University of Kentucky Animal & Food Sciences Department

09/03/2026

How much hay do your horses need?

For more information, contact your County Extension Office at (https://directory.ca.uky.edu/view-by-county).

09/03/2026

Bale Grazing in the Fast Lane Part 1
Beef Bits Podcast

• (2-part series) Host Jeff Lehmkuhler (UK Extension Professor) is joined by research team member Brett Chedzoy, Cornell University Cooperative Extension educator to discuss how they have implemented bale grazing over the last two decades.

In this episode of a 2-part series host Jeff Lehmkuhler, University of Kentucky Extension Professor, is joined by research team member Brett Chedzoy, Cornell University Cooperative Extension educator to discuss how they have implemented bale grazing over the last two decades. Brett is a Schuyler Cou...

09/01/2026

OFF THE HOOF (September)
https://afs.mgcafe.uky.edu/files/oth-sept-2026.pdf
KY Beef Cattle Newsletter

Newsletter Features:
• Timely Tips
• Late Season Pasture Fly Control
• Plan to Spatially Disperse Feeder Areas This Winter
• July Placements and Marketing at Record Lows in August Cattle on Feed Report

09/01/2026

Rooted in Resilience: Grazing Small Ruminants in Kentucky

09/01/2026

08/31/2026

University of Kentucky students gain ‘unbelievably valuable’ experience from U-DAIRE program

• Two University of Kentucky students were selected for U-DAIRE, a paid internship and training program for students to learn about the dairy industry.

https://news.mgcafe.uky.edu/article/university-kentucky-students-gain-unbelievably-valuable-experience-u-daire-program

08/28/2026

University of Kentucky Wildcats explore Australia’s equine industry during summer education abroad program

• Thirteen students traveled nearly 1,500 miles through Australia in May to learn about various aspects of the country’s equine industry.

The program was jointly constructed and led by Fernanda Camargo, a faculty member in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences and instructor in the equine undergraduate degree program, and Holly Wiemers, communications director for UK Ag Equine Programs and part-time marketing communications instructor within the Department of Agricultural Economics.

Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” A group of University of Kentucky students set out to prove that quote true as they began their summer break with an Education Abroad program to Australia.

08/26/2026

2026 Intermediate Grazing School
Sept. 23-24 (7:30am - 4pm CST)

UK Research & Education Center
348 University Drive
Princeton, KY 42445

• Offering immense opportunities to learn more about grazing practices, temporary fencing, soil fertility, and much more.

REGISTER NOW at:
http://2026intermediategrazingschool.eventbrite.com/