Contact Information

Barry Barnett, Ph.D.
Department Chair

Department of Agricultural Economics 400 Charles E. Barnhart Building Lexington, KY 40546-0276

+1 (859) 257-5762

ageconomics@uky.edu

Greg Halich

Greg Halich

Dr. Greg Halich

Greg Halich

Associate Extension Professor, Livestock/Forages and Grain Crops Management Specialist

Faculty
311 Charles E. Barnhart Building Lexington, KY 40546-0276

Last Revised: Jun 13th, 2024

Professional Biography

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Low-cost grazing systems for the Upper South, Bale grazing winter-feeding systems that reduce equipment costs and increase pasture fertility, Grass-finished beef production, and Grain-crop profitability and management.

   

Publications

Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat

Corn and Soybean Budgets - Central Kentucky - 2024

Corn and Soybean Budgets - Western Kentucky - 2024

Wheat Double-Crop Soybean Budget (2023 - 2024)

Flexible Cash Lease Decision-Aid

Fertilizer Price Calculator

    

Beef Cattle, Forages, and Winter Feeding Systems

Beef Enterprise Budgets

Bred Heifer Profitability Estimation

Profitability of Nitrogen Applications for Stockpiling Tall Fescue Pastures – 2015 Guide

Switchgrass vs. Hay Comparative Budgets

Valuing Corn Silage for Beef Cattle Feed 2014 Guide

Progressive Forage Articles: How often should you move your cattle?; Picking apples off the grazing tree - Part 1: When grazing isn’t profitablePart 2: Rotation intensity and stockpiled fescuePart 3: The stocking rate – hay feeding trade-offGrazing myths that reduce profitabilityCan cattle be finished on pasture?Bale grazing: increasing pasture fertility while reducing machinery costsFertilizer value of hay feedingCalculating depreciation and interest in hay production.

   

Pasture-Finished Production Systems: Beef Cattle, Hogs, and Chickens

Producer’s Guide to Pasture-Based Beef Finishing

Pasture Finishing Worksheet for Beef Cattle (2016)

Pastured Based Laying Hens Decision Aid

Small Scale Broiler Production Decision Aid

   

Other Publications

Custom Machinery Rates Applicable to Kentucky (2022)

Kentucky ANR Agent Land Value and Cash Rent Survey (2018)

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Education

Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, Virginia Tech, 2005

Contact Information

Barry Barnett, Ph.D.
Department Chair

Department of Agricultural Economics 400 Charles E. Barnhart Building Lexington, KY 40546-0276

+1 (859) 257-5762

ageconomics@uky.edu