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Who you gonna call? (Beebusters?)
Photo(from left to right):John Pace (AMS), Dr. Greg Arbuckle (AMS), Dr. Martin Stone (Agriculture),and AMS Graduate Student Abdullah Al Wosaifer help remove honey bees from WKU owned home to transport to the WKU farm
WKU International Outreach - Agra India
From Left to Right: Dr. Jack Rudolph (Agriculture), Dr. Vijay Golla (Public Health) and Dr. Roger Murphy (Political Science) in front of the Taj Mahal
Tyler Sadler, Dr. Linda Gonzales and Dr. Stephen King with agriculture students on a Study Away trip to Louisiana during Spring Break
Tyler Sadler, Dustin Ogburn and Caleb Smithson found a great bumper sticker in Louisiana. (Jack Who?)
Joey Reynolds, Evan Jochim, Dr. Paul Woosley and Jennifer Woosley on Sky Bridge over the Grand Canyon - March 2012
January 2012 - Dr. David Coffey and Kristie Guffey take students to Ecuador
Clarice Esch, Horticulture Major, in Costa Rica January 2012 conducting research on the genus Gunnera .
Retired Faculty Member Cletus Mitchell on Antarctica Trip with National Geographic Explorer. (December 2011)
911 memorial at the Veterans Cemetery near Ft. Knox. The steel beam is from the 78th floor of one of the towers and is 16’ tall and weighs over 6200 lbs.
High Tunnel Vegetable Production
2012 Goldwater Recipient Clarice Esch
Western Kentucky University junior Clarice Esch, an agriculture major from Somerset, received a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship to continue original agriculture research. Esch, the daughter of Joe and Carol Esch, graduated from the Gatton Academy in 2011. A previous recipient of the Greater Research Opportunity Fellowship from the Environmental Protection Agency, she is conducting research to find alternative fertilizers to reduce the pollution associated with nitrogen-based products.
about us
The Department of Agriculture at Western Kentucky University is part of the Ogden College of Science and Engineering. Classrooms and laboratory facilities for Agriculture are located on the ground, first and second floors of the Environmental Science and Technology Building. The departmental office is in Room 269 of that building.
Our University Farm is located a few miles south of the main campus on HWY 31W. The Farm is 810 acres which include a Grade A Dairy, a classroom-mechanics laboratory facility, horticulture facilities, a beef handling facility, university beef, swine and horse herds, and crop acreage. The farm serves as a laboratory to deliver "hands-on" educational experiences for our students. The Agriculture Exposition Center, also located on the Farm, serves as classroom space, as well as a hub for community related agricultural activities. The Expo provides a 350 seat sales arena and a 2,500 seat show arena.
Spotlight
From left, Bowling Green residents Dr. Stephen King, Chip Winger and Chris Whiteside, work together to roll a log while working on a mountain bike trail at Weldon Peete Park in Bowling Green
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AGRICULTURE
LINKS
Governor's Office of Agricultural Policy
Kentucky Department of Agriculture
USDA (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture)



