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News Roundup

from the Kentucky

Department of Agriculture

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Friday, November 8, 2024

Vol. 17 | No. 21

Nation's largest all-breed, purebred livestock show

marks a half-century in Kentucky


The North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE), currently taking place Nov. 7-21 in Louisville, has turned 50 years old. The show began five decades ago, Nov. 17-23, 1974 to be exact. The first NAILE was a beef cattle show, but over the past five decades, it expanded to 10 livestock divisions that attract nearly 30,000 entries every year from all 48 contiguous states.

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Multimillion-dollar project to boost Ky. livestock industry


Ky. Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell, fourth from left, helps break ground on the Ky. Livestock Innovation Center.

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Shell intends to grow

KDA's branding, education


Commissioner Shell addresses the Somerset-Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, Nov. 5.

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Ky. student-athletes: Apply

for 2025 Ag Athletes of the Year


Student-athletes must be involved in Kentucky agriculture and participate in one or more KHSAA sports or sport activities.

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More agriculture-related headlines in the news

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KDA announces 2025 poster and essay contest


Lt. gov., Shell discuss new initiative for elementary ag education


Kentucky confirms 10th case of equine West Nile Virus this year


Farm bill will be extended a year, Kentucky Congressman Comer says


UK receives grant to invest in drone technology for cattle management


USDA grant to UK will investigate impact of food labeling


UK student elected National FFA Eastern Region vice president


Kentucky FFA members excel at National FFA Convention


Meade County family named KFB Outstanding Young Farm Family


Jefferson County woman wins KFB Excellence in Agriculture award


KFB announces 2024 Women's Gold Star Awards of Excellence


Kentucky 4-H agents recognized with awards at national conference


Ky. polled Hereford female, exhibitor win Southeast Region awards


Kentucky dairy leader Alta Mae Core appointed to NAILE board


Family-owned farm in Kentucky went from dairy to pumpkin patches


Ky. family farm sells ice cream year-round to save their farm and cows


The king is gone: Less than 1,000 Kentucky farms still grow tobacco


Farmers in 47 Kentucky counties eligible for USDA drought loans


Kentucky experiences unseasonably high temperatures, lack of rain


Mixed bag of weather events causes Ky. harvest numbers to vary


U.S. poultry provide 2 million jobs, $663.6 billion in economic impact


Holiday season presents opportunities to shop local farms


Secure farm funding at KCARD fall workshops Nov. 13, 19


Ky. Women in Agriculture Conference will be Nov. 10-12 in Lexington

And in case you missed it ...



16-foot, 10-inch okra plant might be world's largest

Kentucky ag fact


Kentuckians received 25.7 million pounds of food distributed through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Emergency Food Assistance Program during fiscal year 2023-24.

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