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Woodford County Conservation District Your local partner in natural resource conservation. Welcome! A growing nation such as ours puts strong demands on our natural resources.

Our mission is to promote the conservation of land and aquatic resources in a developed environment through stewardship, education, and technical assistance. With increasing markets for our raw materials, pressure is placed on our agricultural farmland to produce the crops necessary to meet these demands. At the same time, other land uses are taking up large blocs of prime agricultural land each year removing this land from production forever. Maintaining a sufficient amount of our natural resources for future generations, while providing the necessary elements for growth, places strong responsibilities on mankind. It is with the realization of the needs and problems concerning our natural resources that the Woodford County Conservation District strives to educate the public on protecting our environment. What we accomplish as individuals is minimum compared to what we have and can accomplish with united efforts. The Board of Supervisors holds general meetings on the Third Monday of every month; at 6:30pm November-March, 7pm April-October.

It is the Woodford County Conservation District's 80th anniversary this year and we have much to celebrate thanks to the...
10/23/2026

It is the Woodford County Conservation District's 80th anniversary this year and we have much to celebrate thanks to the commitment and example of people like Robert Richardson, a second generation Conservation District Supervisor who has been a valuable addition to our board since 2018 and has been farming his family's land full-time since he graduated high school. Robert is the fourth generation to steward several hundred acres between Clifton and Steel Rd. Robert is skilled at balancing financial and conservation management objectives - developing water resources everywhere he can and managing his soil for continued production (only tilling when necessary).

Robert reminded us during his interview that farmers in central Kentucky often get a bad wrap because of high phosphorous levels in water, even though most farmers don't apply phosphorous because soil levels are naturally high. Much of the limestone bedrock in Woodford County is what we call "phosphatic", due to calcium phosphate bonds formed 450+ million years ago when this area was ocean. The fertile soil that Robert now farms is the product of millions of years of weathering limestone.

๐ƒ๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ”๐ญ๐ก! ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐’๐•๐, ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž Woodford County Cooperative Extension Service.

Woodford County, Kentucky
City of Versailles, Kentucky
Kentucky Association of Conservation Districts - KACD
Kentucky Division of Conservation
Kentucky Department of Agriculture
Woodford County Farm Bureau
Woodford County Chamber Of Commerce

It's cover crop planting time in Kentucky and the Woodford County Conservation District has two different programs avail...
10/16/2026

It's cover crop planting time in Kentucky and the Woodford County Conservation District has two different programs available to incentivize cover crop use in Woodford County.
1. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ pays $20/acre up to 100 acres for wheat and rye planted before December 1st.
2. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ provides a wheat/crimson clover seed mix for backyard gardeners and market vegetable producers.

๐–๐‡๐˜ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐€ ๐‚๐Ž๐•๐„๐‘ ๐‚๐‘๐Ž๐ ๐–๐Ž๐‘๐“๐‡ ๐๐‹๐€๐๐“๐ˆ๐๐†?
- NUTRIENT RETENTION: it can prevent residual soil nutrients from leaching out of the topsoil - don't let those nutrients you worked or paid for be leached away!
- EROSION PREVENTION: it holds the soil in place, preventing erosion from wind, rain, and surface water flow.
- ORGANIC MATTER: it can increase soil organic matter, which increases soil nutrient and water storage capacity and availability.
- W**D SUPPRESSION: it can crowd out undesirable plants and prevent weeds from germinating in the first place.
- SOIL STRUCTURE: it can break up compaction and improve aggregation, which improves the movement of soil water and gases in the rootzone so that plant roots can more easily get what they need to thrive.

๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž: woodfordcd.com/localcost-share


Woodford County Cooperative Extension Service

The Farmer's Resource Breakfast is back!Join us for a hot meal while we discuss all of the relevant programs available t...
10/13/2026

The Farmer's Resource Breakfast is back!

Join us for a hot meal while we discuss all of the relevant programs available to farmers out of the Ag. Resource Building.

RSVP required.

Woodford County Cooperative Extension Service
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
USDA Farm Service Agency
Kentucky Association of Conservation Districts - KACD
Woodford County, Kentucky
City of Versailles, Kentucky
Woodford County Farm Bureau
Woodford County Chamber Of Commerce

The Woodford County Conservation District has been supporting the work of soil & water stewards in Woodford County for 8...
10/07/2026

The Woodford County Conservation District has been supporting the work of soil & water stewards in Woodford County for 80 years. Maggie Dungan has operated Salad Days Farm for the last 11 of those 80 years, and she has had an outsized impact from approximately 2-acres of food production.

Earning a living, producing healthy food and providing meaningful employment to others are central to Maggie's model of natural resource stewardship. Because this business model is difficult for most people to contextualize, we asked Maggie if we could share the fact that Salad Days Farm generates upwards of $100,000 in revenue per acre every year - primarily from sales at the Franklin County Farmer's Market, the Fayette County Farmer's Market and their own farm store. Maggie's husband, Jarrod, works off the farm, but Maggie keeping the farming operation financially sustainable is essential to keeping the land ecologically sustainable and vice versa.


Kentucky Association of Conservation Districts - KACD
Kentucky Division of Conservation
Woodford County Cooperative Extension Service
Woodford County, Kentucky
City of Versailles, Kentucky
Woodford County Chamber Of Commerce
Woodford County Farm Bureau

Our next Conservation Success Story features Curtis Congleton, who has been an asset to the Woodford County Conservation...
09/23/2026

Our next Conservation Success Story features Curtis Congleton, who has been an asset to the Woodford County Conservation District board since 2003. You may have seen or tasted his sorghum and maple syrup at places like Local's Food Hub and Pizza Pub in Frankfort or at the Woodford County Farmers' Market. Curtis' passion for farming, entrepreneurship, and self sufficiency are central to his care for the land and water. He takes care of it so it takes care of him, and we are all better for it.

Country Rock Sorghum and Bluegrass Maple Syrup
Woodford County Cooperative Extension Service
Woodford County, Kentucky
City of Versailles, Kentucky
Woodford County Chamber Of Commerce
Woodford County Farm Bureau

The Woodford County Conservation District's Farmland Protection Luncheon is tomorrow (September 22nd) in the basement of...
09/21/2026

The Woodford County Conservation District's Farmland Protection Luncheon is tomorrow (September 22nd) in the basement of the Ag. Resource Building. ๐‘ท๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’† ๐‘น๐‘บ๐‘ฝ๐‘ท ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐’„๐’๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’๐’‡๐’‡๐’Š๐’„๐’†.

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐จ๐จ๐๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ available through the Woodford County Conservation District, Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Bluegrass Land Conservancy and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.

๐‘จ๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’๐’…๐’†๐’†๐’” ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’… ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’‡ ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’Š๐’†๐’˜ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’†๐’‚๐’„๐’‰ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‚๐’—๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’Ž๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’•๐’ ๐’‚๐’”๐’Œ ๐’’๐’–๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” ๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’†๐’๐’…. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’๐’“๐’…๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‘๐’–๐’ƒ๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’›๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’• ๐’‚ ๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’…๐’‚๐’•๐’†.

Out of respect for our presenters and individuals who are seriously considering protecting their Woodford County farmland with one of the aforementioned mechanisms, we want to make it clear that... ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐๐Ž๐“:
- a Planning and Zoning meeting
- a community forum
- a discussion about the Woodford County Rural Land Board
- a political grandstanding opportunity

Questions and public input are always welcome. The Woodford County Conservation District's business hours are from 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday. We can be reached by email at [email protected] or by calling 859-873-3411 (ext. 3). Up-to-date information can always be found on our website at woodfordcd.com.


Woodford County, Kentucky
City of Versailles, Kentucky
Woodford County Farm Bureau
Woodford County Cooperative Extension Service
Woodford County Chamber Of Commerce

The Woodford County Conservation District's cover crop programs are OPEN.๐“๐ก๐ž ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ provides gar...
09/14/2026

The Woodford County Conservation District's cover crop programs are OPEN.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ provides gardeners with enough wheat/clover seed to cover 500 square feet. Bags of seed can be picked up, with planting information, at the Ag. Resource Building during normal business hours.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ reimburses crop farmers $20/acre for cover crops planted before December 1st up to 100 acres or 75 acres for to***co. Applications are available in our office or on our website at woodfordcd.com/localcost-share.


Woodford County Cooperative Extension Service
Woodford County Extension Master Gardeners
Woodford County, Kentucky
City of Versailles, Kentucky
Woodford County Library
Woodford County Farm Bureau

The Graddy family has been farming between Clifton and Steele Rd. for hundreds of years and Lucy Smith (along with her b...
09/10/2026

The Graddy family has been farming between Clifton and Steele Rd. for hundreds of years and Lucy Smith (along with her brother Campbell) embodies that legacy. Lucy has dabbled in vegetable and cut flower production and continues to improve the land that she stewards by grazing cattle and using goats to control invasive plant species.


Woodford County Cooperative Extension Service
Woodford County Farm Bureau
Woodford County, Kentucky
City of Versailles, Kentucky
Kentucky Association of Conservation Districts - KACD
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

09/09/2026

The Woodford County Conservation District phone service is working again with the normal 859-873-4941 number (extension 3).

The Ag. Resource Building will be closed on Monday, September 7th in observance of Labor Day.
09/04/2026

The Ag. Resource Building will be closed on Monday, September 7th in observance of Labor Day.

Address

180 Beasley Road
Versailles, KY
40383

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+18598734941

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