Extension
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| 1041 - Pesticide Safety – Plant Pests | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1041.1) | 100 |
Number of producers who plan to complete the Kentucky Pesticide Applicator Training |
| 1041.2) | 78 |
Number of producers who successfully completed Kentucky Pesticide Applicator Training |
| 1041.3) | 2 |
Number of producers who plan to train workers in worker protection standards (WPS) |
| 1041.4) | 6 |
Number of producers who trained workers in worker protection standards (WPS) |
| 1041.5) | 2 |
Number of producers who plan on making changes to their farm’s chemical handling, storage and disposal practices |
| 1041.6) | 2 |
Number of producers who changed aspects of their farm’s chemical handling, storage, and disposal practices |
| 1041.7) | 16 |
Number of producers with plans to communicate with neighbors around their farm about pesticide sensitive areas |
| 1041.8) | 15 |
Number of producers who communicated with neighbors/users of pesticide-sensitive areas around their farm |
| 1041.9) | 78 |
Number of producers who plan to improve spray application record-keeping (including the posting of signage) as a result of participating in this program |
| 1041.10) | 11 |
Number of producers who improved spray application record keeping, including posting signage |
Author: Shane Bogle
Major Program: Pesticide Safety – Plant Pests
In recent years west Kentucky has seen a drastic increase in Glyphosate-resistant marestail which is our most common resistant weed, but most farmers have learned to manage it. More serious resistance issues exist with Italian ryegrass, Palmar amaranth, waterhemp, etc. Producers have always tended to use the pesticides that work for them, and they sometimes use them over and over. But the increase in herbicide-resistant weeds has forced producers to think more carefully how their chemical choice
