Extension
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| 1088 - Small Farm Management | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1088.1) | 15 |
Number of farmers who increased their knowledge on farm business planning and financial management skills |
Author: Danny Adams
Major Program: Small Farm Management
The covid-19 shutdown became a problem of people getting information on different things in their lives. One of the problems were people being assured they would have a food supply for their families. So I had an African American family that wanted to grow their on garden during the shutdown call me. They asked and told me about what they new about growing a garden, but the biggest concern was keeping wildlife from eating the garden. They had plenty of deer, raccoon and rabbits playing in
Author: Danny Adams
Major Program: Small Farm Management
The year 2020 has been a difficult year to get information out to the farming community. The help of news letters and webinars has kept most farmers informed of information they need. As a KSU Small Farm Assistant I was able to take phone calls, text messages and emails with the under served audiences I work with. I was able to get the small farmers in the Wayne County area the KSU Small Farmer Grant Applications and the Wayne County CAIP Cost Share Applications so they could apply for thes
Author: Danny Adams
Major Program: Small Farm Management
Young grain farmers need to know soil fertility, herbicides to use, and insect and diseases that can occur in their fields. The extension service is a good resource for information and diagnosis of problems in grain production.A young grain producer calls on me for information concerning fertility, weed management, disease and insect controls. I help him with his soil test information, seed planting rates and herbicides he uses on his corn and soybean fields. This young grain farmer is trying to
Author: Danny Adams
Major Program: Small Farm Management
Two young Mennonite ladies called me and said they were planning on growing strawberries in the fall and spring of 2020-2021. They were planning on growing strawberries through plastic mulch and drip irrigation and didn't have the equipment to do that agriculture practice. Someone told these Mennonite ladies that the Wayne County Extension/ KSU Small Farm Assistant had equipment that could be used to demonstrated these agriculture practices. I told them we do have the equipment an
