Grain CropsMajor Program

22192.598

Total Hours

Contributed.

139242

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

656.8

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

210

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

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

4130

Number of producers who adopted one or more fertility management recommendations

4097

Number of producers who plan to implement on-farm trials

1186

Number of producers who implemented on-farm trials

1149

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

2533

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

2763

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

2314

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

2419

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

2040

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

2977

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

2060

Stories

A Facebook Success

Facebook successDuring the third week of July in Livingston County, Southern rust was found and confirmed in corn. This was the first confirmed case in the state for the 2019 growing season. I wanted to get the word out fast to our counties producers. I used conventional ways of putting information out (i.e. newspaper and mailers,) but also chose to get the information out with social media. I put together a short post on our Livingston County ANR Facebook page and a group e-mail to my grain pro...

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A Facebook Success

Stories Behind the Numbers

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  • Palmer Amaranth Field Day

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  • AG Day 2019

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