GrainsMajor Program
Total Hours
Contributed.
Contacts
with Local Stakeholders.
Hours
of Multistate Efforts.
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) |
237 |
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 |
4460 |
Number of producers who can locate unbiased information on Ag biotechnology |
2057 |
Number of producers who can distinguish between genetically engineered and non-genetically engineered crops |
2953 |
Number of producers who can distinguish between genetically and non-genetically engineered crops |
2047 |
Number of producers that increased knowledge of production, fertility management, varieties, insect control, disease or pests and/or sustainable practices |
5790 |
Number of producers who implemented on-farm trials for grain management |
330 |
Stories
2025 Winter Ag Conference
Hickman County, Kentucky, boasts over 47,000 acres of soybeans and 35,000 acres of corn, contributing to over $66 million in grain sales, according to the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Since 2010, local County Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Agents has collaborated with colleagues from surrounding counties—including Fulton, Hickman, Carlisle, Graves, McCracken, Calloway, and Marshall—along with three adult agricultural educators from West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC...
Reports
Stories Behind the Numbers
- Acting Associate Dean & Director — Craig Wood, Ph.D.
- S107 Ag. Science Center North
- Lexington, KY 40546-0091
- +1 (859) 257-4302
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