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Impact Report
| For plan | Agronomic Crop and Improved Pasture System Development (Santa Fe County) |
| Date | November 1, 2010, 8:33 pm |
| For Objective | Short-term Show short-term objectives |
| Impact Report | The Agent developed a brush control demonstration plot on irrigated pasture in cooperation with a farmer who is trying to irradicate siberian elms from his pastures. The herbicidal materials that the Agent used included Garlon 4 and Pronone Power pellets. The cooperating farmer was grateful for the demonstration and felt confident not only in learning about how to use the materials,but that the materials are effective. After evaluating the results the farmer said, there’s a proverb that says, “ Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime. You have just taught me how to fish. I can handle the rest of my brush problem on my own.” The Agent provided assitance to another livestock producer in controling the Buckhorn Plaintain in her irrigated pasture by guiding her in the mixing and application of the herbicide based on the demonstration plots that were set out in 2008 in the community of Nambe. This farmer in particular decided to control this invasive weed which was only along the east side of her pasture rather than before it spread out throughout the entire pasture. The mid summer application seemed to have yielded good results. |