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

Researching Cereal Rye’s Potential in Kentucky

University of Kentucky researchers have been looking at cereal rye as a crop for Kentucky farmers for the past several years. Known and used as a cover crop, cereal rye is now being looked at as a potential income source for farming operations. On-farm research is being conducted to test agronomic practices and to show that Kentucky can be a reliable rye source for distillers, bakers, and millers. Oldham County is located to many nearby distillers, and in 2013, a craft distillery reached out to ...

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Researching Cereal Rye’s Potential in Kentucky

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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