Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association
PO Box 90
Eastwood, KY 40018

Phone: 502-243-4150
FAX: 502-243-4149

info@kysmallgrains.org
 

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Knoth will Lead KySGGA
Association names new Executive Director

(11.16.09) - Laura Knoth, Public Affairs Division director for the Kentucky Farm Bureau, has been named executive director of the Kentucky Corn and Kentucky Small Grain Growers Associations, which serve the interests of more than 2000 grain farmers across the Commonwealth. Knoth will officially begin her responsibilities on January 4, 2010. Association leaders say her experience and environmental background will serve the organizations well.

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UK Scientists Reflect on 25 Years of No-till Wheat Research

(11.19.09) No-till wheat research at the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture has come a long way since a drill dropped seeds in the first test plot more than 25 years ago at UK's Research and Education Center in Princeton.

In the fall of 1983, many producers and industry professionals widely viewed no-till wheat as a risky endeavor. Over the years, it has provided many benefits to growers and the environment and catapulted UK to a national leader in the field.
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2009 UK Wheat Production Contest Results

Pictured from left to right, Bernard Peterson, David Peterson, Albert Peterson and Bill Peterson, of Peterson Farms. The Petersons earned the State Champion award in the No-Tillage Division.

(8.20.09) Peterson Farms, of Loretto, Ky. near Bardstown, achieved the highest yield in the 2009 Kentucky Extension Wheat Production Contest, 104.53 bushels per acre. This winning crop was produced using AgriPro Branson seed and no-tillage. The previous crop was soybeans and the wheat was planted on November 1. A full summary of the production practices used on contest yields will be available from UK later this year.

All contest winners will be recognized at the 2010 Kentucky Commodity Conference, January 22, in Bowling Green. KySGGA congratulates the champions and will be sponsoring the trophies and awards.

See all winners


KySGGA Selects Research for 2009-2010 Growing Season
New round of funding brings total to $1.5+ million

In August, the Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association and Promotion Council selected the research projects that will receive Small Grain checkoff funding for the 2009-2010 growing season. The new round of projects brings the total dedicated funding toward research to more than $1.5 million since the checkoff was initiated in 1992.

See a summary of the research projects selected.


Kentucky Wheat Producers Harvest Smaller Crop

9.30.09 - Kentucky farmers harvested 22.2 million bushels of winter wheat in the summer of 2009 according to the Kentucky Field Office of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This was 32 percent below the record high production during 2008. A wet spring caused quality problems. Rain during flowering promoted fusarium wilt growth which reduced yields and lowered test weights for much of the crop. Harvest was late due to wet weather, which caused some lodging, further complicating harvest. Farmers harvested 390,000 acres for grain. This was down 70,000 acres from 2008. Yield was estimated at 57 bushels per acre, down 14 bushels from the 2008 record high yield. Farmers seeded 510,000 acres in the fall of 2008, down 70,000 acres from the previous year. The 120,000 acres not harvested for grain were plowed down for a cover crop prior to setting tobacco, cut as grain hay, chopped as grain silage or abandoned. Production of all wheat for the U.S. totaled 2.22 billion bushels in 2009, up 2 percent from the August forecast but down 11 percent from 2008. Grain area was 50.1 million acres, down 10 percent from last year. The yield was 44.4 bushels per acre, down 0.5 bushel from last year.

UK Releases Updated Wheat Management Guide
Production supported by KySGGA

(7.15.09) The University of Kentucky has released an updated version of extension publication ID-125: A Comprehensive Guide to Wheat Management in Kentucky. KySGGA provided checkoff dollars to support the update and printing costs. The original publication was released about 10 years ago, also supported by KySGGA.

Printed copies will not be available for several weeks, but producers may view the publication online at http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/id/id125/id125.htm

KySGGA would like to thank Chad Lee, UK Extension Grain Specialist, for leading the project.

2009 Small Grain Variety Testing Report Also Available
View the report
 


Realizing the income potential for growers, the Kentucky Corn Growers Association and Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association recently partnered with the Chicago Climate Exchange to offer producers additional revenue opportunities for grassland and continuous conservation tillage acres.

More information regarding Soil Carbon Credit Trading


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Events

UK Intensive Wheat Management Meeting
January 12, 2010
Christian Co. Extension Office, Hopkinsville

Kentucky Commodity Conference & KySGGA Annual Meeting
January 22, 2010
Bowling Green, KY
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