Grain CropsMajor Program

26709.2

Total Hours

Contributed.

473934

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

2835.2

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

72

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

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

2220

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

1407

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

2147

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

1407

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

1920

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

1815

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

3470

Number of producers who adopted one or more fertility management recommendations

3148

Number of producers who plan to implement on-farm trials

260

Number of producers who implemented on-farm trials

211

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

1732

Stories

The Early Bird Gets the Grain

The problemIn December of 2014, Hardin County helped plan and hosted an Early Bird Grain Meeting with University of Kentucky Specialists. Topics included Slowing Down Herbicide Resistance, Irrigation for Corn and Soybean, Maximizing N from Manure and Fertilizer applications, Grain Crop Profitability, Commodity Prices, Crop Insurance and the Farm Bill, and Sudden Death Syndrome Management in Soybean. Attendance38 producers were in attendance in the physical location, and an additional 28 producer...

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