Trigg County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2021 - Jun 30, 2022
| 1073 - Tobacco | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1073.4) | 4 |
Number of producers who implemented on-farm trials for tobacco production |
| 1073.3) | 69 |
Number of producers who used Extension information to select varieties of tobacco with appropriate disease resistance |
| 1073.1) | 69 |
NNumber of producers who participated in Tobacco GAP training |
| 1073.2) | 0 |
Number of producers achieving iTobacco GAP certification |
Success Stories
Trigg/Caldwell Tobacco Meeting
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 2021 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 68 producers attended
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