Extension
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| 1073 - Tobacco | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1073.1) | 70 |
Number of producers completing GAP training |
| 1073.2) | 50 |
Number of producers adopting practices that improve profitability |
| 1073.3) | 50 |
Number of producers utilizing tobacco varieties with appropriate disease resistance for their farm |
| 1073.4) | 30 |
Number of producers who used UK diagnostic services to identify insects, disease and/or weeds in tobacco |
| 1073.5) | 75 |
Number of producers who adopted one or more UK fertility management recommendations for tobacco |
| 1073.6) | 75 |
Number of producers who utilized UK soil testing services for tobacco |
| 1073.7) | 0 |
Number of producers who implemented on-farm trials for tobacco |
| 1073.8) | 25 |
Number of producers adopting tobacco production practices that improve environmental/water quality |
Author: Gary Hamilton
Major Program: Tobacco
The face of tobacco production has changed since 1998 with the introduction of the Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement. Every year fewer farmers choose to raise this once very important crop that drove and dominated our agriculture economy. Those farmers that still remain and strive to meet the needs of the tobacco industry still need the assistance provided by the University of Kentucky Extension Service. This year Montgomery, Bath, Nicholas and Fleming County Extension Services combined effort
