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| 1071 - Grain Crops | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1071.1) | 111 |
Number of producers who plan to utilize IPM practices for grain crops production as recommended by Extension |
| 1071.2) | 110 |
Number of producers who utilized IPM practices for grain crops production as recommended by Extension |
| 1071.3) | 28 |
Number of producers planning to adopt the usage of new technology for crop production |
| 1071.4) | 12 |
Number of producers who adopted the usage of new technology for crop production |
| 1071.5) | 17 |
Number of producers who plan to use diagnostic services to identify insects, disease and/or weeds |
| 1071.6) | 26 |
Number of producers who used diagnostic services to identify insects, disease and/or weeds |
| 1071.7) | 10 |
Number of producers who plan to adopt one or more fertility management recommendations |
| 1071.8) | 10 |
Number of producers who adopted one or more fertility management recommendations |
| 1071.9) | 1 |
Number of producers who plan to implement on-farm trials |
| 1071.10) | 1 |
Number of producers who implemented on-farm trials |
| 1071.11) | 79 |
Number of producers adopting grain crop production practices that improve environmental/water quality |
Author: Chuck Flowers
Major Program: Grain Crops
With 83.53% of the land in all four river counties used for crop production, agriculture holds a strong presence. AG Day is to highlight agriculture in Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, and Hickman County. The 2nd year for the event, WAVE River Counties AG Day, was held at Carlisle County Fairgrounds in Bardwell, KY on July 19 from 7:30 am to 2:00 pm. The theme “Lets Grow With It” was chosen again. The WAVE Ag Day was a joint venture including all four county judge executives, the
Author: Chuck Flowers
Major Program: Grain Crops
New Farm Bill –Winter Ag ConferenceThis year our Winter Ag Conference focused on the Farm Bill. The Farm Bill is important to farmers’ daily activities. Crop sales just in Carlisle County is $34,054,000. The need for this information to get out is necessary to our producers. We teamed up with Adult agriculture educators from WKCTC to bring an informational meeting to the farmers on the new information. The meeting was hosted in Pilot Oak, Kentucky by Lo
Author: Chuck Flowers
Major Program: Grain Crops
EFCP-Soil MeetingCarlisle, Fulton and Hickman County had a market value of $337 million in agricultural products last year – equal to the single largest producing county in the state. This region spent over $70 million on fertilizer, seed and chemicals alone last year. After discussing with CEC board and Ag council, agents wanted to offer a program geared toward younger farmers getting ready to transition toward making farm decisions while being a part of the family farming operation. It w
Author: Chuck Flowers
Major Program: Grain Crops
Early Career Farming ProgramThe Agriculture and Natural Resources Agents from Fulton, Hickman, and Carlisle Counties talked for several years of developing a program for the producers in their counties that were beginning their own operations or working into becoming the decision-makers of the family operations.Existing programs like KY FarmStart or Next Generation Farmer were programs that had some of the topics these producers needed, but did not fit into large grain only operations or grain/c
