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| 1073 - Tobacco | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1073.2) | 68 |
Number of producers adopting practices that improve profitability |
| 1073.3) | 68 |
Number of producers utilizing tobacco varieties with appropriate disease resistance for their farm |
| 1073.4) | 68 |
Number of producers who used UK diagnostic services to identify insects, disease and/or weeds in tobacco |
| 1073.5) | 68 |
Number of producers who adopted one or more UK fertility management recommendations for tobacco |
| 1073.6) | 68 |
Number of producers who utilized UK soil testing services for tobacco |
| 1073.7) | 68 |
Number of producers who implemented on-farm trials for tobacco |
| 1073.8) | 68 |
Number of producers adopting tobacco production practices that improve environmental/water quality |
| 1073.1) | 68 |
Number of producers completing GAP training |
Author: Samuel Cofield
Major Program: Tobacco
Tobacco production remains a very important part of the Ag economy for many Trigg County producers making up 17% of the total Crop sales. For producers, new diseases, increased regulations and as always the weather in 2018 made producing a high quality, high yielding crop very difficult. Trigg and Caldwell Counties have worked together to put on an educational meeting each year to help them find answers to the issues they are facing in the field. This year more than 60 producer
