Author: Edwin Ritchey
Planning Unit: Plant and Soil Sciences
Major Program: Grains
Outcome: Intermediate Outcome
I became the UK representative to the Kentuckiana Certified Crop Advisors (CCA) Conference in 2011. This program is a joint effort between the University of Kentucky and Purdue University. This joint effort has been serving producers in Kentucky, Indiana and surrounding states for 30 years and is the largest UK sponsored CCA event offered by UK Cooperative Extension Services focused towards row crop production. This longstanding program provides current information for crop production common to Kentucky and Indiana agriculture. Historically, there are about 200 CCA’s that attend this conference annually from Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, and Missouri. Many of the participants return to the conference each year. The attendance in 2023 was closer to 250 attendees each day of the two-day event. I am responsible for contacting and confirming half of the speakers each year, based on previous survey results, current topics, or abnormal growing conditions of concern. This program is self-sustaining due to registration costs and provides 15 hours of continuing education for CCA’s. I hear many comments from attendees that this is one of their favorite meetings of the year, they can get the majority of their required CEU’s at a very affordable price. The information presented is timely and useful for their clientele.
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