Extension
It Starts With Us
Crop Production Systems
Promote Best Management Practices for Agriculture
Dan Allen
Grain Crops
Pesticide Safety – Plant Pests
Kenton County producers realize that feeding is of primary importance to support a livestock production.
A good quality pasture that will contribute a cheaper quality feed for livestock operations
Acceptance of best management practices to increase production of a quality forage system.
Gain research-based information on forage production from classroom programs.
Initial Outcome: Knowledge leads to better quality hay and pastures
Indicator: Increased herd size and increased forage (hay and pasture)
Method: Surveys and conversation
Timeline: Early Spring classes and demonstration
Intermediate Outcome: Increased yields
Long-term Outcome: Increased farm income
Audience: Pasture and hay producers
Project or Activity: Classroom programs, and on-farm demonstrations
Content or Curriculum: UK research
Inputs: UK Specialists, agent and research publications
Date: February 2018, 2019, 2020; March 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Audience: Crop Producers Including Hay and Forages
Project or Activity: Private Pesticide Applicators
Content or Curriculum: UK IPM
Inputs: UK Research
Date: May 2018, 2019, 2020
Author: Michele Stanton
Major Program: Pesticide Safety – Plant Pests
One of the many challenges to Horticulture and Agriculture agents is the need for pesticide education. Our culture promotes the idea that there is a product in a bottle or a bag somewhere that will cure whatever ails your plants. This concept is pervasive; in 2012, the EPA estimated that $25,000,000,000 was spent on the purchase of herbicides alone.The use of pesticides is not new. 4500 years ago, Sumerians used sulphur compounds to manage insects and mites. Colonists used arsenic to c
