Chemical Crop Management Tools Major Program

1062

Total Hours

Contributed.

8262

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

104

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

12

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of producers who  used alternate materials based on REI, PHI, residues, etc.

602

Number of producers who plan to reevaluate nozzles, spray pressure or boom height as a result of participating in this program

1022

Number of producers who calibrated their sprayer

795

Number of producers who plan to calibrated their sprayer

1200

Number of producers who plan to update farm spraying to reduce risks of developing resistance as a result of participating in this program

1255

Number of producers who updated their farm’s spray program to reduce risk of developing resistance

1196

Number of producers who plan to test pesticide application water (pH, alkalinity, etc.)

579

Number of producers who tested pesticide application water (pH, alkalinity, etc.)

501

Number of producer who will consider alternate materials based on REI, PHI, residues, etc.

698

Number of producers who  reevaluated nozzles, spray pressure, or boom height

1006

Stories

2019 Palmer Amaranth Control Plot

Since 2009, Palmer Amaranth has been an issue here in Fulton County, but this not just an issue here. This is an issue with many areas across the Soybean production areas of the U.S. In addition to Palmer Amaranth, Resistant Water hemp, Mares tail, and other herbicide resistant weeds are becoming more difficult to control with modern chemistries and available soybean varieties.During the summer of 2019, Dr. Travis Legleiter, Extension Specialist with the University of Kentucky, his research stu...

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2019 Palmer Amaranth Control Plot

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    Since 2009, Palmer Amaranth has been an issue here in Fulton County, but this not just an issue here. This is an issue with many areas across the Soybean production areas of the U.S. In addition to P... Read More

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