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Teton County

Cultivating Programs that Respond to Producer Needs

Published: 2020
By Jane Wolery
Even amid a pandemic and agriculture agent vacancy, the MSU Extension team in Teton County continued to serve the needs of agriculture producers with assistance from colleagues throughout the state. We handled 73 individual requests for insect and plant identification, plant disease, nitrate testing, and forage testing. Fifteen requests were managed for weed seed free hay certification on 468 acres. This weed seed free hay is projected to sell at a premium, for an estimated additional potential of $117,000. The information from these tests affect large and small acreages, noxious weed management practices, herd health decisions and homeowner landscape and maintenance strategies.
This nitrate quick test shows that nitrates are present and allows the producer to make management decisions in terms of when to cut and/or feeding decisions. Nitrate testing is just one of many diagnostic services offered to ag producers that could affect their bottom line.