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EKU Agriculture & Horticulture Students Host Farm Field Day
Students from the EKU Agriculture and Horticulture departments hosted the 2016 High School Farm Field Day on Thursday, September 29th. The event took place at EKU Meadowbrook Farm, where high school...
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EKU Agriculture Ambassadors Represent Colonels at National FFA Career Expo
EKU's Agriculture Ambassadors traveled to Indianapolis to represent the Colonels at the 2016-17 National FFA Career Show and Collegiate Expo. The 89th annual event, held October 19-22, draws thousands...
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AG Sophomore Wins World AQHA Championship
EKU Pre-Vet sophomore Larken Jones brought home the hardware from the 2016 Lucas Oil AQHA World Championship Show held Nov. 3-19. Jones and her mare Excitabull Lady traveled from Berea, Ky., to...
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EKU Horticulture Club's annual poinsettia sale underway
The greenhouses behind Eastern Kentucky University's A.B. Carter Building are bursting with color this week as the university's Horticulture Club show off months of hard work during its annual...
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Project Addresses Free-Roaming Horses
What do the academic disciplines of sociology, animal studies, agriculture, wildlife management and aviation have in common?Faculty and students from those respective departments at Eastern Kentucky...
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New Beef Handling Facility to be Dedicated April 21st
EKU Farms is pleased to announce that celebration of the completion of its new beef handling facility has a date has been set for Friday, April 21, 2017. The event will be held at EKU’s Meadowbrook...
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1st Annual Colonel Roundup Beef Show set for March 25th
EKU's Agricultural Honor Society, Delta Tau Alpha, is hosting its 1st Annual Colonel Roundup Beef Show on Saturday, March 25th. The event, to be held at the Madison County Fairgrounds, will award...
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Day at the Farm event set for March 30
EKU's Meadowbrook Farm along with Wolfe County Extension will host its annual “Day at the Farm” on March 30, 2017. Approximatelly 140 third and fourth graders will visit the farm for tours and...
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New Meadowbrook Facility "Best of All"
Standing in the middle of the new beef handling facility at Eastern Kentucky University’s Meadowbrook Farm, Mark Deesing said he has seen “about a dozen” university-based beef cattle handling...
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In Class or atop Tractor, Spring Grad Shines
Whether she’s acing another test or elbow deep in tractor grease, Eastern Kentucky University Spring 2017 graduate Brooke Darnell knows the value of hard work.read more
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Varied Experiences Propel Award-Winner
It was the day after her oldest sister’s wedding. Julia Niemann Barney was packing her Ford Focus, leaving barely enough room for herself, about to embark on a two-hour drive from Oldham County to...
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Meadowbrook Welcomes Kentucky School for the Deaf FFA
EKU's Meadowbrook Farm welcomed students from Kentucky's School for the Deaf FFA to "Ag Camp 2017". Campers toured the farm and learned about EKU's agriculture and horticulture programs.Farm Director...
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Student Speaker: Care Key to Education
As an agriculture student, Theodore Herr knows the importance of care to grow a successful crop. First, you must ensure you are planting your seeds in conditions that enable growth. You must make sure...
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DTA Honor Society Initiates EKU Agriculture Students
EKU's Department of Agriculture is pleased to announce the fall 2017 new initiates into Delta Tau Alpha, an honorary society for agriculture students. The initiation ceremony was held Wednesday,...
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Soil expert James J. Hoorman will visit EKU's Department of Agriculture on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. During his day-long stay, he will lecture on topics concerning soil health. Hoorman is the New NRCS...
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Students get hands-on farm experience
University Farms rolled out the red carpet for nearly 1,000 third graders from the Central Kentucky region last week with a 'Day at the Farm'. Given the number of visitors and high level of interest,...
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Different Pathways, Common Interest
EKU has a mix of many different students with many different pasts, but a common interest and similar goals bring our students together. Two of EKU’s Agriculture students, Megan Petersen and Victoria...
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Senior Finds Hope, Home in Agriculture
Actor Kevin Conroy once said: “Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one’s journey is easy. It’s how they handle it that makes them unique.” If that’s the case, Eastern Kentucky University senior...
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More than Conventional Opportunities
Eight of EKUs Agriculture Ambassadors joined 64,000 others in Indianapolis for a weekend full of career networking and program recruitment at the FFA Convention held October 24-26. Students hosted a...
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Day at the Farm event set for March 30
EKU's Meadowbrook Farm along with Wolfe County Extension will host its annual “Day at the Farm” on March 30, 2017. Approximatelly 140 third and fourth graders will visit the farm for tours and...
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