Adair County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2019
| 1072 - Forages | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1072.6) | 0 |
Number of producers adopting haylage/silage for improved forage quality and storage |
| 1072.7) | 0 |
Number of producers adopting improved varieties |
| 1072.8) | 0 |
Number of producers adopting one or more best management practices for optimum forage establishment for pasture or hay |
| 1072.9) | 0 |
Number of producers adopting improved practices to manage endophyte-infected tall fescue |
| 1072.10) | 30 |
Number of producers utilizing improved forage species for pasture or hay |
| 1072.11) | 0 |
Number of producers adopting practices that improve profitability |
| 1072.12) | 45 |
Number of producers utilizing UK diagnostic service for weed ID and control |
| 1072.13) | 0 |
Number of producers utilizing UK diagnostic services for plant disease control and management |
| 1072.15) | 4 |
Number of producers conducting on farm demonstrations or applied research trials |
| 1072.16) | 0 |
Number of producers adopting practices that improve environmental quality |
| 1072.17) | 0 |
Number of producers who reported improved record-keeping practices |
| 1072.18) | 0 |
Number of producers who reported saving money or reducing cost of operation |
| 1072.5) | 0 |
Number of producers adopting improved hay storage practices |
| 1072.4) | 12 |
Number of producers utilizing ration balancing to improve livestock nutrition |
| 1072.3) | 15 |
Number of producers testing stored forage |
| 1072.2) | 20 |
Number of producers adopting practices to improve grazing infrastructure (fences, water) |
| 1072.1) | 0 |
Number of producers adopting improved grazing system practices |
Success Stories
Pasture Weed Control- Education through Demonstration
Author: Nick Roy
Major Program: Forages
In Adair County, 52,000 acres or roughly 30% of the land used for agriculture is utilized for pasture. In recent years, several farmers had reported an unfamiliar troublesome weed invading their pastures. With the diagnostic assistance of UK Weed Scientists, the weed was identified as Arrowleaf Sida. As many of the farmers had already discovered, Arrowleaf Sida is very difficult to control. Very little research data existed evaluating the effectiveness of different herbic
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