1071 - Grain Crops | ||
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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) | 2 |
Number of producers who implemented on-farm trials |
1071.11) | 46 |
Number of producers adopting grain crop production practices that improve environmental/water quality |
1071.6) | 323 |
Number of producers who used diagnostic services to identify insects, disease and/or weeds |
1071.1) | 0 |
Number of producers who plan to utilize 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) | 323 |
Number of producers who plan to use diagnostic services to identify insects, disease and/or weeds |
1071.2) | 0 |
Number of producers who utilized IPM practices for grain crops production as recommended by Extension |
Author: Michelle Simon
Major Program: Grain Crops
Over the period of the last ten years grain production in Kentucky has been volatile; farmer’s experienced record market highs and many new faces took up grain production while other enterprises expanded and invested into more land or upgraded equipment. The last two years of downturn have significantly affected farmers’ profit margins. Northern Kentucky has a small number of grain producers; many of which entered when the market was in an upturn and economically profitable but