Pesticide Safety – Plant PestsMajor Program
Total Hours
Contributed.
Contacts
with Local Stakeholders.
Hours
of Multistate Efforts.
Total Number
of Volunteers Engaged.
Program Indicators
Number of producers who plan to complete the Kentucky Pesticide Applicator Training |
2834 |
Number of producers who successfully completed Kentucky Pesticide Applicator Training |
3015 |
Number of producers who plan to train workers in worker protection standards (WPS) |
1194 |
Number of producers who trained workers in worker protection standards (WPS) |
832 |
Number of producers who plan on making changes to their farm’s chemical handling, storage and disposal practices |
1871 |
Number of producers who changed aspects of their farm’s chemical handling, storage, and disposal practices |
1058 |
Number of producers with plans to communicate with neighbors around their farm about pesticide sensitive areas |
2089 |
Number of producers who communicated with neighbors/users of pesticide-sensitive areas around their farm |
1250 |
Number of producers who plan to improve spray application record-keeping (including the posting of signage) as a result of participating in this program |
2744 |
Number of producers who improved spray application record keeping, including posting signage |
1658 |
Stories
GAP Tobacco Workers Training,
The Calloway, and Graves county extension services Co-Hosted a regional tobacco workers safety training with GAP connections in earlyaugust. The purpose of this training was to provide farmers with a simple andeffective outlet for training their Hispanic workers that migrate annually towork in the tobacco crop. In August farmers receive large amounts of workers toassist with harvest and at times, it is difficult to find the time to traineach individual to OSHA standards. By providing this traini...
Reports
Stories Behind the Numbers
- Acting Associate Dean & Director — Craig Wood, Ph.D.
- S107 Ag. Science Center North
- Lexington, KY 40546-0091
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