughout Kentucky, with a population close to one million. You can see white-tailed deer grazing in forests, pastures, and crop fields. They are a prized resource, supplying food, clothing, and fun.

NEP-248: Growing Your Own: Peas

Erika Olsen, Rick Durham, Rachel Rudolph | September 2, 2025 (New)

Peas are a cool-season crop that are high in fiber and low in fat. Pea pods or shelled peas are a crispy, sweet snack and fun to pick and eat.

NEP-247: Growing Your Own: Raspberries

Erika Olsen, Rick Durham, Rachel Rudolph | August 21, 2025 (New)

Raspberries can be costly to buy, but you can grow them in your backyard. Plant their perennial roots and your raspberry patch will grow new canes each spring. You can pick your own fresh berries for years to come.

NEP-246: Growing Your Own: Carrots

Erika Olsen, Rick Durham, Rachel Rudolph | August 21, 2025 (New)

Carrots are a sweet and tasty cool-season vegetable. They have a lot of vitamin A, which is good for your eyes. Also, pulling fresh carrots out of the ground is always fun for kids—and adults.

AGR-64: Establishing Livestock Pastures and Hayfields

Ray Smith, Jimmy Henning, Chris Teutsch, Stephanie Smith | August 20, 2025 (Major Revision)

Profitable ruminant livestock operations depend on the production of high-quality forages. High yields can only be obtained from a dense, vigorous stand of an adapted forage species. The first step in obtaining such a stand is establishment. The establishment phase of forage production is critical because the response to all other management inputs depends on having a healthy and vigorous stand. Successful forage establishment requires careful planning and attention to detail.

FOR-179: Woodland Invasive Plant Management Series: Autumn Olive

Ellen Crocker, Jacob Muller, Joseph Omielan | August 14, 2025 (New)

Autumn olive was introduced from Asia in the 1800s and was promoted for many years for erosion control, as a windbreak, and to create wildlife habitat. Since that time, autumn olive has invaded much of eastern North America. While it is most problematic on reclaimed mining sites, it can colonize a diverse range of habitats including closed canopy forests.