GrainsMajor Program

26462

Total Hours

Contributed.

124490

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

657

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

100

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of producers who implemented on-farm trials for new grain variety production (i.e. rye, wheat, hops)

1220

Number of producers who implemented on-farm trials for grain management

1238

Number of producers  that increased knowledge of production, fertility management, varieties, insect control, disease or pests and/or sustainable practices  

5917

Number of producers who can distinguish between genetically and non-genetically engineered crops

3207

Number of producers who can distinguish between genetically engineered and non-genetically engineered crops

3821

Number of producers who can locate unbiased information on Ag biotechnology

2883

Number of producers who applied Extension information for grain production related to fertility management, varieties, control of insect, disease or pest and/or sustainable practices  

4395

Stories

Soybean Yield and Quality Constest

Soybean production in Kentucky comprises approximately 1.3 million acres of agricultural land use. Revenue from this crop accounts for $300 million statewide. Since the 1950s, soybean production began to gain popularity. In the American production agriculture system. Currently, soybean production constitutes for the second largest row crop (based on acreage) in the Untied StatesBeginning in 1980, an annual soybean yield contest has been held in Kentucky. Administered by the University of Kentuck...

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Soybean Yield and Quality Constest

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • Yield Contest

    Union County is known not only for the quality of grain produced but also the quantity. Although 2020 has been anything but ordinary, farmers still had their crops to grow. As this was my first yield ... Read More

  • No-Till Conference Argentina

    Decades ago, our predecessors in Pant and Soil Sciences (Agronomy at that time) visited Argentina and taught farmers there how to raise crops in no-tillage conditions. Today, they have an Argentinian ... Read More

  • No-Tillage Presentation to Extremely Large US Farm Consortium

    A very large farming consortium in the United States is interested in implementing more no-tillage practices in their farms. These farms span the United States are well in excess of 100,000 acres. Dan... Read More

  • Farm Visit: Apparent Nutrient Deficiencies

    People from a farm supply company had a farmer who had corn that appeared to be nutrient deficient in specific patterns across fields. The patterns appeared to be consistent with the GPS map of the fe... Read More

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