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Thursday, May 8, 2025

Vol. 18 | No. 9

Like many FFA chapters across Kentucky,

Western Hills students selling plants they've grown

Western Hills High School FFA members, from left: Addison Shaffer, Carter Hutcherson, and Cheyenne Robinson, and FFA advisor Jeff Shaffer, are selling flowers and ferns, some in hanging baskets, in the greenhouse behind the school at 100 Doctors Drive in Frankfort. On the eve of Mother's Day on Saturday, May 10, moms are invited to bring their children, who can paint a pot and pick out a flower to go in it for mom, all for free.

Commissioner Shell proclaims

May as Kentucky Beef Month

Kentucky remains the state with the largest beef cattle inventory east of the Mississippi River at 869,000 head.

Shell signs proclamation

declaring Goat Month in Ky.

Kentucky's 65,800 goats are "an excellent source of protein and dairy products," said Commissioner Shell, second from left.

KDA poster & essay winners

to be honored May 10 at UK

The 25 winning entries received a $100 award and will be displayed at the 2025 Kentucky State Fair in August in Louisville.

More agriculture-related headlines in the news

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Commissioner Shell, others tell EPA that Ky. can protect its own water

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Kentucky farmers and ranch hands may be eligible for FEMA assistance

Frankfort distillery resumes normal visiting following flooding

More 250 pounds of fish rescued from Buffalo Trace Distillery

Warmer and wetter conditions in Kentucky boost crop growth

Kentucky receives more than $100 million in tobacco settlement funds

LaRue County teen earns two National Junior Angus Association awards

Black vultures threaten Kentucky livestock

Kentucky Derby attracts largest TV audience in 36 years

WKU students share equine dental studies at global meeting in Germany

Youth Field Day in Lewis County honors late UK extension agent

Wayne, Burton appointed state directors of Ky. FSA, Rural Development

Kentuckian graduates from AFBF Women’s Communications Boot Camp

Estate tax cliff at end of 2025 threatens family farms

Nominations open for 2026 Farm Bureau Farm Dog of the Year Contest

Interactive Crop Scouting Clinic will be May 15 in Princeton

Free webinar series on farm and food business marketing starts May 13

UK hosting annual Wheat Field Day May 13 in Princeton

Scott County Farmers' Market Pavilion to open May 10 in Georgetown

KAFC, KADB will hold business meetings on May 9, 16 in Frankfort

And in case you missed it ...

Mare and her foal rescued from deep mud pit

Kentucky ag fact

Kentucky ranks sixth in the nation in meat goat inventory with 60,000 head. The Commonwealth is also home to 5,800 dairy goats, which rank 23rd in the U.S. for production of breeding stock and all-natural skin products, such as soaps and lotions.

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