Success Story2022 US Tobacco GAP Training



2022 US Tobacco GAP Training

Author: Robert Pearce

Planning Unit: Plant and Soil Sciences

Major Program: Tobacco

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

US Tobacco GAP (Good Agricultural Practices) is an industry led program designed to insure that tobacco growers in the United States are well informed and follow the best practices for the production of all types of tobacco. Kentucky is the second leading producer of tobacco behind North Carolina, but has the most tobacco growers of any state due to the relatively smaller farm size. Tobacco growers are required to attend an annual training session conducted by Cooperative Extension Specialists.  In the winter of 2022 we returned to in-person training.  I conducted 17 in-person training sessions impacting approximately 650 growers in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio.  Dr. Andy Bailey and I also recorded a zoom session training that was utilized in county Extension offices to train an additional 50+ growers.  Through this combination of training methods we helped growers get their required trnaing prior to the June 30th 2022 training deadline.  






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