New Department Helps Kentuckians Turn Change into Progress ..... 2 A Plant Pathologist Takes on Tall Fescue’s Endophyte .....6 Take a Walk on the Wild Side .....10 Toward Solving the Medical Mystery of MRLS ..... 14 Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service Annual Report ..... 18

WINTER/SPRING 2003 Volume 4 Number 1

The Ag Magazine is published quarterly by the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, with Ambassador issues in the spring and fall.
© 2003 University of Kentucky College of Agriculture

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Agricultural Communications

Assistant Dean and Director:
Carla G. Craycraft

Editor:
Martha Jackson

Print Version Designer:
Linda Millercox

Web Version:
Shamick Gaworski

Writers:
Martha Jackson
Randy Weckman

Photographers:
Matt Barton
Stephen Patton

Additional Photo Credit:
Chris Schardl, pages 8 and 9;
Shad Baker, people photos, page 13;
Karen McDowell, horse embryo, page 15;
Comstock Images, Inc., pages 18, 22, and 23.