University of Kentucky College of Agriculture

Can Resistant Wheat Varieties Beat Climate Change?

By Nicole Erwin • May 6, 2016

In addition to a general warming trend, growers across the Commonwealth are witnessing a more variable climate for crop production. That’s according to Dave Van Sanford, a plant and soil science professor at the University of Kentucky. His department was recently awarded a $120 thousand dollar grant from the USDA to observe resistant wheat varieties in warming environments.

UK Officials Propose $16 Million Dollar Expansion at Princeton Research Center

By Nicole Erwin • Jul 15, 2015

University of Kentucky, College of Agriculture

University of Kentucky Officials are looking to spend $16-million to expand a Caldwell County research center to become the Kentucky Grains Center of Excellence.

2nd Year of Hemp Production at University of Kentucky Begins

By Stu Johnson (KPR) • May 15, 2015

The second year of Kentucky's research hemp production is underway.

The planting season officially kicked off Thursday at the University of Kentucky demonstration site. Statewide, about a thousand acres of hemp will be planted, compared to 33 acres last season.

What Just Bit Me? Biting Flies Explained

By Kate Lochte & Matt Markgraf • Aug 26, 2014

You're going for a walk through your neighborhood and suddenly a large horse fly starts buzzing aggressively around your head. Or maybe you're sitting at a picnic table and you have to keep shifting your legs because a little deer fly bites at your ankle. UK Research and Education Center at Princeton's entomologist Dr. Doug Johnson briefs us on the family Tabanidae, or biting flies, on Sounds Good.

Experts Recommend Rotating Graze to Deal with Weather

By Associated Press • Jun 25, 2012

Experts at the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture say the exceptionally dry conditions mean farmers should consider a rotational grazing system for their livestock.