Integrated Plant Pest ManagementMajor Program

7244

Total Hours

Contributed.

11829

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

952

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

24

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of producers who plan to integrate a new cultural management tactic with their current spray program

439

Number of producers who  Integrated a new cultural management tactic with current spray programs

289

Number of producers that plan to alter existing spray programs to reduce non-target impacts

683

Number of producers who  altered existing spray program to reduce non-target impacts

401

Number of producers who plan to scout fields weekly for pest pressure

680

Number of producers who  scouted fields weekly for pest pressure

359

Number of producers who will begin using biological control

110

Number of producers who  used biological control

61

Number of producers who plan to research multiple options before selecting and applying pesticides 

749

Number of producers who  researched multiple options before selecting and applying pesticides

511

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • SOKY Commercial Pesticide Training

    Commercial pesticide applicators are called upon by farmers, businesses, golf courses, homeowners, and many others to control pests in a number of situations. These applicators are required to obtain ... Read More

  • SOKY Pesticide Training

    Commercial pesticide applicators are called upon by farmers, businesses, golf courses, homeowners, and many others to control pests in a number of situations. These applicators are required to obtain ... Read More

  • 2017 Pesticide Applicator Training

    As many as three hundred tri-state Green Industry personnel receive pesticide training updates(CEUs) at the Boone County Extension Service on an annual basis. Trainings have typically been done in the... Read More

  • SOKY Commercial Pesticide Training

    Application of crop protection chemicals and lawn/landscapechemicals is an important industry in South Central Kentucky. Professional applicators must receive training to stay current on issues,pests,... Read More

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