Breckinridge County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2018
| 1073 - Tobacco | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1073.1) | 152 |
Number of producers completing GAP training |
| 1073.2) | 75 |
Number of producers adopting practices that improve profitability |
| 1073.3) | 104 |
Number of producers utilizing tobacco varieties with appropriate disease resistance for their farm |
| 1073.4) | 55 |
Number of producers who used UK diagnostic services to identify insects, disease and/or weeds in tobacco |
| 1073.5) | 95 |
Number of producers who adopted one or more UK fertility management recommendations for tobacco |
| 1073.6) | 107 |
Number of producers who utilized UK soil testing services for tobacco |
| 1073.7) | 17 |
Number of producers who implemented on-farm trials for tobacco |
| 1073.8) | 122 |
Number of producers adopting tobacco production practices that improve environmental/water quality |
Success Stories
New Tobacco GAP requirements
Author: Carol Hinton
Major Program: Tobacco
The tobacco producers in area began calling in after they received the information from the Tobacco GAP meeting that was held in our county. THE on Farm AUDIT was now to be a fee based program. This new program is not a requirement but maybe a check mark that the company makes to keep or not keep a grower on their program.
Full Story
- Acting Associate Dean & Director — Craig Wood, Ph.D.
- S107 Ag. Science Center North
- Lexington, KY 40546-0091
- +1 (859) 257-4302
© 2024 University of Kentucky, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment