Butler 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) 0

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

1071.4) 0

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

1071.5) 6

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

1071.6) 6

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

1071.7) 0

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

1071.8) 0

Number of producers who adopted one or more fertility management recommendations

1071.9) 0

Number of producers who plan to implement on-farm trials

1071.10) 0

Number of producers who implemented on-farm trials

1071.11) 0

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



Success Stories

Grain Bin Rescue Capacity in Butler County

Author: Gregory Drake

Major Program: Grain Crops

Grain Crop Production is an important enterprise in Butler County.  Agriculture is the county’s largest industry, and grain crops are our leading enterprise most years.  Grain Farms tend to be large and getting larger.  Grain storage facilities have increased in size as farming operations have increased infrastructure and capacity.  Farm leadership in the community decided to secure “grain bin rescue equipment” for the fire departments and rescue squad. &nbs

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