Completed Project Report


Risk Management and Economic Thresholds for Treating the Sugarcane Aphid on Sorghum - An Excel Tool

  • Award Amount: $49,439
  • Regional Center: Southern Extension Risk Management Education Center
  • Grant Program: 2015 Education Projects
  • Project Director: Levi Russell
  • Email: lrussell@uga.edu
  • Organization: Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center

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Project Overview

Project was a success with 576 attendance at all workshops. The Excel tool is on the District 11 Extension web-site for grains sorghum producers future use. Post-workshop evaluations reflected these responses:  1) 88.8% of respondents indicated that they were “Satisfied” or “Very Satisfied” with the information they received regarding sugarcane aphid risk management. 2) 72.4% of respondents indicated that they expected to experience sugarcane aphid infestation on their crops in the coming year. 3) Respondents experienced a 37% increase in knowledge of control procedures for the sugarcane aphid on sorghum and a 92% increase in knowledge of the use of the software tool. 4) Overall, 87% of respondents expected to benefit from the use of the software tool. Respondents indicated that the software tool would generate $8.32 per acre in added value, on average. Respondents operated, on average, 1,628 acres with 15% of respondents operating over 5,000 acres. No attendees responded to post-project evaluation survey.

Number of Participants: 576

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