Bracken County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2019





1071 - Grain Crops
1071.1) 0

Number of producers  who plan to utilize IPM practices for grain crops production as recommended by Extension

1071.2) 0

Number of producers who utilized IPM practices for grain crops production as recommended by Extension

1071.3) 8

Number of producers  planning to adopt the usage of new technology for crop production

1071.4) 6

Number of producers who adopted the usage of new technology for crop production

1071.5) 0

Number of producers who plan to use diagnostic services to identify insects, disease and/or weeds

1071.6) 0

Number of producers who used diagnostic services to identify insects, disease and/or weeds

1071.7) 25

Number of producers who plan to adopt one or more fertility management recommendations

1071.8) 25

Number of producers who adopted one or more fertility management recommendations

1071.9) 2

Number of producers who plan to implement on-farm trials

1071.10) 2

Number of producers who implemented on-farm trials

1071.11) 14

Number of producers adopting grain crop production practices that improve environmental/water quality



Success Stories

Plastic Culture Field Day

Author: David Appelman

Major Program: Grain Crops

Growing crops on plastic and using drip irrigation is rarely used in our farming region.  Due the planned hemp crop that will be grown using this technology, a plastic culture field day was planned to share information with area growers.  Over 100 growers from 11 Kentucky counties and 2 Ohio Counties attended a regional field day in Bracken County that highlighted the requirements, machinery, and methods used for Plastic Culture crop production.  Each segment of the

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