Grain CropsMajor Program

27795.402

Total Hours

Contributed.

240234

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

1589.2001

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

141

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of producers  who plan to utilize IPM practices for grain crops production as recommended by Extension

2960

Number of producers who utilized IPM practices for grain crops production as recommended by Extension

2517

Number of producers  planning to adopt the usage of new technology for crop production

2410

Number of producers who adopted the usage of new technology for crop production

1940

Number of producers who plan to use diagnostic services to identify insects, disease and/or weeds

2600

Number of producers who used diagnostic services to identify insects, disease and/or weeds

1740

Number of producers who plan to adopt one or more fertility management recommendations

3860

Number of producers who adopted one or more fertility management recommendations

3306

Number of producers who plan to implement on-farm trials

327

Number of producers who implemented on-farm trials

308

Number of producers adopting grain crop production practices that improve environmental/water quality

2295

Stories

Annual Winter Agriculture Conference

The passage of the 2018 Farm Bill brought forth many new changes to the landscape of American agriculture. In cooperation with Purchase area agents, Graves County Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Samantha Anderson, identified the need to address these changes and their impact to local producers.The 2019 Annual Winter Agricultural Conference consisted of a panel discussion on policy updates from Dr. Will Snell, University of Kentucky, and Joe Cain, Kentucky Farm Bureau, and ...

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Annual Winter Agriculture Conference

Stories Behind the Numbers

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    Land utilized for corn and soybean production comprises approximately 122,000 acres, more than 40% of Daviess Countys land surface. Combined, their gross value annually meets or exceeds 66 million dol... Read More

  • Disease management in next years soybean crop

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  • New Farm Bill

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