Horticulture, CommercialMajor Program
Total Hours
Contributed.
Contacts
with Local Stakeholders.
Hours
of Multistate Efforts.
Total Number
of Volunteers Engaged.
Program Indicators
Number of farmers and farmer market vendors who gained knowledge on crop diversification |
1186 |
Number for growers who diversified crop production |
729 |
Number of growers who conducted foliar tissue testing |
529 |
Number of growers who implemented irrigation systems |
766 |
Number of growers who gained knowledge in commercial horticulture including: improved pest and disease management, improved soil management, how to interpret a soil test and apply fertilizer accordingly, recommended crop varieties, improved crop management such as trellising, pruning, harvesting, timing of operations, etc. |
5572 |
Number of growers who planned and practiced crop rotation |
907 |
Number of growers who adopted techniques that extended the growing season |
684 |
Stories
David Weisbrodt - Peach Pruning
I have worked with David Weisbrodt for several years advising on pruning and disease management of fruit trees. David has a several acre peach and apple orchard in Allen County that he uses to sell fruit locally at farmers markets and through on-farm sales. When David first reached out to me, he had recently planted his fruit trees and did not know how to properly prune them. Over the past four years of working together Davids skills have improved and has the confidence to make basic pruning cut...
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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