GrainsMajor Program

10836

Total Hours

Contributed.

70256

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

100

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

56

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)

286

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

397

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

4097

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

1409

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

2161

Number of producers who can locate unbiased information on Ag biotechnology

1052

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  

3247

Stories

Grain Rescue Tubes

Grain storage bins have been in use since their invention by Illinois farmer Fred Hatch who is thought to have constructed the first modern one in 1873. According to Purdue Universitys Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department who has been documenting and investigating grain bin incidents since the 1970s, in 2022, there were 83 incidents reported across the Mid-West with 24 of those being fatalities. In January of 2022, a farmer in Casey County Kentucky became trapped in a soybean bin a...

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Grain Rescue Tubes

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • Union County Grain Day

    The problem: The Union County Grain Day has been around for several years for producers to attend this meeting in the winter and also earn their private applicator card for the year.The educational pr... Read More

  • Sorghum Client

    Last year, a producer who grows sweet sorghum came to me asking for recommendations to increase sugar content in his crop. I have diligently worked with him through soil tests, hay tests, and manure t... Read More

  • Grain Bin Rescue Equipment Training

    Grain bin entrapment is a serious issue every year with farmers across the country. Lives are lost every season due to either falling in by accident, or stepping through a crusted over spot inside the... Read More

  • Grain Rescue Tubes

    Grain storage bins have been in use since their invention by Illinois farmer Fred Hatch who is thought to have constructed the first modern one in 1873. According to Purdue Universitys Agricultural an... Read More

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