Intro for show E8S1

Hello everybody!  And welcome to Kentucky Ag Matters, a podcast designed to inform and educate both producers and consumers about all matters affecting Agriculture. Special thanks to WKDZ, Your Ag edge Network for their help in bringing you this show. On this week’s show David, Jay and Vicki will visit with Dr. Jonathon Larson, UK Extension Entomologist to discuss This week’s topic, Insect issues from 2021 and predictions for 2022. 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!

Podcast Outline for E8S1

Welcome to the show!

This week your hosts sit down with Dr. Jonathon Larson to discuss Insect problems faced by producers in 2021 and gather his thoughts about potential insect issues in 2022.

Timely Tip-Regular field scouting of crops is the best way to stay ahead of pest challenges during the upcoming growing season.

Exit for Show

Thanks’ this week to Dr. Jonathon Larson 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

Kentucky Ag Matters!!!

Intro for show E7S1

Hello everybody!  And welcome to Kentucky Ag Matters, a podcast designed to inform and educate both producers and consumers about all matters affecting Agriculture. Special thanks to WKDZ, Your Ag edge Network for their help in bringing you this show. On this week’s show David, Jay and Vicki will visit with Dr. Andy Bailey, Extension Dark Tobacco Specialist for UK and UT to discuss Tobacco Transplant Production in the Greenhouse. Our weekly topic will be Tobacco production and managing high input prices. 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!

Podcast Outline for E7S1

Welcome to the show!

This week your hosts sit down with Dr. Andy Bailey, Extension Dark Tobacco Specialist ahead of a county meeting to discuss Tobacco Transplant Production in the greenhouse. Dr Bailey will also weigh in on this week’s Ag Issue and give his tips and suggestions on how producers can manage input costs in 2022.

Dr. Bailey’s topic-Transplant production in the greenhouse.

This week’s Ag Issue-Tobacco production and increased input costs.

Timely Tip-Evaluate your sucker control options and make sure your product will be available.

Exit for Show

Thanks’ this week to Dr. Andy Bailey 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

Kentucky Ag Matters!!!

Intro for show E6S1

Hello everybody!  And welcome to Kentucky Ag Matters, a podcast designed to inform and educate both producers and consumers about all matters affecting Agriculture. Special thanks to WKDZ, Your Ag edge Network for their help in bringing you this show. On this week’s show David, Jay and Vicki will visit with Dr. Greg Halich, UK Extension Ag Economist to discuss Bale Grazing. Our weekly topic will be Surviving High Input Costs during 2022. 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!

Podcast Outline for E6S1

Welcome to the show!

This week your hosts sit down with Dr. Greg Halich, UK Extension Ag economist ahead of a county meeting to discuss bale grazing and how it can be used as a winter-feeding strategy. Dr Halich will also weigh in on this week’s Ag Issue and give his tips and suggestions on how producers can Survive with this year’s high input costs.

Dr. Halich’s topic-Bale Grazing

This week’s Ag Issue-Surviving high input costs during the 2022 Season.

Timely Tip-Feeding High Magnesium mineral ahead of spring grazing season.

Exit for Show

Thanks’ this week to Dr. Greg Halich 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

Kentucky Ag Matters!!!

David, Jay, and Vicki sit down this week with Hancock County ANR Agent Evan Tate to discuss the upcoming Midwest Beef Summit, as well as the current outbreak of Avian Influenza in Kentucky. This week's timely tip is to review your current Private Applicator's certifications to make sure they are up to date. 

Hosts Jay Stone, Vicki Shadrick and David Fourqurean discuss Extension's role in helping Farm families during the recovery after the devastating tornado outbreak of December 2021.

Hosts Jay Stone, Vicki Shadrick and David Fourqurean sit down with UK Forage specialist Dr. Chris Teutsch to discuss ways producers can maximize their grazing days and extend their grazing season.

Jay and David sit down with Dr. Chad Lee from the University of Kentucky to discuss the challenges faced by producers during the 2021 growing season.

Kentucky Ag Matters is a podcast brought to you by the County Extension Offices in Hopkins, McLean, and Webster counties in Western Kentucky. On this first show you will meet the hosts of the show: Jay Stone in Hopkins County, David Fourqurean in McLean County, and Vicki Shadrick from Webster County.  On this weeks show, the hosts will discuss topics and issues currently related to Production agriculture such as, Fertilizer prices, Input availabilities, and International trade.  We will wind the show up with timely tips that producers should be thinking about during this time of the year.  We hope you enjoy the show!