Crittenden County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2019





1043 - Integrated Plant Pest Management
1043.1) 0

Number of producers who plan to integrate a new cultural management tactic with their current spray program

1043.2) 0

Number of producers who  Integrated a new cultural management tactic with current spray programs

1043.3) 0

Number of producers that plan to alter existing spray programs to reduce non-target impacts

1043.5) 0

Number of producers who plan to scout fields weekly for pest pressure

1043.6) 0

Number of producers who  scouted fields weekly for pest pressure

1043.7) 2

Number of producers who will begin using biological control

1043.8) 0

Number of producers who  used biological control

1043.9) 0

Number of producers who plan to research multiple options before selecting and applying pesticides 

1043.10) 0

Number of producers who  researched multiple options before selecting and applying pesticides

1043.4) 0

Number of producers who  altered existing spray program to reduce non-target impacts



Success Stories

Who To Call?

Author: Dee Heimgartner

Major Program: Integrated Plant Pest Management

Many times an Extension agents gets a call that starts with the phrase, I just don't know who to call. That is what Crittenden County ANR agent Dee Heimgartner encounter in Spring of 2019. Heimgartner had a client call about a wasp that had gotten into their house. The client was afraid that if they were stung it would complicate their health issues which included breathing issues.Heimgartner worked with the client by going to the house to retrieve the insect for identification. The client w

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