Farm Safety 2026

Extension Soils Specialist Dr. Edwin Ritchey

Intro for show E   Hello everybody!  And welcome to Kentucky Ag Matters, a podcast designed to inform and educate both producers and consumers about all matters affecting Agriculture. On this week’s show, we visit with Dr. Edwin Ritchey, Soils Specialist with the University of Kentucky. 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 show E   Welcome to the show! This week, your hosts will discuss Sulfur, Soil pH, and Grazing Wheat!   Timely Tip: Apply lime to adjust pH early enough so that the lime has time to break down and actually do its job.    Exit for Show We want to remind our listeners to follow us on Facebook at Kentucky Ag Matters and also on X (@AgKentucky). You can email us with any questions or comments to kyagmatters@gmail.com. Also, please rate us wherever you listen to our show—We would like to say special thanks to Edwin 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!!!

Corn Fungicides and Disease Sampling Update for 2026

Intro for show E   Hello everybody!  And welcome to Kentucky Ag Matters, a podcast designed to inform and educate both producers and consumers about all matters affecting Agriculture. On this week’s show, we visit with Dr. Kiersten Wise, Plant Pathologist with the University of Kentucky. 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 show E   Welcome to the show! This week, your hosts will discuss fungicides and disease sampling!   Timely Tip: Evaluate the fungicide products that you will use this season based on expected disease pressure! Tailoring your products to your anticipated disease pressure could greatly affect your overall costs.    Exit for Show We want to remind our listeners to follow us on Facebook at Kentucky Ag Matters and also on X (@AgKentucky). You can email us with any questions or comments to kyagmatters@gmail.com. Also, please rate us wherever you listen to our show—We would like to say special thanks to Kiersten 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!!!

AQHA Professional Horseman Bradley Boyd

Intro for show E   Hello everybody!  And welcome to Kentucky Ag Matters, a podcast designed to inform and educate both producers and consumers about all matters affecting Agriculture. On this week’s show, we visit with Bradley Boyd, AQHA Professional Horseman and 3X World Champion. 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 show E   Welcome to the show! This week, your hosts will discuss all things Rope horses!   Timely Tip: If you’re training your own horse, try thinking like your horse, and not thinking like a human.    Exit for Show We want to remind our listeners to follow us on Facebook at Kentucky Ag Matters and also on X (@AgKentucky). You can email us with any questions or comments to kyagmatters@gmail.com. Also, please rate us wherever you listen to our show—We would like to say special thanks to Bradley 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!!!

Strategies for dealing with Short Pastures and Low Hay Supplies

Intro for show E   Hello everybody!  And welcome to Kentucky Ag Matters, a podcast designed to inform and educate both producers and consumers about all matters affecting Agriculture. On this week’s show, we visit with Dr. Bob Coleman, Equine Specialist with the University of Kentucky. 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 show E   Welcome to the show! This week, your hosts will discuss strategies for dealing with short forage supplies.   Timely Tip: Have a plan! Looking at the potential for short forage inventories, start now developing a strategy for those “What if” situations.    Exit for Show We want to remind our listeners to follow us on Facebook at Kentucky Ag Matters and also on X (@AgKentucky). You can email us with any questions or comments to kyagmatters@gmail.com. Also, please rate us wherever you listen to our show—We would like to say special thanks Dr. Bob 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!!!

Dealing with Short Forage Supplies

Intro for show E   Hello everybody!  And welcome to Kentucky Ag Matters, a podcast designed to inform and educate both producers and consumers about all matters affecting Agriculture. On this week’s show, we visit with Kevin Laurent, Senior Ag Extension Beef Specialist with the University of Kentucky. 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 show E   Welcome to the show! This week, your hosts will discuss strategies for dealing with short forage supplies.   Timely Tip: Have a plan! Looking at the potential for short forage inventories, start now developing a strategy for those “What if” situations.    Exit for Show We want to remind our listeners to follow us on Facebook at Kentucky Ag Matters and also on X (@AgKentucky). You can email us with any questions or comments to kyagmatters@gmail.com. Also, please rate us wherever you listen to our show—We would like to say special thanks Kevin 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!!!