Pest IDMajor Program

3507

Total Hours

Contributed.

4764

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

21

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

152

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of people who applied  Extension recommendations to address insects or pests  

 3361

Number of people who used Extension resources to identify insects and/or pests

 3976

Number of people who used Extension diagnostics services to identify insects and/or pests

 2742

Reports

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • Daviess County High School Crop Scouting Team

    about 2 years ago by Clinton Hardy

    Grain production is the primary agricultural enterprise in Daviess County encompassing more than 150,000 acres annually; nearly half the land surface of the county. An important task assigned to farm... Read More

  • Saving trees

    about 2 years ago by Lorin Fawns

    A client called the office nervous about her trees declining health. She had a large magnolia tree under stress and was afraid she would lose it. The horticulture agent went to the clients home and de... Read More

  • Identifying Fire Ant Infested Colonies for Eradication

    about 2 years ago by Ricardo Bessin

    Working with Tracie Goodman and Stacy White in McCreary and Whitley Counties we have been able to identify and locate invasive fire ant colonies. Fire ants are a federally regulated invasive pest and ... Read More

  • Invasive Pest Awareness

    about 2 years ago by Tracie Goodman

    In early 2022, I was alerted by a local farmer that he had a suspicious ant mound in his raised bed- he was concerned that it was the red imported fire ant. I contacted the Office of the State Entomol... Read More

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