Allen County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2023





1081 - Farm Management, Economics and Policy
1081.2) 0

Number of people who recognize methods to reduce risk and improve farm profit

1081.5) 7

Number of people who improved or maintained record keeping practices

1081.7) 0

Number of people who applied marketing techniques for meat animals

1081.6) 0

Number of people who incorporated technology to effectively manage farm operations

1081.8) 0

Number of people who applied marketing techniques including futures and options to reduce risk levels for crops

1081.8) 0

Number of people who adopted practices or adapted equipment  for safety (i.e. Agribility, install roll over bar)

1081.10) 0

Number of farmers adopting new technologies in agriculture production

1081.11) 6

Number of people who improved equipment or facilities

1081.12) 5

Number of people who increased profits, reduced expenses,  and/or reduced risk

1081.4) 0

Number of people who increased knowledge of farm health and safety practices (i.e. farm safety days, disaster preparedness, equipment demonstrations, farmers dinner theater)

1081.3) 5

Number of people who discussed and compared leasing agreements and options  

1081.1) 0

Number of  people who increased their knowledge of Ag Policy including: Farm Bill and Environmental issues



Success Stories

Lime Research

Author: Adam Huber

Major Program: Farm Management, Economics and Policy

Lime Research

In today’s agriculture industry there are many ideas, products and beliefs out there that some agriculture companies try to push producers into “buying”.  A lot of these companies try to sell these ideas, products and beliefs to producers by showing them research that was done from their companies which would be a biased interpretation or maybe even no research at all. There are a few companies out there that are making the claim that liquid calcium products can be used to

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