University of KentuckyCollege of Agriculture

Change By DegreeKentucky Small Grain Growers' Association granted $5,000 to Rebecca McCulley, David Van Sanford (r), and graduate student Katie Russell (l) for a study examining the impact of climate change on wheat production in Kentucky. [more]

Teen Leadership Academy

Up to 25 teenagers in grades 8 through 11 are accepted annually into the 4-H Teen Leadership Academy. During its monthly sessions, teens learn about state government, hone their communications skills, and develop the ability to work as teams, as in this ropes exercise. [more]

Change By Degree

At the College's Spindletop Farm, Rebecca McCulley uses infrared radiant heaters and a plus-precipitation treatment to study the effects climate change will have on forages. [more]

To Your Health

University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension agents, such as Nancy Hunt (r)  have been implementing grassroots efforts to target Kentucky's health problems, and they are making a difference in the lives of many.  Micki Crider is one whose life has been saved by Extension's efforts. [more]

Why Shouldn't It Be You?

Brennan Gilkison and father Eddie Gilkison are both graduates of the Kentucky Agricultural Leadership Program, an intensive 18-month program designed for people who want to be on the forefront of decisions that affect agriculture, rural communities, and society. [more]

Why Shouldn't It Be You?

"Kentucky faced changes to its agriculture structure following the elimination of the federal tobacco program, yet thanks to prepared leaders such as those from the Kentucky Agricultural Leadership Program, it was better equipped to deal with those changes," said Laura Knoth, executive director of the Kentucky Corn Growers Association. [more]

Extension programs help producer graze cattle through winterFeeding hay to cattle throughout the winter has been a longstanding practice among Kentucky producers. Many could not fathom what it would be like to feed little or no hay in December, January and February. [more]

UK Cooperative Extension bands together to help farmers after tornadoesAfter 14 confirmed tornadoes, including three EF-3s and one EF-4, people all across Kentucky were left to clean up and deal with the aftermath including dozens of fatalities and injuries. Many in the rural communities hit were farmers. [more]

Heal the land, heal the nation

Kentucky now has roots in Pennsylvania. On a blustery Saturday in late April, with rain pressing in from the western horizon, representatives of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture joined 150 volunteers in opening the soil and laying in thousands of tree seedlings in the highlands of southwestern Pennsylvania. [more]

Our Land-Grant Heritage

The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture was founded as, and remains a land-grant institution, offering access to knowledge and learning for citizens and students throughout the Commonwealth.

UKAg Academics

 

Educating students was the earliest mission of the College and remains the most important way that we enhance the future of the Commonwealth. Instruction is fully integrated with our other missions – research and extension. The College expects its graduates to become leaders in their professions and their communities.

UKAg Extension

 

Agricultural, environmental, economic, and societal issues create an unprecedented demand for knowledge and research-based educational programs applicable to the needs of all Kentuckians. Economic development, leadership development, family, nutrition and health issues, opportunities for youth, and a rapidly changing agricultural landscape in Kentucky require a vital, progressive and responsive College of Agriculture and Cooperative Extension system.

UKAg Research

 

The College’s land-grant mission encourages truly creative research endeavors that result in the discovery of new knowledge. Further, we aspire to capitalize on the individual and collective achievement of our faculty by applying discoveries to the improvement of agriculture, industry, families, communities, and the natural environment.