Summer 2012

The Grain Chain

| | | Kentucky Spirit(s) T o M a r k e t , T o M a r k e t Summer 2012 the magazine Volume 13 | Number 2 The Ag Magazine is published by the from the dean University of Kentucky College of Agriculture. Far Horizons © 2012 University of Kentucky College of Agriculture

Kentucky bourbons and wines, cattle, soybeans, and other foodstuffs have found a niche M. Scott Smith in the huge, developing markets of Asia. South America, too, is beginning to open up as Dean a major importer of American agricultural goods. Nancy M. Cox Associate Dean for Research contentsFeatures The growth of those international markets, as both Director, Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station population and incomes rise, is key to the remarkable Jimmy C. Henning Associate Dean for Extension expansion of Kentucky farm sales over the last decade— Director, Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service Kentucky Spirit(s) about one third of the state’s agricultural production is Larry Grabau

Associate Dean for Instruction “It will make a rabbit walk right up and spit in exported. Despite losing roughly $1 billion of tobacco a bull dog’s eye.” ______­ —Melville Amasa Scovell, speaking in 1906 of rectified whiskeys. and equine sales during this time, farm gate receipts Agricultural Communications 8 have increased by about $2 billion. There are many Services Director: positive factors in this success, but soaring grain prices Laura Skillman driven by global demand is the largest. Editor: The Grain Chain Carol L. Spence many forecasters predict that demand for food and Designer: In October, it’s only a tiny seed waiting to be agricultural products will grow faster than supplies over Linda Millercox planted. By June, it helps fuel economies, the next few decades. Some even conclude our long era Writers: 12 create jobs, build corporate partnerships, and most importantly, feed people around the world. of cheap commodities and food is coming to an end, or at least, long-lasting changes Jeff Franklin Aimee Nielson are under way. Katie Pratt Carol L. Spence The most recent estimates are that world food production must double by 2040 to Photographers: meet the global demand. How is this possible if most of the planet’s cultivable land with Matt Barton To Market, To Market Stephen Patton available fresh water is already in production? If these projections are to be realized, the Additional Photo Credit: A local farmer raised the steer that provided the pace of improvements in yield and productivity that we have enjoyed for several decades Page 2, slug provided by James Harwood; beef that flavored the soup that Montgomery must be sustained, and possibly increased. Clearly, the need for agricultural research Page 3, row covers provided by Tim Coolong; County students eat. The journey from farm to Pages 4-5 by Carol L. Spence; Page 6, tornado 16 fork, however, requires a few stops along the way. and technology transfer is as great as it has ever been. destruction photo by Jimmy Henning; Page 6, tornado relief work by Brad Beckman; Similarly, in a globalized economy America’s universities can expect that an increasing Page 7, BMW photos provided by Carol Hanley; Page 9, illustration by Dennis Duross; fraction of our graduates will travel and work beyond our borders. This issue of the maga- Page 15, wheat blast photos by Paul Bachi; Alumni News Page 21 and back cover photos provided by Scott Hostetler; News in Brief zine includes a profile of Scott Hostetler, a 1988 graduate of the Landscape Architecture ©ThinkStock.com ______Through scholarships, creativity, research, and 28 program, who founded one of the world’s largest international landscape architecture dedication, College alumni are leaving their • Short Rows • 4-H Means Business design firms. His company has offices in four Asian cities and employs hundreds of Send comments and letters to: marks. 20 • No Pests, No Mess The Ag Magazine Editor designers worldwide. Agricultural Communications • Heal the Land, Heal the Heart International travel experience is one of the best ways we can help the graduates of our 131 Scovell Hall • Spotlight: Mark Williams University of Kentucky college become world-ready. Faculty-led study trips are nothing new—we have sustained a Lexington, Kentucky 40546-0064 • To Relish an Education • First Fridays are Fresh student exchange with a university in Dijon, France since 1991—but we appear to be on E-mail: [email protected] Reports to the People target to set a record this summer, with six organized groups of up to 14 students each slated to go to France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Denmark, Argentina, the Czech Republic, and Ghana. Academic Programs While the world is growing in population and, in many regions, wealth, it appears to Annual Report 2011 be shrinking with regard to communication and interaction. In a future of increasing in- STRIP-IN ternational competition and collaboration, we can expect increasing demands upon and 24 FCS logo opportunities for our food and agriculture systems and for the students we graduate. in this space— Advancement This creates an even greater role for America’s land-grant university system, continuing centered Annual Report 2011 to lead the way in education, research, and service. green positive 26 M. Scott Smith Mention or display of a trademark, proprietary product, or firm in text or images does not constitute an endorsement and does not imply Dean and Director, College of Agriculture approval to the exclusion of other suitable products or firms.

The UK College of Agriculture is an Equal Opportunity Organization. newsShort in brie Rowsf news in brief Don’t be a Drip Follow the advice of Ashley Osborne, UK Environmental and Natural Resources Initiative, and pledge to save 40 gallons of water a day. It’s simple. Brushing your teeth? Turn Cirque du off the water and save as much as eight gallons a day. Sweep your driveway rather than hose it down and save 22. If everyone who receives The Ag Magazine took the pledge, we’d save nearly 800,000 gallons of Slug water in a single day—that’s enough to produce more than an acre of corn! The ground dwelling leopard And that ain’t chicken feed. slug Limax maximus, which UK entomologist James Harwood says can be found in suburbia, greenhouses, and 4-H Means Business farmland, turns into a high wire artist when True Blue There aren’t many selling merchandise, she knew What they learn is record- Pet accessories and home- its thoughts turn to procreation. Unlike other The tangy, tasty blueberry, the essence of summer, is a natural 13-year-olds who she wanted to go home and keeping, budgeting, inventory, made soaps are examples slugs, it mates suspended in the air for Kentucky and not just because of its color. The start a 4-H Means Business and how to count change. It of the variety of merchandise have their own club in Boyle County. With the also teaches them people the Boyle County 4-H’ers sell. on a thick mucus strand. fruit is native to North America and gaining in businesses, let alone help of her mom, then Univer- skills. Some of them make their own popularity among Kentucky growers. Mostly a storefront business. But sity of Kentucky 4-H Extension “It’s great for their inter- products, while others buy and passed over by pests or diseases, an Boyle County’s Griffin Blevins Specialist Stephanie Blevins, personal skills; it gives them add value to merchandise for acre of mature bushes can yield 5,000 does. Two days a week, she that’s what she did. The club lots of practice working with resale. But whatever they sell, to 11,000 pounds of berries if planted sells her hand-made Scrabble- started in 2010 with three the public,” said Kim Ragland, they must give 10 percent of on a good site. They do require an tile pendants and Murano and members; it has grown to 17 Boyle County 4-H youth devel- their profits to a charity of their acidic soil, however, and that’s not Pandora beads jewelry from her today, with members ranging in opment agent. choice, while also saving and store in Danville. age from 9 to 14. “One young man was so shy putting money back into their all that common in the state. But UK It all started for Griffin after “This, by far, is the most he would not speak to anyone businesses. horticulturist John Strang says soil attending a 4-H Means Busi- comprehensive program 4-H outside of his family, no one,” “It’s a whole different way of amendments can create a welcoming ness sale in Madison County, does. It lets kids implement she said. “Today he will stand thinking,” Ragland said, “and A Growth environment for our true blue berry. where the club originated. what they learn,” said Stepha- up and speak to strangers and for some, nothing else has Industry Impressed with all the 4-H’ers nie Blevins. does a great job.” spoken to them like this.” The national greenhouse and nursery industry showed its biggest growth 20 to 30 years Cucumber beetles and squash bugs can wreak ago, but it wasn’t until 2000 that Kentucky’s industry started to expand,doubling havoc on melons, squashes, and gourds. Most its numbers in the first eight years of the new century. According to cucurbit growers spray systemic insecticides to control insects, Dewayne Ingram, UK professor for nursery crops, the growth in the state No Pests, but UK entomologists and horticulture specialists are teaming coincides with Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund investments up with Iowa State University faculty to investigate potential in research, extension, marketing assistance, and advertising chemical-free alternatives. cost-share programs through the Kentucky Horticulture No Mess “Cucurbit crops can be difficult to grow in Kentucky due to Council. The economic downturn temporarily impacted intense insect and disease pressure,” said Tim Coolong, UK some of the product line, but horticulture specialist. the industry remains A Pest Management Alternatives grant from the U.S. Depart- strong. ment of Agriculture will help the team find more efficient ways of covering rows of cucurbits with polypropylene to physically prevent pests from reaching the plants. The covers remain on the plants until flowering. After the blooms are pollinated and the fruit is It’s No Picnic set, the covers will go back on the plants until harvest. Outdoor dining can be rife with bacteria—Salmonella, E- “The practice has long been used by organic farmers,” Coolong coli, Clostridium, Streptococcus; the list goes on and on. And said. “Our team is evaluating the feasibility of mechanizing the so might the stomach problems they cause. Foods and nutri- process, so it can be used for larger acreages and by conventional tion extension specialist Sandra Bastin preaches the mantra, “Keep cold foods cold (below 40°) and hot foods hot farmers who may just want to use fewer insecticides.” (above 140°). And wash your hands!”

2 Summer 2012 3 news in brief

Heal the Land, Heal the Heart

Wind whipped out of the mountaintop. Today this bar- a unique memorial, one that just the beginning. The National Park Foundation— spoken with said this work west: unrelenting, threat- ren grassland in the foothills is as much about the land multi-year task of reforest- the list goes on and on.” is an expression of grief for ening rain. The volunteers of the Allegheny Mountains and the natural environ- ing more than 200 acres The College of Agricul- the 9/11 victims and their lowered their heads, leaned is part of the National Park ment as it is the architec- with 150,000 trees requires ture’s participation in the families, and at the same into their dibbles, and Service’s Flight 93 National ture,” Jeff Reinbold said, a collaborative effort, said project is significant, he time, a positive response pressed seedlings into the Memorial. With the help speaking to the volunteers Christopher Barton, asso- said. It includes students to this issue of drastically earth, planting native trees of University of Kentucky during the event’s opening ciate professor in the UK and alumni working on the disturbed lands and forest to heal a landscape twice researchers, students, and ceremony. Reinbold is the Department of Forestry. reclamation effort, the grow- fragmentation across Ap- traumatized. alumni, there is hope that general superintendent for “We’ve only been able ing of hundreds of trees to palachia. Planting trees is Long before passen- the native ecosystem will the National Park Service to do this because of the be planted at the memo- a good thing to do.” gers and crew of United thrive again, turning this in Western Pennsylvania. partnership between the rial, including rare American everyone involved felt Airlines Flight 93 sacrificed ground into a living legacy Over two weekends in Appalachian Regional Re- chestnuts, and years of re- a deep connection to the themselves to avert an at- for the 40 heroes who died late April, 600 volunteers forestation Initiative (ARRI), search from Barton, as the setting. Brandon Perry and tack on the U.S. Capitol, here. from Pennsylvania, Ken- the Appalachian Regional ARRI science team leader, Cameron Stone were among surface mining sheared off “Your work today is part tucky, and Massachusetts Commission, the American and other UK researchers the fifth-year Landscape this Western Pennsylvania of a bigger effort to create planted 14,000 trees. It’s Chestnut Foundation, the before him. Architecture students who “I’ve devoted so much were studying the site for of my time and effort to the their capstone course and research to figure out a way were two of UK Ag’s team to restore the ecosystem on leaders for the event. They these mine lands. And now were in middle school on we’re applying the work we 9/11. did in the lab, in the green- “It’s an amazing opportu- houses, and in the field on nity to be part of something a large scale,” he said. “In this big,” Perry said. about 10 years, these little Hannah Angel, a sopho- seedlings we’re planting more forestry major from today, which are 1 year-old London who was also one bare-root stock, will start to of the team leaders, was in form a canopy. Then you’ll the fourth grade on 9/11. really see the condition of Though she didn’t compre- these lands change very hend much of what went on rapidly.” that day, she under- uK Ag alumnus Patrick stands it a lot better Angel is a soil scientist who now. works for ARRI in the Office “I’m just happy to of Surface Mining Reclama- be here to help re- tion and Enforcement. He claim a surface mine oversaw the team leaders and to help grieve in for the planting. a positive way,” she “This is a very special said. site,” Angel said. “This is And to Cameron a healing of the heart and Stone, it was simple. of the land. Many folks I’ve “It’s an honor.”

Hannah Angel wields a dibble and Cameron Stone plants a seedling on the grounds of the Flight 93 National Memorial near Shanksville, Pa. They were two UK Forestry and Landscape Architecture students led teams of volunteers in reforesting strip mined lands on the site of the Flight 93 Memorial in southwestern Pennsylvania. Here, of the many UK Ag alumni and students who helped to Landscape Architecture Associate Professor Brian Lee (in orange vest) and fifth-year student Cameron Stone (left, bearded) sorted tree seedlings with volunteers from multiple states. reforest the site.

4 The Ag Magazine Summer 2012 5 news in brief First the Fury, Then the Fortitude To Relish an Spotlight: Education Zach Cozart has grown up watch- Mark Williams ing his father garden, so unlike many boys in the BMW/STEM To say Mark Williams exudes a passion for sustainable Academy, the work was familiar it can be a reality,” Akins said. agriculture understates the obvious. An associate professor to him when the boys began “I wanted to get these boys on Who would have expected Extension Service. “It was no “We cooperated with com- In Laurel County, where an in the Department of Horticulture, he led the development planting a salsa garden in 2011. campus and let them start build- surprise that they were some munity volunteers to set up a EF-2 tornado touched down and The salsa garden was part of a ing relationships.” this in the mountains? On of and directs the College’s multidisciplinary undergraduate long-term project in partnership That’s where Carol Hanley of the first to begin coordinat- relief center,” she said. “We destroyed everything in its path March 2, when 14 powerful with the UK College of Agriculture. and her team from the College’s were amazed by the generosity for more than six miles, agri- degree program in sustainable agriculture. tornadoes pummeled the state, ing relief efforts in the affected “In school, you don’t learn sci- Environmental and Natural Re- Morgan, Magoffin, Menifee, counties.” of people who donated supplies culture and natural resources ence in the same hands-on way sources Initiative come in. The Once agents helped ensure that were shoulder high above agent Glenn Williams said Q Johnson, and Wolfe counties in Q You grew up in Lexington. How did the organic research that’s done here,” said Cozart, salsa garden is just one of many human safety, they shifted 30 tables; they filled an entire many farmers didn’t realize an eighth grader at Lexington science, technology, engineer- Eastern Kentucky took a direct How did you become interested in farm and Community Supported their attention to the needs gym again and again.” their fences weren’t covered by agriculture? Agriculture (CSA) Program on UK’s Traditional Magnet School. “This ing, and mathematics (STEM) hit from an EF-3 twister that of agricultural producers and Ag agents coordinated pas- insurance. The Laurel County Horticulture Research Farm come project was different, because I projects the boys successfully stayed on the ground for ap- townspeople who suddenly ture and field sweep teams to Extension office worked with about? grew an organic garden; I didn’t completed in partnership with proximately 86 miles. found themselves faced with collect small debris that could other agencies to raise funds A I sometimes think an in- know anything about that before UKAg personnel and resources. rebuilding their lives. harm livestock if they picked for fencing supplies to meet terest in agriculture might be A I started this project.” “It’s an opportunity for them The tornado, at times a mile genetic. My grandparents on both When I came here, I tried to Cozart is one of 141 teen- to get an understanding about ag- In Johnson County, more it up while grazing; delivered farmers’ needs. wide, destroyed the town of sides of my family had farms forge an area where I could make age boys from Central Kentucky riculture and all the career fields round bales of hay for livestock; The world can change in a West Liberty in Morgan County, than 500 families were af- or very large gardens. I started a contribution. Brent Rowell, chair enrolled in the Black Males Work- that they can go into with a major including the Morgan County fected; 70 completely lost their got access for groups of volun- moment. March’s fury proved gardening when I was 11 or 12. of the farm committee in those ing Academy, founded by Lexing- in agriculture,” Akins said. “It’s so Cooperative Extension office. homes. Family and consumer teers from other counties to that. But Extension staff and I really prided myself on my ability days, believed there was a place ton educator Roszalyn Akins to much more than just farming.” for organic agriculture and sup- In Northern Kentucky, an sciences extension agent Bren- help clean up debris and build volunteers pulled together for a to garden. I was reading books, address the achievement gap Cozart hopes to one day be da Cockerham plunged in after fences; and distributed the common purpose: to take care I was watching “Crockett’s Vic- ported me. That was my calling between African-American males a mechanical engineer and said EF-4 tornado left a 10-mile card. I started out in weed control swath of damage. the storm to find ways to meet many donations that poured of people—because in the end, tory Garden” on PBS. It was a and other students. projects like the salsa garden real passion. Then a College of and organic agriculture, but then “I want these boys to know have helped him better under- The storms tore apart people’s basic needs. into the traumatized areas. that’s all that matters. Agriculture professor, Wilbur Frye, I expanded into all aspects of that college is not just a dream, stand science. homes and barns and wiped moved in behind our house. He organic horticulture production. out fencing, equipment, and had a spectacular garden—bet- I look holistically at farming now, feed. Livestock ran loose for ter than mine. He’s the one who not just at individual compo- First Fridays are Fresh more than a week in some taught me what it meant to be a nents. Our goal is to make the places, and feed supplies were plant scientist. I wanted to be in whole system more sustainable The smell of fresh eggs, country ham, sautéed kale, and Asiago destroyed. School children agriculture, and he gave my idea and preserve our rich agricultural cheese wafts through the air, blended with coffee and the sound heritage. were left without books and legitimacy. He made me see my of laughter and friendly discussion. It sounds like breakfast at a classrooms. only choice wasn’t just to farm— quaint, rural bed-and-breakfast, but all this is actually served up uK Cooperative Extension I could be a scientist as well. Q the first Friday of each month by the UK College of Agriculture’s agents immediately stepped in What makes you most proud? Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems working group. to lend support and expertise. “We really wanted to bring together a diverse group of people “Our agents are very much Q When did your interest in A I’m proudest that we’ve from the university and the community,” said Lee Meyer, UK ag- part of the communities where sustainable agriculture sprout? built this community in the Col- ricultural economist and chair of the working group. “We realize they work,” said Jimmy Hen- lege and on campus that thinks that sustainability has three main components—environmental about sustainability. We are in stewardship, economics, and community—and all these things ning, UK College of Agriculture A I did my doctorate in plant our sixth year of the CSA. We’ve blended together really do go right along with our core land-grant associate dean and director molecular biology at the Univer- got 31 majors in the degree pro- of the Kentucky Cooperative sity of California, Irvine. I was mission.” gram and eight or so minors. The really indoctrinated into that Nearly 100 people ranging from faculty, staff, and students to organic farming unit continues to whole West Coast food scene community leaders, farmers, and local-food enthusiasts fill their expand. The College is position- and organic food. plates and then find a seat to listen to speakers talk about topics (Top) West Liberty after the storm. ing itself to be a leader in sus- related to sustainable agriculture. (Bottom) Volunteers and extension agents tainable agriculture in the United came together to sort and deliver much- States. To feel that I’ve been part “The First Friday Breakfasts are a great example of cross- needed fencing materials to farmers of that is a great feeling. disciplinary collaboration and community engagement, and the hard-hit by tornadoes in March. In blue is focus on sustainability through the lens of food and agriculture is Wolfe County ag agent Daniel Wilson. very exciting,” said Shane Tedder, UK sustainability coordinator.

6 The Ag Magazine Summer 2012 7 ( ) Kentuckyby Aimee Nielson Spirit s

In the 1700s, Kentuckians Give it to me straight! mind a pure, straight bourbon whiskey that would make the In the 1700s, the first Kentucky Bluegrass State famous. So, in began cultivating whiskey settlers labored hard transport- the early 1900s, the man who ing crops to markets over steep would later become dean of the mountains and narrow paths. UK College of Agriculture set out and wine, two industries Converting grain to whiskey to purge the industry of the recti- made it easier to transport and fiers. gave excess grain a purpose. In 1903, Scovell had an op- that, over the course Whiskey is distilled from portunity, with the first commis- corn, rye, wheat, or malted sioner of the U.S. Food and Drug of the next 200-plus barley, then aged in barrels. Administration, Harvey Wiley, to Straight whiskey comes from lobby for a Pure Food and Drug a single batch, but legitimate Act. He enlisted the help of Ed- years, thrived then nearly rectified whiskey is made by mund Taylor, maker of the Old blending various whiskeys to Taylor brand of straight whiskey, obtain a desired quality. Some and Robert Allen, another em- disappeared before less reputable folks figured out ployee of the Kentucky Agricul- it was quicker and cheaper to tural Experiment Station. blend the straight whiskey with Taylor represented Kentucky’s once-again becoming other ingredients or dilute it with straight whiskey makers. Re- water or grain alcohol and skip mains of his Old Taylor distillery prominent. Along the the aging process. This could along Glenn’s Creek in Woodford leave the product either pretty County still stand today, com- tasteless or tasting vile; makers plete with a castle and a unique way, the UK College of either had to blend it with aged peristyle springhouse. whiskey or add colorings and fla- In preparation for the 1906 vorings to it to get a similar look Pure Food and Drug Act, Scovell Agriculture has been there and taste to straight whiskey. chaired a committee that ruled By the late 1800s, federal on whiskey at a Pure Food Con- bottling acts allowed whiskey gress. After much discussion, to champion the bourbon producers to label bottles distin- the congress ruled that even guishing straight whiskey from though rectified alcohol had few- and wine industries, blended products. Straight whis- er impurities in it than straight key gave them a competitive whiskey, only straight whiskey edge with consumers, but pro- was the true product. supporting them with ducers could still rectify it after When the act passed, Scovell taxes were paid on the product. gave a passionate speech de- Dean Scovell purges the rectifiers Diluted whiskey is not how scribing this “fake” whiskey. regulatory assistance and Melville Amasa Scovell wanted “It is this sort, made out of and saves the whiskey industry. Kentucky to be known. The first this new alcohol, that will eat the director of the Kentucky Agricul- very vitals out of a coyote; it will solid agricultural research. tural Experiment Station had in make a howling dervish out of

8 The Ag Magazine Summer 2012 9 Scovell served the UK Col- grape growers overcame many Once he started buying land near lege of Agriculture until his death obstacles, including the Civil the Kentucky River, he couldn’t in 1912. A writer for Louisville’s War and various vine diseases, stop, buying up adjacent tracts The Courier-Journal said he had to make the state the third larg- as they became available. Then become one of the most influen- est grape and wine producer in one day, a friend who had been tial and popular citizens of Ken- the United States by the late brushing up on history read that tucky and described his death 1800s. the very first commercial vine- as a “savage loss.” Prohibition put the brakes on yard was located in Jessamine the industry, and many growers County, maybe near where Beall turned over their acreages to to- lived. Back to the future bacco production. “We knew that it was on the Contrary to what some might Fast forward to the late 1900s. Kentucky River, and we read a think, the American wine industry Kentucky passed legislation in survey Dufour did about this did not begin in Napa Valley, Calif.; 1976 allowing wineries to oper- unique parcel of land—a penin- The remains of the Old Taylor Distillery still an anchorite; it will make a rab- took the narrow road and said it began in Central Kentucky. In ate again. Later, after the 2004 sula—that is known as the great stand along Glenn's bit walk right up and spit in a bull whiskey manufactured and sold 1799, Swiss vinedresser James tobacco buyout cut deep into bend of the Kentucky River,” Creek in Woodford dog’s eye.” in Kentucky would only be that Dufour began work on a vineyard the state’s burley crop, some Beall said. “It took us about four County. Edmund Taylor The act provided a vague defi- which is “the properly distilled located on the Kentucky River in farmers turned back to grapes. years to gather all the documen- is known as bourbon's nition of whiskey, so it was left to spirit from the properly prepared Jessamine County. He named it In 1999, Kentucky had fewer tation we needed, to know exact- second “father,” after James Crowe, President Theodore Roosevelt’s and properly fermented mash of none other than First Vineyard. than 70 acres of grapevines. ly where it was, then we pulled considered the Father attorney general to define the sound grain... as distinguished On about 630 acres, Dufour, his Now that number is more than the deed and found it in about of Bourbon, died in the true meaning of whiskey. He de- from commercial alcohol, refined family, and friends identified the 500 and growing, according to 2002.” 1850s. Taylor lobbied cided that rectified whiskey was alcohol, and neutral spirits.” Cape grape as one that did very Patsy Wilson, viticulturist for the As somewhat of a history buff with Melville Scovell not to be included in the defini- Scovell’s statement was pub- well in the Bluegrass climate UK College of Agriculture. himself, Beall was excited to find for a Pure Food and Drug Act. tion. But President William How- lished in The Washington Times, and soils. Wilson helps grape growers out his farm was the actual First ard Taft changed the definition to and it’s believed that his defini- The vineyard continued until across the commonwealth plan Vineyard site. Around 2006, he allow rectified spirits a place. tion shaped the reputation of 1809, when a late May freeze vineyard varieties, teaches prun- decided to reestablish the vine- Scovell would not stand for it. Kentucky bourbon whiskey, even destroyed the crop and many of ing techniques, and answers yard. He decided Kentucky would have through the dark years of prohi- the vines. Dufour gave up and production questions that arise. “I tried to restore as much as its own definition of what would bition, to its world-renowned sta- moved to Indiana. But Kentucky She works with UK Ag enolo- I could,” Beall said. “I propagat- and would not be whiskey. He tus today. did not give up on wine, and its gist Tom Cottrell, who helps the ed vines from about 40 cuttings wineries in their quest to make of the same variety of grape Du- award-winning wines. four started the vineyard with. “As with any industry, we I think it’s going to be good for have our own set of challenges, all the vineyards and wineries. the biggest ones being climate We can say, ‘This is where it all "This is where it and making sure we choose the started.’” all started," said right types of grapes for each Beall will try to make wine this vineyard owner Tom Beall, shown vineyard,” Wilson said. “There year from the Cape grapes. He here working with are a lot of excellent wines in replicated a cabin tasting room UK Horticulture Kentucky now; they win local, re- where visitors can sample in a Extension gional and international awards. historical setting wine similar Specialist Patsy So we are definitely making a to what Dufour may have made. Wilson to restore First Vineyard in name for Kentucky wine.” Beall said he might serve wine Jessamine County. Through her contacts with from other Kentucky wineries as growers, Wilson got to know well. Tom Beall, who purchased a “We just want to give people small tract of land in Jessamine a little bit of the ambiance of the County in 1994. way it might have been,” said Beall, a modest Winchester Beall, who kept the name First native, has always been a farmer. Vineyard. ◆

10 The Ag Magazine Summer 2012 11 The Grain

Chain by Katie Pratt

heat seed is not very big, but Kentucky wheat yields leapt from a typical 54 bushels per acre in 1997 to some reports of 90 to 100 bushels what it helps produce is huge. in 2011. KentuckyW farmers, like the Hunts in Over the years, the Hunts have worked with members Hopkinsville, plant that tiny seed in of the UK Wheat Science Group, including soil scientist Lloyd Murdock and wheat breeder David Van Sanford, their fields in mid-to-late October. on various projects. Trials, such as those for wheat By June, it has developed into grain varieties and remote-sensing nitrogen applicators, have helped farmers across the state improve their yields and, that helps fuel economies, create jobs, more importantly, their bottom lines. build corporate partnerships, and most “It’s good to have university specialists who don’t importantly, provide nourishment to have their heads stuck in the sand,” said Steve Hunt. “The research these guys are doing is cutting edge.” countless numbers of people every day The Hunts also raise Pembroke wheat, a variety in Kentucky and across the nation. developed by Van Sanford, and use minimal- and no-till practices as much as possible. When many people think about Kentucky agriculture, “It’s really a good combination of UK wheat scientists horses and tobacco quickly come to mind, but the state and producers,” said Murdock, who is known for his boasts a significant amount of wheat production. work improving no-till practices. “In Kentucky, we have Kentucky ranked 16th in the nation in winter wheat to be better managers, because we don’t have the field production in 2010, with growers producing 16.5 million conditions that other states have.” bushels of the soft red winter wheat that provides flour for cookies, cakes, pastries, breads, and crackers. Kentucky producers started growing more wheat when double-cropping it with soybeans became popular in the 1970s, giving them the chance to get two crops from a field in one growing season. Rise in Wheat A charter member of the Kentucky Small Grain Growers’ Association, Wayne Hunt has been growing wheat since 1961. His son, Steve, started farming in the 1980s. Steve’s son, Brandon, now has joined them. The Hunts, like many Kentucky wheat growers, have seen dramatic yield increases. “In 1962, I got 40 bushels per acre,” said Wayne Hunt. “In 2011, we got 70 to 80 bushels per acre.” In the 1990s, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture faculty formally organized the Wheat Science Group. They partnered with Kentucky Small Grain Growers, innovative crop producers, suppliers, and consultants, such as Miles Enterprises in Owensboro. With more intensive management and better inputs,

12 13 Steve Hunt (second from Heads Up left) and father Wayne Hunt (right) have seen dramatic hen Lloyd Murdock, UK soil yield increases in their years scientist, found wheat blast as wheat growers, due in W part to research conducted on a head of wheat in May 2011 in by College of Agriculture From the pipe, the wheat flour is stored in silos until Caldwell County, it was the first find specialists David Van Continental puts it to use in their 100-plus formulas for outside South America of what could Sanford (left) and Lloyd baking mixes. be an emerging worldwide disease. Murdock (second from right). Feeding the Nation uK plant pathologist Mark Farman studies the fungus that causes blast Continental Mills’ Hopkinsville facility employs 200 diseases. He and the UK Advanced people and produces products for several national brands Genetic Technologies Center se- including Krusteaz, Ghirardelli, and Classic Hearth. quenced the genome of the Kentucky To the Mill Finished products are distributed to club stores and fungus and found it to be genetically From there, machines roll and sift the grain, groceries east of the Mississippi River. more similar to a strain causing gray producing smaller and smaller particles until the right As wheat production and quality improved in Western In addition to piping flour to Continental Mills, leaf spot disease on annual ryegrass Kentucky, Kentucky-based markets began to develop. size is reached for the desired flour. Siemer trucks it 29 miles to Bremner Food Group, the than to South American wheat blast. The Hunts harvest their wheat in June and ship it to “Wheat can make one pass through the roller and largest supplier of private label crackers, cookies, and Farman concluded that the Kentucky Siemer Milling Company in Hopkinsville. the sifter, or it can make 20 before it becomes flour,” said snack nuts in the United States. One of the reasons incident was caused by a local strain “It’s a direct market for us and other wheat growers Todd Perry, Siemer Milling Hopkinsville Plant manager. Siemer decided to build the Hopkinsville facility was in this part of the state,” said Wayne Hunt. “For Siemer because Bremner, its largest customer, relocated to that jumped hosts and was not due to an exotic pathogen. He to accept the wheat, it has to be government grade, Connecting Companies nearby Princeton from Louisville in 1993. The Princeton says strains causing disease in wheat could have been in the which has actually helped us sharpen our management location is Bremner's largest facility. It produces more United States for the past decade. Some of that flour blows through a pipe to Siemer’s practices a little.” than 150 million pounds of product each year. Wheat blast currently does not affect yields in Kentucky, next-door neighbor, Continental Mills, which produces Siemer Milling is a flour milling company based out Siemer also provides flour to Ralcorp Frozen Bakery because the climate doesn’t favor it. That could change if the easy-to-make baking goods. of Teutopolis, Ill. The company built the Hopkinsville Products in Louisville. Headquartered in Downers state trends warmer and wetter. The disease’s early discovery “Flour is our main ingredient. We were trying to facility in 1995. When Siemer Milling arrived, the Grove, Ill., Ralcorp Frozen is a national supplier of may give researchers time to develop resistant varieties before it expand the distribution of our products and were looking enthusiasm of Western Kentucky growers and UK frozen products including pancakes, French toast, for a milling partner,” said Mike Churchill, Continental becomes a major threat to wheat production. specialists was a welcome surprise, said Carl Schwinke, waffles, biscuit mix, private-brand refrigerated dough, Mills’ Hopkinsville Plant manager, talking about the vice president of grain supply for Siemer. pre-baked cookies, and artisan breads for in-store company’s proximity to Siemer. “The growers here have a real desire and intensity to bakeries. Their major customers include national and The Seattle-based Continental Mills built their produce a quality product,” Schwinke said. “We were regional restaurants, grocery stores, mass merchandisers, connected facility in 1999 and added on in 2008. Flour really surprised at how few markets there were here for and foodservice distributors, including McDonald’s moves through the pipe at a rate of about 40,000 pounds farmers to sell their wheat year-round.” USA. As the leading global foodservice retailer per hour. Siemer’s Hopkinsville Plant has 36 full-time with more than 33,000 restaurants in 119 countries, The partnership has been mutually beneficial. employees and turns 36,800 bushels of wheat into flour McDonald’s USA serves nearly 68 million people each “The Siemer team does a fantastic job of building and each day. day and employs 1.7 million. keeping good relationships,” Churchill said. When the wheat arrives at the facility, it is segregated Kentucky wheat goes into McDonald’s biscuits, hot “We use the experience Continental has with their according to its attributes and blended four or five times cakes, cookies, oatmeal, and McGriddles. products to make us better,” Perry said. “This truly is to get a consistent product. Then the wheat is cleaned, “Farmers and ranchers are a critical part of our supply homegrown food at its best.” soaked for four to six hours and cleaned again. This chain, and as any great chef will tell you, good food starts tempers the kernels and makes it easier to separate their with great ingredients,” said Danya Proud, McDonald’s parts. USA spokesperson. With by-products of economic advancements and (Top) The infected wheat head opportunities, not to mention food products that feed discovered in Caldwell County. a nation, a grain of Kentucky wheat is anything but (Bottom) A microscopic view of small. ◆ the spores of the fungus that causes wheat blast.

14 The Ag Magazine Summer 2012 15 , To Market To Market Three links in the by Carol L. Spence short chain that is the growing all that meant or to what degree it beginning as an agriculture and gap—Marksbury Farm Market, local food system: hen Delores They’d Laugh Fortune Favors the Bold beef on the hoof natural resources extension agent a USDA-inspected, full service Stephens ladles all worked. It was a pretty big mo- at Todd Clark's “Our ancestors a century ago That same USDA study found that and later as founding executive processor and market. made-from-scratch ment.” Fayette County would laugh at some of the UK Ag researchers have shown a local food supply chain often director of the Governor’s Office of McAlister approached his farm, Garrard Kentucky Proud taco soup conversations we’re having now,” that rotational grazing on smaller was not cost-effective without the Agricultural Policy under then Gov. friend Bob Perry, the College’s County processor W chuckled Todd Clark, a first-gen- proper infrastructure to move food Marksbury Farm into Matthew Tuttle’s bowl pastures increases forage and ani- Paul Patton. resident chef and sustainable agri- Market, and lunch at Montgomery County eration, full-time farmer in Fayette mal productivity. from farm to market. Preston Cor- The three men, joined by Cor- culture liaison, for help. County. “They would be confused rell, John-Mark Hack, and Richard at Montgomery High School, she becomes “Most of this stuff is exciting rell’s cousin Greg Correll, decided “I was able to help them in the County High School. about how we got to where we are. to me just to see how simple it can McAlister shared some frustra- to build something to fill the planning phase through my con- a link in a very short chain. ‘What do you mean you’re going tions that reflected that deficiency After her are consumers, in be, how over-complicated we’ve to do local food? Where else does made things,” Clark said. “That if in infrastructure. this case students. Before it come from?’” you run chickens before or after “I love food, I love meat, and her are the local processor When Clark started farming, he the cattle, what effect it has. How I was a bit frustrated about not and the Central Kentucky went the conventional route, rais- the farm itself—the soil—seems to being able to get the local meat farmer who raised the steer ing tobacco, hay, and stocker cattle. be improving just because of the here at the quality I wanted,” said At his peak, he grew 125 acres of different livestock.” McAlister, a Scottish stonemason that provided the beef that tobacco. This year he planted 40. who owns McAlister Stone in flavored the soup that Matt Over the years, Clark continued “What I was doing was pretty to enroll in Extension programs— Garrard County. ate. traditional,” he said. “We’re still “I didn’t go to college, so I basically Correll is a Lincoln County A few years ago, Matt doing some of those things, but got my college ‘degree’ through livestock producer whom McAli- probably wouldn’t have eaten we’re trying to move in some new Extension.” He decided to venture ster describes as “a wee bit frus- local food at school unless he directions.” into the local market by raising trated with getting his product Last year, Clark started finish- poultry on a limited scale. But he to market in a fashion he was brought it from home. Often ing cattle, a decision that had its comfortable with.” College of Ag processing was the missing discovered something that a 2010 origin 10 years earlier when he U.S. Department of Agriculture lecturer Hack has been a “tireless link in the chain. But the enrolled in UK Cooperative Ex- study showed: the high costs of campaigner for small-scale ag,” College of Agriculture and a tension’s Master Grazer School. on-farm processing can raise group of dedicated Kentuck- “That was kind of a light bulb significant obstacles. Producing the ians are helping to strength- moment for me,” he said. “I had birds was one thing, but getting Key to Marksbury Farm Market's success heard of things like management- is their kitchen, run by Brian McConnell, en the system. them to the consumer turned out shown here with the College's Bob Perry. intensive grazing, rotating animals, to be problematic. Clark could not McConnell, from Scotland, was a chef rest periods, and all those sorts of process them himself, and the clos- with the Royal Navy. "He can pinch a pie things. But until I went to grazing est processor was three hours away. and knock out short crust pastry," said school, I didn’t realize exactly what Richard McAlister, one of the partners in the business. 16 The Ag Magazine 17 cutting trainings at Marksbury. He’s also one of the principal investigators in the College’s Food Systems Innovation Center. The center assists in the production, pro- cessing, and marketing of local and national food products. Much of FSIC’s work is to help farmers transition from tobacco dependence to value-added food production. From his standpoint, Rentfrow knows if a business wants to be sustainable, it’s important to use the Julie Tuttle sees the entire animal. school cafeteria as “I think what’s really The butcher shop Clark raises poultry and 200 director for Montgomery County many through the local farmers being as important at Marksbury Farm helped them (Marks- head of beef for the Marksbury Schools—the first in the state market. as the classroom in teaching students Market was an tacts with other meat processors all Making the Most bury), they’ve gotten into making brand. to be named a Kentucky Proud Tuttle is excited about her Beef important part over the country.” Perry said. other products than simply cuts of to make healthy “I had a good run with the School System. She sees the cafete- Project, a farm-to-plate program choices. Tuttle gets of the project, For two years before beginning with What You Have fresh meat,” he said. Richard McAlister stockyards, but I’d rather be ria as an extension of the classroom. she hopes will be the first in feedback on new construction, the men visited and Marksbury partner Hack said, “because it Meat, unlike horticultural crops involved with food than just being “We’re a learning laboratory the nation this fall. High school menu ideas from seemed ridiculous studied plants in places like New destined for a farmers market, believes that their full commercial part of the system,” Clark said. and a learning environment just students will raise cattle through a students. "They like being involved. to us to help build York, Michigan, and Georgia. must be inspected and approved by kitchen, smokehouse, and chef has “There’s satisfaction in knowing like their classrooms are,” she said. classroom project tied to FFA. A that local food “They toured everything,” Perry the USDA in order to be sold in set them apart. “We’re able to add We've been testing you did a good job and feel com- “We’re teaching them to make local USDA-approved facility will more whole grain economy there and said. “Big plants, small plants. They cuts to consumers. value in a variety of ways to all of not give people fortable with someone eating what healthy choices.” process the meat, and Tuttle will products, and they really pulled the best of every- the products that are coming out access to it. Telling “The challenge we have is to you produced.” Montgomery County High serve the resulting ground beef at have approved people they could thing.” help farmers understand the law. of here.” School’s kitchen hops with en- the high school. everything." buy it in Louisville Gregg Rentfrow, associ- And the challenge we have with thusiastic staff. Some of what is “It’s a true farm-to-table expe- or Cincinnati didn't ate extension professor in UK’s the public is they like the concept It Starts on the Farm More Than a Fad prepared for breakfast and lunch rience for them,” she said. “This make any sense to Department of Animal and Food of locally produced products, but us.” Shown here is Hack has strong opinions about is made from scratch, and Tuttle is so new that the USDA is even Sciences, also advised the partners. Half of Marksbury’s business is shop manager Jon they’re most familiar with the way local food. gets as much local product as she helping us finish out the guidelines contract work for farmers who Reed with customer “We talked about the volume that things look in the grocery store,” “I think it’s important to point can. A lot of the ground beef her and get the food in here properly.” already direct market. But the Sue Churchill. they wanted to put through there Rentfrow said. “That’s where I out that the local food interest is cooks use is processed and deliv- In a short chain, Clark, Marks- processor also has agreements with versus whether that volume existed come in. If we’re going to do these not a fad,” he said. “It’s the begin- ered by Marksbury, about 60 miles bury, Tuttle and UKAg are build- approximately 45 other producers on a consistent basis,” Rentfrow market chains for local products, ning of a trend and the reorienta- away. She works closely with her ing stronger links to good food. who agree to Marksbury’s guide- said. “The local movement is gain- (farmers) need to find processors tion of the food system from the county’s extension office—perhaps “We want to bring people along lines, which include on-farm visits ing momentum. From a livestock who can break down the animal ground up.” even more closely than most, since to the notion of reconnecting with from Marksbury personnel and standpoint, it creates unique chal- so the cuts look familiar to the Julie Tuttle, ’92, believes part her father is the ag agent, Ron food in a way that represents an customers, as well as sanitation and lenges because of the size and vol- customer.” of that reorientation can start Catchen, ’68, ’92. Catchen has entirely different kind of relation- diet specifications and restrictions ume of animals and what you need Rentfrow, a former commer- when consumers are young. helped her make connections with ship,” Hack said. ◆ on using hormones, steroids, and to do from a legality standpoint.” cial butcher, has conducted meat Tuttle, Matt's mom, is nutrition local farmers, and she has reached antibiotics.

18 The Ag Magazine Summer 2012 19 ALUMNI news Half-a-World Away While American workers report Zehnder said. “Scott had me fill in for planes daily, meeting with clients and spending an average of 46 minutes him on this high profile estate project providing great service.” Hostetler commuting to work, Scott Hostetler which ultimately morphed into a full- said. spends 15 hours. time position.” In 2011, HZS USA grossed nearly That’s because he often commutes maybe it was only natural that $33 million. One of the main rea- to Asia. Hostetler would have so much faith sons for the tremendous success Hostetler, ’88, and four other in Zehnder. After all, Zehnder was is the landscape design innovation University of Kentucky Landscape best man in Hostetler’s wedding and and quality work that HZS USA has Architecture alumni work for HZS USA the two attended graduate school introduced to China. 2012 Landscape (Hostetler Zhang Studer), together at the University of Penn- “This has been a fantastic op- 2011 ANNUAL EVENTS SPONSORS a company Hostetler founded. One sylvania. portunity, and we have been blessed Upcoming of the world’s largest international Zehnder says it is a dream job. to be able to share this amazing Platinum: $10,000+ landscape architecture design firms, “I have spent many years asking experience together,” Hostetler said, Events Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance the company is headquartered in other people, ‘How did you fall into referring to working with his fellow Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation Atlanta, Ga. with offices in Shanghai, that great position you’re in?’ We now UKAg alums. ■ Joe T. Davis Memorial/ Beijing, Hong Kong, and Manila and find ourselves Ag & HES Alumni Association Gold: $5,000–$9,999 more than 600 designers worldwide. having coffee to- Golf Tournament Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperatives Inc. & Hostetler, has to his credit over gether sometimes FRIday, May 11 Kentucky‘s Touchstone Energy Cooperatives 400 built landscapes in China alone. in Shanghai, Hong Kentucky Poultry Federation He launched the company in 2006 Kong, or Tibet and ■ Area Summer Events Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Inc. and, along the way, added fellow UK talking about how graduates Matt Zehnder, ’88, Spen- amazing, reward- June 5—Wilderness Trail Silver: $2,500–$4,999 cer Holt, ’88, David White, ’88, and ing, and unique June 7—Northern Kentucky Mark Arnold, ’85, to the expanding our lives have be- June 25—Northeast Farm Credit Services of Mid-America HZS talent base. come.” June 28—Louisville Lexington Convention and Visitors Bureau each of them tries to overlap their HZS USA Land- June 29—Licking River University of Kentucky Alumni Association travel schedules to coordinate their scape continued July 14—Bluegrass University of Kentucky Horticulture Department work on more than 150 active land- to expand. In di- July 19—Lake Cumberland Whayne Supply Company scape projects. In the last two years rect response to July 27—Purchase HZS has been awarded China’s high- the new oppor- July 29—Mammoth Cave Wildcat: $1,000+ est landscape design award by the tunities, Holt be- July 30—Green River Kentucky Corn Growers Association China Central Government in Beijing. came director of July 31—Pennyrile Kentucky State Fair Board “Our sustainable and regenera- golf course design Aug. 2—Quicksand Area tive-based landscape architecture and development; Aug. 4—Lincoln Trail Blue: $500–$999 built work is being celebrated by our White, director of Aug. 6—Fort Harrod Hands On Originals peers worldwide as a direct result of construction doc- Kingsford Manufacturing Co. our personalized service,” Hostetler umentation; and ■ Summer Board Meeting Monsanto says. Arnold, design Saturday, Southern States Cooperative matt Zehnder, who lives in director for the Aug. 4 Workman Tobacco Seed Inc. Shelbyville, recalls how he came on Shanghai Office. board with HZS in 2008. “With built ■ White: $250–$499 “Scott called me out of the blue work and con- Roundup asking me to come to work for him, tracts in more AgriBusiness Association of Kentucky Saturday, because his business in Asia was than 100 Chinese Ale-8-One Sept. 15 booming. He said with a grin, ‘I cities, these direc- Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association need you in China in about a week,’” tors are on air- The Council for Burley Tobacco ■ 50 Year Reunion Embassy Suites Hotels thursday, H & R Agri-Power Oct. 18 Hyatt Regency Lexington Kennedy Bookstore ■ Kentucky Portable Toilets Fall Board Meeting Scott Hostetler (top) began his career journey as Liberty Mutual Saturday, a UK Landscape Architecture student. Now, 24 Stith Wimstatt and Associates, CPAs years later, the firm he founded designs projects Nov. 3 University of Kentucky Bookstore ■ throughout Asia, including the Shanghai Gemdale Scholarship Luncheon University of Kentucky Federal Credit Union Saturday, roof garden park that transitions down to an Nov. 10 existing river and famous nature park preserve.

21 ALUMNI news 2011 In 2011, we honored the lifetime achievements of three remarkable and Joe T. Davis Memorial dedicated individuals, whose contributions to the University and the world will 2011 Board of Directors Golf Tournament continue to impact people for years to come. AG & HES Alumni Association Sponsors 2011 HALLS OF FAME ______PLATINUM Area Presidents Kentucky Farm Bureau

HUMAN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES ANIMAL AND FOOD SCIENCES Bluegrass—Charlie Edgington,’97,’00, GOLD Lexington Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Fort Harrod—Brian Osterman, ’00, Danville Nothing seemed to limit Betty Jean Breeders Inc. Carolyn Workman Breeding, ’72 Pearse Lyons, Ph.D. has revolu- Green River—Daniel Smith, ’01, Henderson Brannan, Ed.D., when she became home economics, ’78 food and tionized the animal feed industry Lake Cumberland—Sue Stivers, ’77, Columbia Kentucky Association of Electric the first dean for the new UK Col- nutrition, has spent 36 years as through the introduction of organic Licking River—Celia Barker, ’95, Sharpsburg Cooperatives Inc.

lege of Home Economics in 1969. an advocate and entrepreneur in and other natural ingredients. A Lincoln Trail—Christi Marksbury, ’99, ’01, SILVER Behind her stretched a career the field of dietetics and long- native of Ireland, Lyons came to Bardstown Farm Credit Services of Mid-America ladder in Oklahoma and Florida that term care. She began her career America with several natural sci- Louisville—Beth Allison, ’99, Louisville Lexington Convention and Visitors Bureau included being a home economics as a corporate dietitian with a ence degrees to his credit and, Mammoth Cave—Grant Hildabrand, ’06, Lewisburg Whayne Supply Company teacher, an extension agent, an ex- chain of nursing homes and soon in 1980, founded Alltech Inc., an Northeast—Priscilla Merritt, ’76, Ashland tension faculty member, a university discovered she loved working in international animal health com- BRONZE Northern Kentucky—Jay Hellmann Jr., ’85, professor, and an administrator. In this branch of health care, getting pany headquartered in Jessamine University of Kentucky Alumni Association Independence front of her were opportunities to to know the elderly residents and County. The company has grown to Pennyrile—Amanda Conrad, ’05, Hopkinsville grow a new college at UK and, later, making a difference in their lives. annual sales of more than $500 WILDCAT Purchase—Fred Gillum, ’69, Kirksey to occupy state-level extension University Inn Over the years, Breeding million and now operates in 128 Quicksand—Tom Cravens, ’83, Hazard Alltech Inc. administrative positions in Kansas founded and has operated six countries. Wilderness Trail—TBD and Arkansas. nontraditional dietetics-related ser- Having authored more than 20 Alpha Gamma Rho Active At UK, she oversaw the estab- vice businesses, including Dietary books and numerous scientific Alpha Gamma Rho Alumni Faculty Directors lishment of four new departments Consultants, Inc. in Richmond, research papers, Lyons recognizes Teaching—Martha Nall, ’70, Lexington WHITE and the development of additional Quality Provider Services, Breeding the importance of a science educa- Extension—William Snell, ’83, ’85, ’89, Ag and HES Alumni Assoc. Lincoln Trail Area majors. It was also during that time and Associates, and NAPA Health tion, believing that it cannot start Paris Bill and Jane Smith when the Home Economics Alumni Care Connection. She served as too early. He funded the building Mike and Kelly Wainscott Association was organized; its suc- president of the Kentucky Dietetic and equipped science laboratories Student Director Phillip and Michelle McDonald cess is one of her lasting legacies. Association from 1993-1994, in several elementary schools in With Doris Tichenor, a 2001 Hall when she pushed for professional the Lexington area, and also pro- Ag Student Council­—Cody Jenkins, ’13, of Fame inductee, Brannan wrapped licensure for registered dieticians. vided financial support for graduate Greenville extension specialists into the From 1995-2003, Breeding served assistantships and postdoctoral college. Though it was a difficult on the state Board of Licensure fellowships in a range of disciplines Executive Board change, the colleagues succeeded and Certification for Dietitians and at UK. He is a top contributor to President—Bill McCloskey,'84,'87, in integrating the two groups. Now, Nutritionists. Her passion for nutri- research programs in the Depart- Bardstown 40 years later, family and consumer tion management in long-term care ment of Animal and Food Sciences Vice President—Diana Doggett,'75,'77, sciences extension specialists and led to her becoming involved in the and created the Alltech/University Lexington Human Environmental Sciences Kentucky Consultant Dietitians in of Kentucky Alliance for Nutritional Secretary—Amelia Brown,'03,'06,'10, faculty continue to collaborate and Health Care Facilities state practice Research and the Alltech/UK Cen- Lexington serve the commonwealth through group, where she served two terms ter for Nutrogenomics. Treasurer—Susie Tanner,'01, Georgetown their research and program devel- as president. The American Dietetic In 2011, the Kentucky Cham- Past President—Michelle McDonald,'84, opment. Association awarded her their pres- ber of Commerce awarded him '92, Carlisle tigious Medallion Award in 2008. their first Commonwealth Legacy At-Large Representatives— award for his leadership of the Audrey Carr, ’64, ’72, 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian ’94, Georgetown Games. Whitney Stith, ’88, Union

22 The Ag Magazine Summer 2012 23 Academic Programs Annual Report 2011-2012

he Office of Academic Programs works with We continue to strengthen the Agriculture Resi- FAST FACTS outstanding faculty and staff in 17 different dential College as an on-campus home for some of undergraduate programs across the College of our College freshmen. Agriculture, including the School of Human We would love to tell you all 2,446 students’ sto- Environmental Sciences, to provide a high ries, but here are just a couple to whet your appetite Tquality education to nearly 2,500 students. to learn more about what the College’s students have Total College Enrollment Enrollment continued to increase, officially reach- been doing lately: ing 2,446 students, an increase of more than 3 percent Meredith Cinnamon, who graduated in May 2012 ❚ Undergraduate students 2,446 over the previous year. The greatest growth occurred with double degrees in Career and Technical Educa- 2,915❚ Graduate students in two clusters of majors: food, animal and biotech- tion—Family and Consumer Science Education and 416 nology, an increase of 28 Merchandising, Apparel, and Textiles, is from Salvisa. ______percent, and environment She’s been president of both clubs connected with her and sustainability, an in- ❚ Undergraduate students in majors and is returning to the College for graduate Human Environmental Sciences crease of 26 percent. studies in Merchandising, Apparel, and Textiles. 888 A key step we took as Philip Houtz, from Lexington, graduated this May ❚ BS degrees awarded 537 a college to improve our with his Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural service to students has biotechnology. He has been both a Beckman Scholar ❚ Faculty recognized been to bring on several and a Goldwater Scholar and has focused on research as "Great Teachers" 28 new academic coordina- in Professor Bruce Webb’s laboratory in the Depart- ❚ Female tors. Geri Philpott (Nat- ment of Entomology. students 60.5% Selected Undergraduate Enrollments: ural Resources and Environmental Sciences), Liz Combs (Human Nutrition and Dietetics), and Ann We thank you for your support ❚ Graduating seniors Human Nutrition 245 Leed (Animal Sciences) joined Esther Fleming (Ag- of our college and the many ways that you provide who say that the College Agricultural Economics ricultural Biotechnology) and Laura Lhotka (For- financial, career, and other opportunities for our stu- met their expectations 244 estry) this past year, and all of them have made great dents. We look forward to working with you in the 88% Animal Sciences future. ❚ Dollars of 238 strides in helping students in various ways. Equine Science & Management undergraduate 219 Academic Programs staff continues to provide Larry J. Grabau scholarships awarded Dietetics strong support for student advising, curriculum de- Associate Dean for Instruction $506,000 201 Office of Academic Programs velopment, student retention, recruiting (through the ❚ Number of undergraduate Community and Leadership Development N-6 Agricultural Science Center students receiving a 193 new imAGine materials), and scholarships. University of Kentucky Merchandising, Apparel, and Textiles College of Agriculture scholarship 407 175 108 Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

24 25 Donors Annual Repordvancementt 2011 College of Agricul ture A SCOVELL & ERIKSON SOCIETY Introducing our new members:

Rodney Andrews (’99) Dennis O. (’65) and and Czarena Crofcheck Virginia L. Liptrap 2011 giving (’97, ’01) Edith M. Lovett ’71 to the College of Agriculture Terry (’79) and John T. (’58) and Maxeen donna (’79) Ashby Marks for the period Jan. 1, 2011 through Dec. 31, 2011 Lisa K. Barclay Deborah Adkins (’12) and Ernest (in Memoriam) and Lowell Dean Murray Nadine Barker Dennis (’81) and New Expectancies: Sandra S. (’79, ’87, ’95) Lisa Parrett $200,000 ______and Ronnie (’79) Bastin Darrell Wayne Powell ’83 Robert L. Beck Keelan Wayne (’71, ’74) B. J. Jr. (’65) and and Diana Moore (’72, elsa J. Brown ’74) Pulliam Dennis L. Cannon ’93, ’05 John B. (’85) and Rebecca Lisa Phelps Collins ’99, ’08 (’85) Reynolds New Pledges: Debra B. (’76, ’02) and Daniel M. Rosenberg $625,480 ______Charles (’76) Cotterill Mary L. Sandford ’69, ’74 Douglas A. (’88, ’92) and Pamela Bush Scallan ’68 elizabeth A. (’94) Coyle Helen Anderson Shaw ’58 Larry A. Dame ’76 Kristin Sherman ’77, ’78 Wade A. (’90) and Mark S. Smith (’86) and Sue-Elise Flowers tammy Thomason-Smith Donna Little Griggs ’81, ’82 Jack H. Snyder ’57, ’66 Cash Gifts: Arthur Francis Jr., (’96) and Patricia M. and John $4,834,691 ______Karri Anne (’96) Hathaway Sobrero Jason J. E. Headrick (’02) Carroll B. (’51) and Doris Jimmy Carroll (’86) and A. (’52, ’58, ’69) Tichenor Faye Fleming Henning Russell Tucker ’74 Russell S. (’86) and Derek G. (’86) and Amy Rebecca S. Hubble Miller (’89) VanMeter Casey A. (’93, ’95) and R. Douglas (’63, ’64, ’67) Kara (’94, ’96) Jetton and Sandra (’64) Wood Bequests Received: $ 5,000 Sue M. Jetton David Scott Yocum ’86 Chris (’90) and Jill (’90) Total Dollars Raised: $ 5,465,171 Kummer

Number of Gifts Received: 5,982 Number of Donors: 4,230 Drew Graham, Assistant Dean Director of Advancement Office for Advancement This is not a complete listing of all new Scovell & Erikson University of Kentucky Society members, as several have requested to remain E.S. Good Barn anonymous. 1451 University Drive Lexington, Kentucky 40546-0097

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26 27 Donors College of Agriculture Funding the Future Donors of $500 or more, College of Agriculture and The Arboretum

Action Pest Control Inc. Dr. Sandra S. (’79, ’87, ’95) Brian (’95) and Cathy B. Dr. John A. (’58, ’60) and FMC Agricultural Products n late 2004, the Tobacco Transition Payment Program, Since donors had five years to pay off their pledge, Glenn L. Adams ’56 and Ronnie J. (’79) Bastin (’95) Celsor Patricia B. (’57, ’60) Deacon Group Advanced Comfort Philip J. Baugh Jr. Michael Reed (’05) and Elizabeth W. Dean FMC Corporation APG also known as the tobacco buyout, forever changed the first scholarships were awarded to those in the 2011 technology Inc. Bayer CropScience Kassie Lynn (’07) Celsor Joseph W. Dearen ’56 Dr. Raymond E. Forgue KentuckyI agriculture. The University of Kentucky Col- incoming freshman class. Advanced Microbial Bayer Environmental Central Bank Delta Grow Seed Co. Inc. Frances Masser MD Solutions LLC Science Central City Tourism Denali Stud Charitable Trust lege of Agriculture had a large tobacco quota due to its Victoria Bailey, a Merchandising, Apparel, and Tex- AGR 1960s Reunion Group Kevin M. and Dawn Bazner Commission Adele B. Dilschneider Freedom Dodge-Jeep-Eagle research farms. Dean Scott Smith saw the buyout as an tiles major from Smilax in Leslie County, was one of the AgraQuest Inc. Dr. Robert L. Beck Central Kentucky Ag Credit Direct Enterprises Inc. Dr. Mark A. French ’82 AgResearch (USA) Limited Beck Ag Inc. Central Kentucky Dr. Joe B. (’52, ’56) and Dr. David Freshwater and opportunity for more students to afford an education. first scholarship recipients. She received the Quicksand AgriBusiness Association Beck’s Superior Hybrids Inc. Ornamental and Turf Martha J. Dixon Krisia M. Rosa He suggested the College take the nearly $900,000 area alumni association scholarship. of Kentucky Inc. BedBug Central Association DLF International Seeds Dr. Martha B. Frost ’71, ’77 Agrigold Hybrids Beechgrove Self Storage Central Life Sciences The Dogwood Foundation Judith R. Frye ’64 lump sum payment it received and put it in an endow- “The scholarship means a lot to me, because my mom’s Agri-Power Inc. Jessica G. Bell (’43) Mike (’92) and Vonda L. Dow AgroSciences LLC Dr. Wilbur W. and Martha ment. Donors who gave a gift of at least $10,000 for helping me pay my tuition,” she said. “This scholarship Agrotain International LLC Dr. Mark J. Bertram ’89 Chalfant Drexel Chemical Company h. Frye AgXplore International Inc. Dr. Paul M. Bertsch ’83 David Chappell Dr. George A. (’61, ’64, ’79) Furness-Newburge Inc. the creation of a new scholarship endowment received helps me contribute to my education and not put all of Alex Boone Charitable Trust Big Beaver Tree Service Inc. Hazel W. Chappell ’81 and Ruth Hatchett (’61) Gardens Alive! a $5,000 match from the tobacco settlement dollars. the financial burden on her.” Alliance One Bio Gene Company Shirley J. Chatfield Duncan Dr. Tim Gardner ’90 International Inc. Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. Cheminova Inc. Duncan Farm GEA Farm Technologies Inc. For longtime College donor Eleanor Botts ’57, the Bailey is already the secretary of the MAT Club and Allied Seed LLC James R. Black ChemSolutions LLC Dr. Michael D. (’76, ’78) and Elizabeth A. Gentry ’74 matching funds were extra incentive to give. In fact, she hopes to one day be a fashion buyer for a department Alltech Inc. Colby A. Blair ’96 Chemtura Corporation donna S. (’79) Dykes William K. Gentry ’71 Altria Client Services Blood-Horse Publications Dr. Ching K. Chow Dyna-Gro Loveland Geoffrey C. Hughes gave twice. store or an owner of a clothing boutique. Altria Group Inc. Blue Grass Community Christian County Products Inc. Foundation Inc. “I believe in education, and I believe in helping those Dr. Jayakrishna and Foundation Agri-Business Association E. I. DuPont de Nemours Brennan Edwin Gilkison ’01 Kameshwari Ambati Bluegrass Area Ag & HES Susan W. Chung and Company Ralph H. Gillum ’60 who need a little boost up,” she said. “That’s how I got American Endowment Alumni Association Inc. CJB and Associates LLC Earth Open Source Dr. George N. Gilpin ’71 my start.” Foundation Bluegrass Home Economists Paul R. Claiborne East Tennessee Clinical Carroll D. Godby ’57 American Snuff Co. Bo-Jac Seed Company Claiborne Farms Research Inc. Russell (’78) and Robin F. Another bonus for donors was the ability to pay American Society of Dr. David C. and Louise H. Todd A. Clark Eastern Dark Fired Tobacco (’78, ’80) Gray off their scholarship pledge over five years. For Tom Agriculture & Biological Booth Clarkland Farms Growers Association Greater Muhlenberg Engineers Patrick J. Boova ’78 ClimbUp Robert Mitchell Eckman ’06 Chamber of Commerce Cravens, ’83, ’86, and the rest of the Quicksand Area American Society of Eleanor Botts ’57 Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Marianne Smith Edge ’77 Green River Area Ag & HES Chapter of the Ag and HES Alumni Association, this Landscape Architects Brian K. Bougher ’94 Company Charlie B. (’97, ’00) and Alumni Association Inc. AMPAC Seed Company James R. (’69) and Charles W. Coates emily D. (’00) Edgington Otis Griffin Jr. ’64 was an opportunity they couldn’t let pass. In fact, they AMVAC Chemical elise W. (’68) Boyd CoBank—Louisville Region Dr. Dennis B. Egli Walter Gross III were one of the first of the 14 area alumni association Corporation Bracken County Farm Eric Martin Coffman ’05 Phillip D. Elder ’86 H & R Agri-Power Inc. Adam G. Andrews Bureau Benjamin F. Collings ’53 Eli Lilly and Company Hagyard-Davidson-Mcgee chapters to finish their $10,000 pledge. Annell Brent Trust Kent S. (’88) and Mary B. Dr. Lisa P. Collins ’98, ’08 Jewell D. Ellis ’51, ’57 Associates PLLC “We’ve always given a scholarship, but each year we’d Arbor Day Foundation (’89) Bradford Commonwealth Elsevier B. V. Hail & Cotton Inc. Arysta LifeScience North Dr. Betty Jean Brannan Agri-Energy Inc. EQT John R. (’96) and Donna have to conduct a fundraiser among alumni association America Corporation Breeders Supply and Community Initiatives Fund EQT Foundation S. Hall members to get the funds needed for the scholarship,” Terrance K. (’79) and Donna equipment Co. Community Trust Bank Inc. Equestrian Events Inc. Lawrence (’59) and Sharon S. (’79) Ashby Carolyn S. Breeding (’72, Evan M. Conrad ’04 Equine Medical Associates M. (’56, ’57) Hall said Cravens, the association’s president. “With dona- Ashford Stud/Creek View ’78) and Delbert Ousley Monte Conrad ’74, ’76 PSC Paul E. Hall II ’79 Ftions from Hazard/Perry County Kiwanis Club, Hazard Farm Hazeleen P. Brewster ’56 Control Solutions Inc. Erwin-Keith Inc. Alan F. Hamilton ’80 Aspen Bio Pharma The Brown Family & Isabella Dorothy Crutcher Cordray Helen H. Evans ’41 Steve L. Hamilton ’77 Rotary Club, Hazard Lions Club, and the Perry County Augusta Seed Corporation and Mary Norris Costigan’s Elkanah Farm Evergreen Rehab Thomas T. (’67) and Conservation District, we were able to reach our goal Lt. Col. Robert M. Bach ’68 Jane Venable Brown ’53 Debra B. (’76, ’01) and Farm Credit Services Sheilagh R. (’66) Hammond Ethyl C. Bailey ’57, ’61 Dr. Stuart E. Brown II Charles T. (’76) Cotterill Farmhouse Foundation Samuel J. Hancock ’97, ’00 quickly. Now our annual fundraiser will just add to our Howard N. (’59, ’61) and Sara A. Browning ’75 Dr. Charles M. Coughenour of KY Inc. Kathleen M. Harris ’71, ’77 endowment.” Carolyn S. (’58) Baker Travis B. Bryan III Courtney Farms LLC FarmProgress Leigh W. Harris and Gary J. Bank of America Foundation Donald W. Bryant ’71 Traci J. Cox Fasig-Tipton Company Inc. thompson ’66 Many donors like Botts and the Quicksand Area The Bank of Kentucky William F. Buck ’70 Douglas A. (’88, ’92) and Dr. Matthew Isaiah Feinberg John R. Hartman Alumni Association responded to the incentive and Dr. Lisa K. Barclay Dr. Ray A. Bucklin ’82 Beth Campbell (’94) Coyle ’11 Arthur F. Hathaway Jr. ’96 Barenbrug USA Burley Stabilization Critter Control of Kentucky Dr. John P. (’96) and Marion Kenneth (’53) and contributed nearly $1.8 million. This, combined with the Barenburg USA Corporation Lina E. Crocker Courtney L. Fellers Karolyn S. (’59, ’67) Hayden tobacco settlement funds, increased the College’s endow- Nadine Barker John L. Burman ’56 Croplan Genetics FFR Cooperative Head Farms Dr. Freddie L. (’75, ’79) and Anthony Burns ’77 John W. Crowder ’68, ’75 Fine Americas Inc. Helena Chemical Company ment by nearly $2.7 million and created 97 scholarships. Shirley Ann Reno Barnard Calloway Extension Ag The Crutcher Family Dr. Joseph L. III and Kimberly B. Henken ’92, ’94 Tammy Barnes Council Foundation Inc. Renie Fink Dr. Jimmy C. Henning ’86 Barney O. Barnett ’68, ’72 Cargill Inc. Cummins Inc. First Kentucky Bank Henton Farms Inc. Christopher E. Barnett Nick Carter ’68, ’75 Dairyland Seed Company Dr. William D. Fishback Jr. ’73 Marcia A. Hicks ’87 James W. Jr. (’55) and Elberta Casey ’86 Inc. Jerry Fletcher Dr. John S. and Linda E. Betty M. (’91) Barton Merle G. (’80) and Anna R. Larry A. Dame ’76 Florida Horsemen’s (’91) Hill Robert E. Barton ’69 Caudill Danisco (UK) Limited Charitable Foundation Kevin L. Hobbs ’88 BASF Corporation Caverndale Farms Darley Stud Management Inc. Hoe ‘N Hope Garden Club BASF Specialty Products Dr. James D. Cecil ’73 LLC Wade A. Flowers ’90 John Mark Holder ’09

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Steven L. (’78) and Kentucky 4-H Foundation Kentucky 4-H Foundation Mid-America Equipment The Oxley Foundation hat others saw when Sam Hancock’s trucks ar- KySGGA will match the sum of donations up to Faye London Holley Inc. Kentucky Association of Retailers Services Inc. Margot B. Parido ’96 Anthony and Sherry L. Kentucky American Seeds Conservation Districts Mid-States Meat Dennis L. (’81) and Lisa rived at the grain elevator were two loads of corn $50,000. Those donations could be either cash or an Holloway Kentucky Association of L & M Glick Association Parrett Wready to be sold. What Hancock, ’97, ’99, saw was an above-the-line donation of grain. Tony Holmes electric Cooperatives Inc. KYM I Foundation Maurice A. And Patricia J. Buster Foundation Tommy C. (’64, ’69) and Kentucky Association of Brian D. and Michelle Mary K. Miller Charles A. Payne ’86, ’89 endowment for student scholarships and support for an Hancock’s gift was the first of its kind to the Col- Kathryn Hale (’63, ’67) equine Practitioners Lacefield Michael L. Miller ’69 Pennsylvania Horsemen's agricultural leadership program. He also saw a sizable lege, but Hicks and her staff have contacted elevators to Hopkins Kentucky Chapter of the Lake Cumberland Area Ag & Misdee Wrigley and James Benevolent and Protective Hornbeck Seed Co. Inc. Society of Landscape heS Alumni Association Mather Miller Charitable Association Inc. tax write-off for his gift of grain to the University of inform them of what she hopes will turn into a trend. Dr. Jessica G. Horne ’95, ’00 Architects Lake Cumberland Family Foundation Pennyrile Area Ag & HES Kentucky College of Agriculture. “With the challenge from the Kentucky Small Grain Horseman’s Financial Group Kentucky Christmas Tree and Consumer Science Henry R. Mitchell Alumni Association Inc. Association Land O’Lakes Inc. P. Scott Moffitt ’78 Austin Burk Perkins ’07 Gifting grain can be an easy way to contribute to Growers’ Association to match their $50,000 commit- Horsemen’s Benevolent and Kentucky Corn Growers Donato Lanni Phillip M. Moloney ’77, ’82 Pest Management the University. Any commodity in any quantity can be ment toward small grain research, we hope to receive Protective Association Association Jerome E. Lawson ’54, ’59 Monsanto Company Foundation Frances Horwitz Kentucky Corn Promotion Meg Levy Monsanto Agricultural Co. Michael Petty donated to the UK program of your choice. In Hancock’s more gifts of commodities,” Hicks said. Anne K. Hoskins Council Lexington Convention and Jacquelin Moody Dr. Todd W. Pfeiffer ’77 case, he contributed two truckloads of corn to be divided “I think it’s a great way to give back to the university Michael S. Houlihan Kentucky Council on Visitors Bureau Dr. William G. (’56, ’57) and Pfister Seeds LLC Shirley R. Howard ’58, ’63 Postsecondary Education Lexington Council Fredda S. (’57) Moody Pfizer Labs Inc. between the Purchase Area Ag and HES Alumni As- that gives us so much,” Hancock said. Russell S. (’86) and Rebecca Kentucky Country Ham Garden Clubs Robert S. Moore Jr. ’74, ’91 Phibro Animal Health sociation Chapter Scholarship and the Kentucky Ag- For information about how to contribute a gift of Hubble Producers Lexmark International Inc. Mosaic Crop Nutrition LLC Philip Morris International Brian G. Hughes Kentucky Department of LG Seeds The Mt. Brilliant Family Pickseed USA Inc. ricultural Leadership Program. grain or livestock to the College of Agriculture, contact Human Nature Inc. Agriculture LG&E and KU Energy LLC Foundation Pioneer Hi-Bred College Development Director Marci Hicks said Hicks at 859-257-7200 or [email protected]. Humana Kentucky Dermatology Dr. Dennis O. (’65) and Muhlenberg County Board International Inc. G. Watts Humphrey Jr. Cosmetic Surgery Center Virginia L. Liptrap of Education Poinsettia Foundation she and her staff are there to help individuals wishing Louise Ireland Humphrey Kentucky Equine Research Dr. C. Oran and Myrtle M. Mulhollem Cravens Col. William B. Poor ’55 to contribute grain or livestock. Duncan A. (’07) and Brooke Inc. Little Foundation Dr. T.N.V.K.V. Prasad O. (’04, ’06) Hunt Kentucky Extension Llewellyn H. May Trust Dr. Michael D. Mullen Helen C. Price ’42 “It’s an asset that you can turn into cash for the Hutson’s Ag Equipment Inc. Association of Family Dr. Graydon A. and Virginia Deborah A. Murray G. Herbert Pritchett ’73 University,” she said. “The producer can donate any Huvepharma Inc. and Consumer Sciences B. Long Mac and Dr. Janice Spencer Procter & Gamble Co. ICL Performance Kentucky Farm Bureau Marianne E. Lorensen ’00 Murray Professional Pest percentage of the truckload. We’ll accept livestock too. Products LP Federation Louie’s Flower Power Shops Nathan Matuszewicz Fund Management Alliance A producer could tell the stockyard to put three or four ICR Inc. Kentucky Farm Bureau Louisville Area Ag & HES The National Horsemen’s Progeny Ag Products Indiana Crop Improvement Mutual Insurance Company Alumni Association Benevolent and Protective ProSeeds Marketing Inc. animals in the name of the University of Kentucky prior Association Inc. Kentucky Horsemen’s The Lourie Foundation Inc. Association Inc. Provita Eurotech LTD to selling their animals.” Indiana Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Nathan C. Lovell National Pest Management Prudential Benevolent & Protective Association Edith M. Lovett ’71 Association Keelan W. (’71, ’74) and Diana Hancock learned of the idea from attending UK Association Inc. Kentucky Pest Control Adam Garnett Loy ’07 National Turfgrass M. (’72, ’74) Pulliam Cooperative Extension Tax School taught by Craig International Ingredient Educational Fund James Kevin Lyons Federation Inc. Purdue University Corporation Kentucky Pest Management MACED Nationwide Insurance Department of Animal Infanger, Agricultural Economics professor. Being able International Plant Nutrition Association Inc. Scott R. Maddox ’94 Foundation Sciences to take a full tax write-off by gifting a commodity, he Institute Kentucky Small Grain Magdalena Racing Nebraska Horsemen’s Dr. Virgil L. Quisenberry Intervet International Promotion Council Makhteshim-Agan of Benevolent and Protective ’69, ’71, ’74 said, made more sense than just writing a check. Dr. Steven G. Isaacs Kentucky Soybean North America Inc. Association Lucinda E. Ramberg A “If you (as a farmer) write a check to the University, ISK Biosciences Corporation Promotion Board John T. Marks ’58 Neogen Corporation Brad C. Ranta ’78 Dr. Charles J. and Patricia Kentucky Sports Turf William K. Martin ’61, ’64 Newmarket Equine Hospital Katheryn M. Ranta ’57, ’77 it goes on your (income tax) Schedule A, you’re still S. Issel Managers Association Dr. Herbert F. Massey Jr. Dr. Charles G. Nichols ’67, ’71 Dr. Joseph P. Reed paying self-employment tax on it, and you only get the Eric D. (’76) and Elizabeth Kentucky State Fair Board Dr. Loys L. and Sonja E. Dr. Thomas J. Nieman The Reinhold Group A. Iversen Kentucky Thoroughbred (’79) Mather Northeast Area Ag & HES Reproductive Management benefit if you itemize,” Hancock said. “This way, it’s an Jepson Family Farm Owners and Breeders Inc. Estate of Emma P. Maxfield Alumni Association John B. (’85) and Rebecca N. above-the-line deduction; it was money you never made, Partnership Kentucky Thoroughbred Dr. John W. McAtee ’66, ’67 Northern Kentucky Ag and (’85) Reynolds Casey A. Jetton ’92, ’95 Owners and Breeders Ann B. McBrayer heS Alumni Association Barbara L. Rice ’62 so there’s no tax on it.” Sue Jetton Foundation William B. III (’84, ’87) and Ocean Organics Corporation Christine P. Richards Recently the Kentucky Small Grain Growers’ As- John Wiley & Sons Inc. The Kentucky Turfgrass Linda McCloskey Ohio Valley Crop Dr. W. Thomas Riddle Teresa Johnson Council John M. McDonald III Insurance LLC Dr. Lynn W. Robbins sociation established a research endowment fund with Johnson County Kiesel Enterprises Inc. Sam Martin Jr. (’73) and Brenda S. Oldfield ’73, ’78 Robert L. Conley the College to support continued small grain research. Homemakers Jonathan S. (’85, ’90) and Susan W. (’73) McElroy Omicron Chapter Livestock LLC Dr. Larry D. and Linda S. dwaynetta C. King Martha L. McGregor ’61 Trent D. (’07) and Darla Patrick J. Robinson ’01, ’03 “Our leadership has been extremely pleased with the Jones Dr. Kyle J. King ’89, ’93 McLaughlin Gormley King (’05, ’07) O’Nan The Roemer Foundation quality of research conducted at UK, and growers have JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. Michael A. King ’76, ’78 Company The Opal H. Mann Roman Catholic Diocese JT International Elizabeth M. Kingsland McReynolds Family Living Trust of Lexington benefited greatly from the results,” Don Halcomb said JWray Seeds LLC ’87, ’96 Foundation OreGro Seeds Inc. Rood and Riddle Equine in a statement on the association’s website. Halcomb Keeneland Association The Klein Family Foundation Marc R. (’75) and Priscilla Orkin Pest Control Hospital James G. III and Elizabeth Inc. L. (’76) Merritt Orphan Society of Lexington Roquette America Inc. is chairman of the Kentucky Small Grain Promotion P. Kenan Dr. and Mrs. John J. Korte Adam Charles Michels Kenneth W. (’64) and Patty Jo Rosenthal Foundation Inc. Council. Christopher R. (’90) and ’05, ’07 (’65, ’68) Overhults Robert A. (’80) and Glee Gillian M. (’90) Kummer Owen County Conservation Buck (’72) Roser District

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Charles J. Rowland ’73, ’75 Cooperative Inc. Mollie A. (’02) Tichenor Church Dr. C. M. Russell ’78 Dr. Donald L. Sparks ’75, ’76 TKI NovaSource Western University of Safe Equine Jaime R. (’00, ’03) and William R. Toadvine ’60 health Sciences technologies Inc. Kyle C. Sparrow Tobacco Seed Company LTD Whayne Supply Company Dr. Sibu P. and Becky Saha Springleaf Financial Patricia B. Todd (’68) Dr. Sue H. (’64) and Saint John’s Lutheran Services Dianne C. Toll ’77 dr. Donald R. Whitaker Church Dr. Edward L. Squires Billy (’03) and Elizabeth E. Andrew James Whittle ’06, The Samuel Roberts Noble State Farm Insurance Co. (’06) Toombs ’07, ’09 Foundation Inc. Barrett A. (’97, ’03) and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Wild Birds Unlimited Mary L. Sandford ’69, ’74 Beverly E. Steele Kentucky Inc. Dr. A. S. Williams Dr. Donald E. and Elizabeth Steele-Reese Foundation TPE Associates LLC Dr. D. W. Williams ’93, ’96 S. Sands Barbara B. Stephenson ’61 Mats H. Troedsson, DVM Mr. and Mrs. Keith Wilson Pamela B. Scallan ’68 Dr. Tammy J. (’97, ’01) and Paul L. (’73, ’75) and Virginia Hilton M. Withers ’60 Dr. Horst Schach Brian H. (’98) Stephenson K. (’77, ’79) Tucker Dr. R. Douglas (’63, ’64, ’67) Rudy and Patricia Schmidt The Steritech Group Inc. Russell F. Tucker ’74 and Sandra (’64) Wood Robert R Scott, Elmira Dr. David B. and Sally Drs. Rodney W. and W. Brent Woodrum Scott, and Laverne Scott Stevens Charlotte R. (’82) Tulloch Workman Tobacco Seed Trust Drs. John D. II, and Julia C. Udderbull Investments Inc. Scott S. Skinner Rev Trust Stevens Underwriters at Lloyd’s, Wyffels Hybrids The Scotts Company LLC Estate of Marjorie S. London Yara International ASA Security Seed & Chemical Stewart ’63 Unisouth Genetics Inc. Scott Yocum ’86 LLC Russell Stewart ’05 United Commercial Travelers Harry and Lucy Young Seed Consultants Inc. Stewart Seeds of America Dr. Patricia L. Ziefle Ada S. Selwitz ’74 Stine Seed Company University Inn SePRO Corporation Glenn A. Stith ’78 University of Kentucky Ag Servicemaster Leslie J. Stith ’81 and HES Alumni Dr. Helen Anderson Shaw Sue C. Stivers ’57 Association ’58 Stonereath Farms Inc. University of Kentucky Shawnee Farm Stratton Seed Company Alumni Association Dr. Scott A. Shearer Dr. Robert and Ruth Straus University of Kentucky James D. (’56) and Nancy L. Stuart Products Federal Credit Union (’56) Sherfey Dr. Melinda Ann University of Louisville ______David L. Shultz ’69, ’74 Sutton-Barber ’85 University of Massachusetts Dr. Dale E. Shuster ’85, ’87 SVEC Enterprize U.S. Seeds LLC Donor lists include gifts made from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, Siemer Milling Co. Mark A. Swartz Dr. Ann Vail 2011. Lists were compiled using computerized methods. We Sigma LLC Swedish Match North Mr. James A. Vail ’72, ’78 have made every effort to assure that the lists are accurate. Silver Lane Hybrids Inc. America Inc. Valent U.S.A. Corporation Dr. Alvin M. Simmons ’83, ’87 Swisher International Inc. Value-Added Science & Any errors are unintentional and will be corrected if you Dr. James S. Simpson ’80 Syngenta Crop Protection Technologies contact the Office for Advancement. A complete listing of Dottie Perry Sims Syngenta Crop Protection George M. Van Meter Jr. donors is available on the College of Agriculture’s website at: Dr. John L. Sims ’55, ’56 Inc. Varied Industries www.ca.uky.edu Lee Sisk ’02, ’05 Syngenta Professional Corporation Ed Slack ’74 Products Derek D. Vaughan Glenn N. Slack ’86 Syngenta Seeds Inc. John O. Venable ’48 Small Business Owners T and D Concrete Inc. Verizon Communications Association of Northern Dr. Richard B. (’01) and The Vit-E-Men Co. Inc. Kentucky Inc. Susan S. (’01) Tanner Charles E. Wallace ’74 Dr. Clifton and Renee Dr. Robert W. Teater ’51 Dr. Gary R. (’60, ’66) and Price Smith Tempair Fernita L. (’59, ’70, ’77) James T. Smith ’85 Tennessee Farmers Wallace WHEREVER KENTUCKY MILK GOES Dr. M. Scott Smith Cooperative John B. Jr., (’53) and Carol A. , the staff of the College’s Dr. Mark S. (’86) Smith Terral Seed Inc. (’57) Walton and Dr. Tammy L. Mr. Douglas L. Thomas ’81 Dr. Linus R. Walton ’65, ’67 Regulatory Milk Program follows, educating, testing, licensing, and wearing cool lab coats. Thomason-Smith Steven D. Thomas ’79, ’80 Robert C. Ward ’56 For more information Mary Morgan Smith Gary C. Thompson ’63 Victoria Ewing Ware ’79 aboutiving becoming a donor, contact “We license labs, milk haulers, and fieldmen to assure producers and processors are paid Russell A. Thompson ’82 Dr. James A. Webster ’61, ’64 G Dr. William M. Snell ’83, ’85, ’89 Margaret J. Thorngren ’42 Wehmeyer Seed Company a fair price,” said program director Robert Kiser. Milk haulers sample and measure volume, Jack H. Snyder ’57, ’66 Thoroughbred Racing Kevin P. (’87) and Janice the Office for Advancement at Dr. Patricia M. and John Association of Oklahoma Welsheimer Sobrero Dr. Doris A. (’52, ’58, 69) and Myrna M. (’69, ’75) and (859) 257-7200. and regional labs test the sample for butterfat and other components for payment purposes. Southeastern Graded Milk Carroll B. (’51) Tichenor Wayne Wesley Producers Association Charles S. (’99, ’02) and West Liberty Christian Do it right, the farmer gets a fair price. Do it wrong and… well, UK’s Regulatory Milk Southern States Program makes sure it doesn’t get done wrong. (Right) Robert Kiser (Back left to right) Kristin Brock, Debra Sipe, and Yvonna Daily

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