Christian County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2021
| 1073 - Tobacco | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1073.2) | 15 |
Number of producers achieving iTobacco GAP certification |
| 1073.1) | 68 |
NNumber of producers who participated in Tobacco GAP training |
| 1073.3) | 68 |
Number of producers who used Extension information to select varieties of tobacco with appropriate disease resistance |
| 1073.4) | 5 |
Number of producers who implemented on-farm trials for tobacco production |
Success Stories
GAP
Author: Matthew Futrell
Major Program: Tobacco
Good Agriculture Practices has become a very common phrase in the last ten years in the agriculture industry. As consumers become more aware of where and how their food and other products are raised, they have held producers to a standard of production defined by Good Agriculture Practices, or GAP. The tobacco industry is no different. Just like the food and fiber industry tobacco production has been held to those same standards. While consumers have lead the way to uphol
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