Sunday, January 29, 2017

SHOW TIME IN TOBACCO LAND



Equipment waits on the floor for farmers at a past Southern Farm Show in Raleigh, N.C.

The Southern Farm Show will take place at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, N.C., from Wednesday, February 1, through Friday, February 3. The annual meeting of the Tobacco Growers Association of N.C. will take place Friday from 10 to 1, with a lunch afterward. A list of exhibitors with displays of particular interest to tobacco growers appears below.

The new Trilogy trays will probably be available for inspection at the Show. These new plastic greenhouse trays may allow for more effective sanitation than styrofoam trays, says Tennessee Extension tobacco specialist Eric Walker. "They are also more durable, allowing producers to use them for many more years." Testing is continuing. Cost is something of an issue with the trays. 

Three years at most:  Conventional EPS trays should be used no longer than three years even if they have been sanitized each year, Walker adds.  

A machinery show in Tennessee: The Tennessee-Kentucky Tobacco Expo will take place at the Robertson County Fairgrounds in Springfield on February 7. Registration will begin at 8 a.m., and the program will continue to 2:30 p.m. There will be a sponsored lunch and a machinery show and an educational program conducted by Andy Bailey and Emily Pfeurer, both Extension tobacco specialists in Kentucky, and Walker of Tennessee. Private Pesticide Applicator Recertification Training and GAP Training sessions will be provided.  For more information, call 615-384-7936.

Rugged individualism among tobacco farmers may be about to diminish thanks to the increased level of regulation in the tobacco product market, says Will Snell, Kentucky Extension tobacco economist. Changes in the composition and types of tobacco products will require closer scrutiny by tobacco companies on how the leaf they purchase is produced, and the companies will likely exert more control over inputs and production practices, he says.


A smoke-free future? Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI)  said on Wednesday that it is building its future on smoke-free products that it considers a much better choice than cigarette smoking. "Adult smokers are looking for product choices that offer the
PMI's new heat-not-burn product IQOS. 
 satisfying taste, ritual, and pleasure they get from cigarettes, but with far lower amounts of the harmful compounds found in smoke," said Tony Snyder, PMI Vice President of Communications. "After more than 10 years of research and development, today we have both the science and the technology to make these products a reality for the world's 1.1 billion smokers." He noted that more than one million adult smokers have converted to PMI's flagship smokeless product--IQOS, a pen-like device that heats tobacco rather than burns it. We won't see any soon: PMI doesn't market its products in the United States.

DATES TO REMEMBER

  • February 1-3. Southern Farm Show. N.C. State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, N.C. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • February 3. Annual Meeting, Tobacco Growers Association of N.C., Holshouser Bldg., N.C. State Fairgrounds. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., ending with lunch (during Southern Farm Show).
  • February 7, Tennessee-Kentucky Tobacco Expo, Robertson County Fairgrounds, 4635 Highway 41 North, Springfield, Tn. 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. For more information, call 615-384-7936.


THE SOUTHERN FARM SHOW
Exhibits of interest to tobacco growers listed by location on the N.C. State Fairgrounds. List courtesy of Southern Shows Inc.

Jim Graham Bldg.  
  • 222 Evans Mactavish Agricraft.
  • 227 Kelley Mfg. Co. Agricultural equipment.
  • 704 (also 8131) Agri Supply. Agricultural materials.
  • 807 Mechanical Transplanter Co. Transplanters, seeding equipment.
  • 808 BulkTobac (Gas Fired Products). Curing equipment and controls.

Kerr Scott Bldg. 

  • 1002 TriEst Ag Group (Formerly Hendrix and Dail). Fumigation supplies.
  • 1107 Flue Cured Tobacco Services. Curing controls.
  • 1015 Yara North America. Fertility products.
  • 1104 GoldLeaf Seed Co. Tobacco seed.
  • 1114 Transplant Systems. Greenhouse systems.  
  • 1116 Cross Creek Seed. Tobacco seed.
  • 1121 AAA Scale Co.
  • 1201 Carolina Greenhouse & Soil Company.
  • 1202 Reddick Equipment Company Inc.
  • 1302 Mid-Atlantic Irrigation. Irrigation equipment.

Exposition Bldg.
  • 3127 (also 8609) Benchmark Buildings & Irrigation. Transplanters and irrigation equipment.
  • 3135 Southern Container Corporation of Wilson. Bale sheets and packaging.  
  • 3311 Flame Engineering. Weed control with flame.
  • 3522 First Products Inc. Fertilizer boxes for cultivators and tool bars.
  • 3605 MarCo Mfg. Tobacco machinery.
  • 3714 (also 8615) Cureco, Inc. Curing controls.
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  • 5108 Fairbanks Scale
  • 5110 Britt Technical Services, Inc. Rotem Curing Controls.
Scott Tent
  • 7025 Drexel Chemical Company. Sucker control chemicals.
  • 7319 ABI Irrigation. Irrigation equipment. 
Outdoors 
  • 8035 Equipmax. Tobacco spray equipment.
  • 8039 Vause Equipment Co. Farm equipment.
  • 8204 Wilson Manufacturing. Farm trailers
  • 8217 Granville Equipment. Tobacco Machinery.
  • 8221 Walters Air Assist Plant Release System. Plant release system. 
  • 8301 De Cloet SRL. Tobacco machinery.
  • 8546 Kelley Mfg. Co. Agricultural equipment.
  • 8604 Williamson Greenhouses.
  • 8701 Tytun Ltd. Bulk flue-curing barns.
  • 8705 Long Tobacco Barn Co. Bulk tobacco curing barns. 



GAP TRAINING EVENTS

SOUTH CAROLINA (Flue-Cured)
  • March 7, 10 a.m. Woodhaven, 1963 Highway 76, Marion  SC, across the street from Autozone. Contact J. Michael  Moore at 229-392-6424 or jmmoore@uga.edu.
VIRGINIA (Flue-Cured)
  • February 15, 10 a.m. Midway Baptist Church 2595 Midway Rd., Phenix, Va. Registration at 9:30 a.m. Contact Bob Jones at rojones2@vt.edu or 434-542-5884.
NORTH CAROLINA (Flue-Cured)

  • February 3, 1:30 p.m. Holshouser Bld., NC State Fair Grounds, Raleigh NC (after the TGANC Annual Meeting during Southern Farm Show). Lunch will be provided. Contact Matthew Vann at matthew_vann@ncsu.edu or 919-513-0904.
INDIANA (Burley)
  • February 21, 1 p.m. Saddle Club, 710 Fairgrounds Rd., Scottsburg IN. Contact Megan Voyles at mvoyles@purdue.edu or 812-752-8450.
  • February 21, 6 p.m. Switzerland County Extension Ofc., 708 West Seminary St., Vevay IN. Contact Kyle Weaver at keweaver@purdue.edu or 812-427-3152.
  • February 24 1 p.m. Orange County Extension Ofc., 205 East Main St., Paoli IN. Contact Paul Vining at vining@purdue.edu or 812-723-2107.
KENTUCKY (Burley/Dark)
  • January 30, 6:30 p.m. Pendleton County Extension Ofc., 45 David Pribble Dr., Falmouth KY. Contact Lindie Huffman at lindie.huffman@uky.edu or 859-654-3395.
  • January 31, 5 p.m. Blewitt-Bradley Building, 309 North High St., Franklin KY. Contact Jason Phillips at jrphil0@uky.edu or 270-586-4484.
  • February 2, 6 p.m. Webster Co. Extension Ofc., 1118 US Hwy 41A, South Dixon KY. Contact Vicki Shadrick at vshadric@uky.edu or 270-639-9011.
  • February 7, 9 a.m. Green Co. Extension Ofc., 298 Happyville Rd., Greensburg. KY. Contact Ricky Arnett at ricky.arnett@uky.edu or 270-932-5311.
  • February 9, 6 p.m. Lincoln County Extension Ofc., 104 Metker Trail, Stanford KY. Contact Will Stallard at will.stallard@uky.edu or 606-365-2459.
  • February 22, 10 a.m. Pulaski County Extension Ofc., 18 Parkway Drive Somerset KY. Contact Beth Wilson at beth.wilson@uky.edu or 606-679-6361.
  • February 28, 6 p.m. Allen County Extension Ofc., 200 East Main St., Scottsville KY. Contact Steve Osborne at sosborne@uky.edu or 270-237-3146.
  • March 7, 6 p.m. Nicholas County Livestock Barn, 1471 Concrete Rd., Carlisle KY. Contact Clay Stamm at clay.stamm@uky.edu or 859-289-2312.
  • March 9, 6 p.m. Owen County Extension Ofc., 265 Ellis Hwy, Owenton KY. Steve Musen at steve.musen@uky.edu or 502-484 5703.
  • March 21, 6:30 p.m. Barren County High School Trojan Academy, 505 Trojan Trail, Glasgow KY. Contact Chris Shalk at chris.schalk@uky.edu or 270-651-3818.
TENNESSEE (Burley)
  • January 30, 10 a.m. Stewart County Visitors Ctr., 117 Visitors Ctr. Lane, Dover, Tn. Start time not final. Contact Joe Griffy at jgriffy1@utk.edu or 931-232-5682.
  • February 7, 8 a.m. Robertson Co. Fairgrounds Bldg., 4635 Highway 41 North, Springfield, Tn. Private Pesticide Applicator Recertification Training and GAP Training sessions will be provided. Contact Eric Walker at ewalke22 @utk.edu or 731-394-0389.
  • February 20, 5 p.m. Montgomery County Extension Office, 1030 Cumberland Heights Rd., Ste. A, Clarksville, Tn. Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Contact Rusty Evans at jevans1@utk.edu or 931-648-5725.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

THE SEASON BEGINS IN THE DEEP SOUTH






This picture, taken January 14, shows a tray from one of a few Deep South greenhouses that have emerging seedlings already.

Seedlings have emerged in a few greenhouses in Georgia and Florida. "But most greenhouse operators will begin seeding in earnest this week and next," says J. Michael Moore, Georgia Extension tobacco specialist. Most plants are produced commercially in the Deep South, he says. "Farmers have placed their orders and are making plans on a successful season."
Other states have a way to go before seeding should begin. There is always a temptation to start early if you have time on your hands but N.C. Extension tobacco specialist Matthew Vann counsels against it. "Don't be lulled into seeding your greenhouse just because there's nothing else to do," he says.
If you re-use greenhouse trays, rinse them prior to fall storage and disinfect them just before seeding in the spring, says Eric Walker, Tn. Extension tobacco specialist. Avoid storing sanitized trays in areas where they may come in contact with soil or debris. Or you could cover your trays with plastic or a tarp.
The new flue variety NC 938 performed very well in testing last summer. "It offers very high resistance to both strains of black shank and also has very high yield potential," says Matthew Vann, N.C. Extension tobacco specialist. "But its resistance to Granville wilt is only moderate." He suggests planting some NC 938 this year in hot black shank fields, manage it just as you normally would, and see how it does against standard resistant varieties. All three producers of flue-cured seed are selling this variety this season. 

Nimitz, a new non-fumigant nematicide, may be available for tobacco this year. It depends on if it passes the industry smoke test in time. The manufacturer Adama obtained registration last June for use of Nimitz on tobacco. Distribution will be handled through normal channels. Watch this space for more information.

Whenever you get Nimitz, it should be a good option for nematode control. "Like any contact nematicide, the control you get is not as good as you would expect from a fumigant," says Alex Csinos, University of Georgia plant pathologist. "But in situations where you can't or don't want to use fumigants, it can be a good second choice. It is way better than no-thing at all." Most farmers will apply it to the soil -- either broadcast or in bands -- and incorporate it. Efficient application will be important because the cost of the material will be high.


The availability of  Telone II is a matter of some concern. "It is likely that delivery through dealers will be on the slow side," says Moore. "Farmers can't afford much of a delay in application of Telone II."


Belted by lack of Belt? "The loss of Belt puts pressure on the grower to choose wisely among what few insecticides are available," says Moore. There are still opportunities to rotate chemistries to maximize the benefit of the insecticides you have and to avoid the development of resistance, he adds.


DATES TO REMEMBER
  • January 19-20. 2017 Tobacco Expo. Opens 11 a.m. Thursday, 9 a.m. Friday.  Lexington (Ky.) Convention Center.
  • January 19. Annual Meeting, Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, , Heritage Hall, Lexington (Ky.) Convention Center, 4 p.m. (in conjunction with Tobacco Expo).
  • January 20. Annual Meeting, Council for Burley Tobacco, Lexington (Ky.) Convention Center. Noon (in conjunction with Tobacco Expo).
  • February 1-3. Southern Farm Show. N.C. State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, N.C. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • February 3. Annual Meeting, Tobacco Growers Association of N.C., Holshouser Bldg., N.C. State Fairgrounds. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., ending with lunch (during Southern Farm Show).
  • February 7, Tennessee-Kentucky Tobacco Expo, Robertson County Fairgrounds, 4635 Highway 41 North, Springfield, Tn. 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.Sponsored lunch. Includes a trade show. Private Pesticide Applicator Recertification Training and GAP Training sessions will be provided.  For more information, call 615-384-7936.
THE SOUTHERN FARM SHOW
Exhibits of interest to tobacco growers listed by location on the N.C. State Fairgrounds. List courtesy of Southern Shows Inc. Note To Exhibitors: If you are not listed below and would like to be included in the late January issue of TFN, please write to chrisbickers @gmail.com.

Jim Graham Bldg.  

  • 222 Evans Mactavish Agricraft.
  • 227 Kelley Mfg. Co. Agricultural equipment.
  • 704 (also 8131) Agri Supply. Agricultural materials.
  • 807 Mechanical Transplanter Co. Transplanters, seeding equipment.
  • 808 BulkTobac (Gas Fired Products). Curing equipment and controls.

Kerr Scott Bldg. 

  • 1002 TriEst Ag Group (Formerly Hendrix and Dail). Fumigation supplies.
  • 1107 Flue Cured Tobacco Services. Curing controls.
  • 1015 Yara North America. Fertility products.
  • 1104 GoldLeaf Seed Co. Tobacco seed.
  • 1114 Transplant Systems. Greenhouse systems.  
  • 1116 Cross Creek Seed. Tobacco seed.
  • 1121 AAA Scale Co.
  • 1201 Carolina Greenhouse & Soil Company.
  • 1202 Reddick Equipment Company Inc.
  • 1302 Mid-Atlantic Irrigation. Irrigation equipment.
Exposition Bldg.
  • 3127 (also 8609) Benchmark Buildings & Irrigation. Transplanters and irrigation equipment.
  • 3135 Southern Container Corporation of Wilson. Bale sheets and packaging.  
  • 3311 Flame Engineering. Weed control with flame.
  • 3522 First Products Inc. Fertilizer boxes for cultivators and tool bars.
  • 3605 MarCo Mfg. Tobacco machinery.
  • 3714 (also 8615) Cureco, Inc. Curing controls.
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  • 5108 Fairbanks Scale
  • 5110 Britt Technical Services, Inc. Rotem Curing Controls.
Scott Tent
  • 7025 Drexel Chemical Company. Sucker control chemicals.
  • 7319 ABI Irrigation. Irrigation equipment. 
Outdoors 
  • 8035 Equipmax. Tobacco spray equipment.
  • 8039 Vause Equipment Co. Farm equipment.
  • 8204 Wilson Manufacturing. Farm trailers
  • 8217 Granville Equipment. Tobacco Machinery.
  • 8221 Walters Air Assist Plant Release System. Plant release system. 
  • 8301 De Cloet SRL. Tobacco machinery.
  • 8546 Kelley Mfg. Co. Agricultural equipment.
  • 8604 Williamson Greenhouses.
  • 8701 Tytun Ltd. Bulk flue-curing barns.
  • 8705 Long Tobacco Barn Co. Bulk tobacco curing barns. 



GAP TRAINING EVENTS

VIRGINIA (Flue-Cured)
  • January 17, 9 a.m. Southern Piedmont Center, 2375 Darvills Road, Blackstone VA. Registration at 8:30 a.m. Contact Lindy Tucker at tucker07@vt.edu or 434-696-5526.
  • January 18, 4 p.m. Meherrin River Hunt Club, 435 Dry Creek Rd., South Hill, Va. Contact Taylor Clark at clarke@ vt.edu or 434 738 6191. 
  • January 19, 4 pm. Olde Dominion Agricultural Com-plex, 19783 U.S. Hwy. 29 So., Chatham, Va. Contact Stephen Barts at sbarts @vt.edu  or 434-432-7770.
  • January 25, 10 a.m. Scottsburg Volunteer Fire Department, 3050 Scottsburg Rd., Scottsburg, Va. Registration at 9:30 a.m.  Contact Rebecca Slabach at cbrown04 @vt.edu or 434-476-2147.
  • February 15, 10 a.m. Midway Baptist Church 2595 Midway Rd., Phenix, Va. Registration at 9:30 a.m. Contact Bob Jones at rojones2@vt.edu or 434-542-5884.
  • February 15, 10 a.m. Midway Baptist Church 2595 Midway Rd., Phenix, Va. Registration at 9:30 a.m. Contact Bob Jones at rojones2 @vt.edu or 434-542-5884.
NORTH CAROLINA (Flue-Cured)
  • January 18, 9 a.m. Wayne County Extension Cntr., 208 Chestnut St., Goldsboro, NC. Contact Tyler Whaley at tyler_whaley @ncsu.edu or 919-731-1527.
  • January 19, 9 a.m. Lenoir County Shrine Club, 1558 Hwy 70, East Kinston NC. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Contact Mike Carroll at mike_carroll@ncsu.edu or 252-633-1477.
  • January 20, 9 a.m. McSwain Extension Center, 2420 Tramway Rd., Sanford NC. Contact Zack Taylor at zrtaylor@ncsu.edu or 919-775-5624.
  • January 23, 8 a.m. Caswell County Civic Center, 536 Main St., East Yanceyville NC. Registration opens at 8 a.m. Meeting will start at 9 a.m.. Lunch will be served. Contact Joey E. Knight III at joey_knight@ncsu.edu or 336-694-4158.
  • January 24, 9 a.m. Harnett County Government Complex Commons Area, 309 W. Cornelius Harnett Blvd., Lillington NC 27546. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Contact Brian Parrish at brian_ parrish@ncsu.edu or 910-893-7530.
  • January 25, 9 a.m. Sampson County Ag Expo Center 414 Warsaw Rd. Clinton, NC. Contact Della King at della_king@ncsu.edu or 910-592-7161.
  • February 3, 1:30 p.m. Holshouser Bld., NC State Fair Grounds, Raleigh NC (after the TGANC Annual Meeting during Southern Farm Show). Lunch will be provided. Contact Matthew Vann at matthew_ vann@ncsu.edu or 919-513-0904.
INDIANA (Burley)
KENTUCKY (Burley/Dark)
TENNESSEE (Burley)
  • January 30, 10 a.m. Stewart County Visitors Ctr., 117 Visitors Ctr. Lane, Dover, Tn. Start time not final. Contact Joe Griffy at jgriffy1@utk.edu or 931-232-5682.
  • February 7, 8 a.m. Robertson Co. Fairgrounds Bldg., 4635 Highway 41 North, Springfield, Tn. Private Pesticide Applicator Recertification Training and GAP Training sessions will be provided. Contact Eric Walker at ewalke22 @utk.edu or 731-394-0389.
  • February 20, 5 p.m. Montgomery County Extension Office, 1030 Cumberland Heights Rd., Ste. A, Clarksville, Tn. Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Contact Rusty Evans at jevans1@utk.edu or 931-648-5725.

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Friday, January 6, 2017

AVERAGE QUALITY IN PROCESSED BURLEY IS GOOD NEWS FOR GROWERS

Loading boxed burley at a Burley Stabilization Corporation warehouse in Springfield, Tn.
Good news for burley growers? Steve Pratt, general manager of the Burley Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association in Lexington, Ky., says that despite the weather,
the first burley his cooperative has processed is useable leaf. "It doesn't look
bad," he says. "The quality appears in the average range." The yield won't be average,
however. Because of the weather, this is a very short crop. Pratt thinks there is
at least 110 million pounds out there but other reliable sources have estimated 
lower. It may be a while before a definite number is obtained because burley deliveries
are coming in very slowly, says Pratt.
When a market-depressing oversupply turns into a factor in market stability: Just
six months ago, burley inventories were considered excessive. Now, the industry 
is glad to have them to ensure that burley buyers will get what they need this season.

There's not much help for burley on the demand side: U.S. burley exports have dropped
by more than 30 percent during the past marketing year as the market adjusted to
 excessive global supplies of lower-priced leaf, says Will Snell, Kentucky Extension
tobacco economist. This trend was aided by a stronger U.S. dollar and slumping product
sales in some blended cigarette markets," says Snell. Domestic demand for U.S. burley
remains relatively weak as the market reverts back to more traditional annual declines
in U.S. cigarette sales. Another factor is the continued use of a relatively high
volume of imported burley.





No hurry to seed your greenhouse. Seeding of flue-cured greenhouses should begin 






50 to 55 days before your anticipated transplanting date, and there is very
little benefit from seeding sooner, say N.C. Extension crop scientists. "Early seeding
increases heating costs as well as the potential for collar rot," they say.

Beating budworm without Belt: Registration for Belt (flubendiamide) has been canceled 



due to concerns about non-target effects on aquatic invertebrates. “Blackhawk appears 
to be essentially the only foliar-applied material we can widely recommend for tobacco 



budworm,” says Hannah Burrack, N.C. Extension Entomologist.



The 2017 Tobacco Expo will take place January 19 and 20 at the Lexington (Ky.) Convention  Center. 

Exhibitors will include Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association; Council for Burley Tobacco, Inc.;
 Arysta Life-Science; Syngenta LLC.; F.W. Rickard Seeds; Kentucky Department of Fish and 
Wildlife Resources; R. J. Equipment; Continental Industries, Inc.; AG-TECH; FarmLogic--Soil Test Pro; 
Kentucky Women in Agriculture; Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center; Kentucky 
Black Hereford Association; Workman Tobacco Seed, Inc.; Newton Seed, Inc.; AGSAFE; and Ohio 
Tobacco Museum.
There were some encouraging developments in 2016 for U.S. leaf, according to Blake

Brown, N.C. Extension economist.
* Global surpluses, especially of flavor-style flue-cured, were reduced.
* Despite continued reductions in cigarette consumption and increases in taxation
and regulation, industry profits remained strong.
* If "heat-not-burn" products catch on, it could favor leaf compared to vapor products.
* But exchange rates favored increased Brazilian production, and Brazilian flue-cured
production is up at around 1.4 billion pounds.
Opportunities for U.S. flavor-style leaf producers are in countries where smokers
are expected to 'trade up' to premium brand cigarettes, said Brown at N.C. Tobacco
Day in December.

DATES TO REMEMBER
* January 11-12. S.C. Agribiz and Farm Expo. Florence (S.C.) Civic Center. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (W) and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (T).
* January 19-20. 2017 Tobacco Expo. Opens 11 a.m. Thursday, 9 a.m. Friday.  Lexington
(Ky.) Convention Center.
* January 19. Annual Meeting, Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, 4 p.m., 
Heritage Hall, Lexington (Ky.) Convention Center (in conjunction with Tobacco Expo).
* January 20. Annual Meeting, Council for Burley Tobacco, Lexington (Ky.) Convention
Center. Noon (in conjunction with Tobacco Expo).
* February 1-3. Southern Farm Show. N.C. State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, N.C. 9 a.m.
 to 4 p.m.
* February 3. Annual Meeting, Tobacco Growers Association of N.C., Holshouser Bldg.,
N.C. State Fairgrounds. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., ending with lunch (during Southern Farm
Show).
* February 7, 8 a.m. Tobacco Expo, Robertson Co. Fairgrounds, 4635 Highway 41 North,
Springfield, Tn.

GAP TRAINING EVENTS

INDIANA (Burley)
* February 21, 1 p.m. Saddle Club, 710 Fairgrounds Rd., Scottsburg IN. Contact Megan
Voyles at mvoyles@purdue.edu or 812-752-8450.
* February 21, 6 p.m. Switzerland County Extension Ofc., 708 West Seminary St., 
Vevay IN. Contact Kyle Weaver at keweaver@purdue.edu or 812-427-3152.
* February 24 1 p.m. Orange County Extension Ofc., 205 East Main St., Paoli IN. 
Contact Paul Vining at vining@purdue.edu or 812-723-2107.

KENTUCKY (Burley/Dark)
* January 17, 5:30 p.m. Cumberland Co. Extension Ofc., 90 Smith Grove Rd., Burkesville
KY. Chelsey Pickens at capick3@uky.edu or 606-387-5404.
* January 20, 9 a.m. Heritage Hall, 430 West Vine St., Lexington KY. Contact Bob
 Pearce at rpearce@uky.edu or 859-257-5110.
* January 24, 6 p.m. James E. Bruce Convention Ctr., 303 Conference Ctr. Dr., Hopkinsville
KY. Contact Andy Bailey at abailey@uky.edu or 270-365-7541.
* January 26, 11 a.m. Owensboro Convention Ctr., 501 W 2nd St., Owensboro KY. Contact
Andy Bailey at abailey@uky.edu or 270-365-7541.
* January 26, 6 p.m. Woodford County Extension Ofc., 184 Beasley Rd., Versailles
 KY. Contact Adam Probst at adam.probst@uky.edu or 859 873-4601.
* January 27, 9 a.m. Shelby County Extension Ofc., 1117 Frankfort Rd., Shelbyville
KY. Contact Corinne Belton at corinne.belton@uky.edu or 502-633-4593.
* January 27, 1 p.m. Henry County Extension Ofc., 2151 Campbellsburg Rd., New Castle
KY. Contact Levi Berg at levi.berg@uky.edu or 502-845-2811.
* January 30 6:30 p.m. Pendleton County Extension Ofc., 45 David Pribble Dr., Falmouth
KY. Contact Lindie Huffman at lindie.huffman@uky.edu or 859-654-3395 3480
* January 31, 5 p.m. Blewitt-Bradley Building, 309 North High St., Franklin KY. 
Contact Jason Phillips at jrphil0@uky.edu or 270-586-4484 .
* February 2, 6 p.m. Webster Co. Extension Ofc., 1118 US Hwy 41A, South Dixon KY.
Contact Vicki Shadrick at vshadric@uky.edu or 270-639-9011.
* February 7, 9 a.m. Green Co. Extension Ofc., 298 Happyville Rd., Greensburg. KY.
Contact Ricky Arnett at ricky.arnett@uky.edu or 270-932-5311.
* February 9, 6 p.m. Lincoln County Extension Ofc., 104 Metker Trail, Stanford KY.
Contact Will Stallard at will.stallard@uky.edu or 606-365-2459.
* February 22, 10 a.m. Pulaski County Extension Ofc., 18 Parkway Drive Somerset 
KY. Contact Beth Wilson at beth.wilson@uky.edu or 606-679-6361.
* February 28, 6 p.m. Allen County Extension Ofc., 200 East Main St., Scottsville
KY. Contact Steve Osborne at sosborne@uky.edu or 270-237-3146.
* March 7, 6 p.m. Nicholas County Livestock Barn, 1471 Concrete Rd., Carlisle KY.
Contact Clay Stamm at clay.stamm@uky.edu or 859-289-2312.
* March 9, 6 p.m. Owen County Extension Ofc., 265 Ellis Hwy, Owenton KY. Steve Musen
at steve.musen@uky.edu or 502-484 5703.
* March 21, 6:30 p.m. Barren County High School Trojan Academy, 505 Trojan Trail,
Glasgow KY. Contact Chris Shalk at chris.schalk@uky.edu or 270-651-3818.

TENNESSEE (Burley)
* January 30, 10 a.m. Stewart County Visitors Ctr., 117 Visitors Ctr. Lane, Dover
TN. Start time not final. Contact Joe Griffy at jgriffy1@utk.edu or 931-232-5682.
* February 7, 8 a.m. Robertson Co. Fairgrounds Bldg., 4635 Highway 41 North, Springfield
TN. GAP Training will be held in conjunction with Tobacco Expo, with sessions beginning
at 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Contact Eric Walker at ewalke22@utk.edu or 731-394-0389.
* February 20, 5 p.m. Montgomery County Extension Ofc., 1030 Cumberland Heights 
Rd., Ste. A, Clarksville TN. Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Contact Rusty Evans at jevans1@utk.edu
or 931-648-5725.


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