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Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Vol. 17 | No. 19

Commissioner Shell proclaims October

as Farm to School Month in Kentucky

Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell, seated center, reads a proclamation to a group of students, teachers, and other officials Wednesday, Oct. 2 at Second Street Elementary School in Frankfort before signing it. The document declared October as Farm to School Month in Kentucky.

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LaRue County High FFA

hosts Ag Awareness Day

Mireya Villanos proudly holds a 2-pound tilapia raised in a large fish tank inside a greenhouse at LaRue County High School.

Ky. and W.Va. tackle food insecurity at the state line

Ky. Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell, left, signed the agreement with West Virginia Ag Commissioner Kent Leonhardt.

Bourbon Co. woman named

KFB Farmer of the Year

Brenda Paul, second from right, and her husband, Austin, second from left, co-own a farm and a nationwide cattle dealer.

More agriculture-related headlines in the news

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KDA's Sunshine Class video going viral on social media

Commissioner Shell sums up Ky. agriculture in 2024 as 'challenging'

Food as Health Alliance celebrates one year of impact

Pumpkins finding their place on Kentucky farms

Mixed bag of weather events has Ky. grain harvest numbers varying

Extreme weather, high costs underscore Farm Bill expiration

High heat and lack of rain is hurting crops in Kentucky

Drought and shifting weather patterns affect America’s largest native fruit

UK farmers' market provides students with free, locally sourced food

Ky. Farm Bureau's Young Farmer Program celebrating 75th anniversary

KFB working to help sustain the future of Kentucky farms

Ground broken on $5 million start-up distillery in downtown Henderson

Unparalleled charm at Castle & Key distillery in rural Woodford County

Top 10 Ky. Angus producers registered over 2,000 beef cattle in 2024

Luke Bryan wraps 15th annual ‘Farm Tour’ after stop in Shelby County

Kentucky broom-maker trying to bring back once-thriving crop

UK researchers fighting Fusarium head blight in hemp crops

USDA confident bird flu outbreaks in cattle are contained

U.S. wheat production reaches highest level in eight years

Growing Your Farm & Food Business Workshop Oct. 23 in Grand Rivers

Free Planning for Farm Diversification Workshop is Oct. 22 at Murray St.

Free Fall Crop Protection webinar series will start Oct. 15

Three-day national grazing conference to be Oct. 15-17 in Elizabethtown

KAFC and KADB to meet Oct. 10 at Evans Orchard near Georgetown

And in case you missed it ...

Rice-fed chickens allegedly lay white-yolk eggs

Kentucky ag fact

The Kentucky Department of Agriculture taught 21,416 students across the state about agriculture inside one of its Mobile Science Activity Centers that visited their school during fiscal year 2023-24.

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