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.

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.

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-180: Woodland Invasive Plant Management Series: Wintercreeper

Wintercreeper was introduced from China in the early 1900s as an ornamental plant, valued for its evergreen leaves and vigorous growth. Unfortunately, it easily escapes the confines of the garden and outcompetes native vegetation for space, light, nutrients, and moisture in woodland settings. Once established, wintercreeper can be hard to eradicate and management of small patches is much easier than waiting until the infestation has spread.

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.

AGR-1: Lime and Fertilizer Recommendations, 2025-2026

Edwin Ritchey, John Grove | July 25, 2025 (Revised)

The recommendations found in this publication are a result of a biennial review of soil fertility research and soil test data collected in Kentucky. The committee is made up of members of the Plant and Soil Science, Horticulture, and Agricultural Economics Departments. The co-chairs of the committee and editors of this publication are Drs. Edwin Ritchey and John Grove, Extension Soil Specialist and Research/Extension Soil Specialist, respectively.

ID-278: The Role of Phosphorus in Kentucky Agricultural Development: A Story of the Haves and the Have–Nots

John Ragland, Dennis Egli, Katsutoshi Mizuta, Stephen Greb, Jeffrey Levy | July 24, 2025 (New)

Central Kentucky soils frequently contain hundreds of pounds of plant-available phosphorus per acre, compared to five to seven pounds per acre for the soils of most counties in other parts of the state. This richness of the Central Kentucky soils is due to the unusually high phosphorus content of the parent material, known as the Lexington Limestone. This rock unit forms the bedrock in Central Kentucky above a geologic structure called the Cincinnati Arch, and it has made these Central Kentucky counties the “haves,” in regard to soils inherently rich in plant-available phosphorus.

FCS3-546: Carbohydrate Counting

Anna Cason, Heather Norman-Burgdolf, Ingrid Adams | July 24, 2025 (Minor Revision)

Carbohydrate (carb) counting is one way to identify the amount of carbohydrates you get from the foods you eat. Carbohydrate counting can help you manage your blood-glucose levels in different ways, depending on what type of diabetes you have and your treatment plan.

PR-865: 2025 Kentucky Small Grains Variety Performance Trial

Bill Bruening, Dalton Mertz, Gene Olson, Samuel Revolinski, Phillip Shine, Dave Sanford | July 14, 2025 (New)

The objective of the Kentucky small grain variety performance trial is to evaluate varieties of wheat, oat, barley, triticale, and cereal rye that are commercially available or may soon be available to Kentucky farmers. New varieties continually are being developed by agricultural experiment stations and commercial firms. Annual evaluation of small grain varieties and selections provides farmers, seed producers, and other agricultural workers with current information to help them select the varieties best adapted to their locality and individual requirements.

FCS3-546s: Conteo de Carbohidratos

Anna Cason, Heather Norman-Burgdolf, Ingrid Adams | July 14, 2025 (New)

El conteo de carbohidratos es una forma de identificar la cantidad de carbohidratos que consumimos en función de los alimentos ingeridos. El conteo de carbohidratos nos permite controlar los niveles de glucosa en sangre de diferentes maneras, dependiendo del tipo de diabetes que se padezca y del tratamiento recibido.