Success StoryEnvironmental Awareness through Education
Environmental Awareness through Education
Author: Tad Campbell
Planning Unit: Entomology
Major Program: Sustainable Agriculture
Plan of Work: Crop Production
Outcome: Intermediate Outcome
The Buffalo Trace Area Agriculture and Natural Resource Agents hosted two producer certification meetings discussing a newer chemical chemistry with soybean production utilizing dicamba based herbicides. Agents partnered with Bayer Incorporated and the University of Kentucky Weed Scientist Specialists to offer two certification meetings discussing the environmental concerns with dicamba chemistries. Each session presented positive and negatives associated with the chemistry while offering proper protocols for usage. Labelling for the products was presented along with proper equipment and usage techniques. The new chemistry offers soybean producers a new tool to control weeds that may be resistant to other weed control tools. Twenty three producers attended the two certification meetings. Two producers indicated the chemistry could help them achieve a better weed control program. One producer told agents he would not be using the chemistry after the education program due to the potential risks associated with the chemistry.The meetings were developed to give producers the total scope of the chemistry including risks involved with usage.
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