First statewide Agriculture Education Week

will take place March 17-21

Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell, back row center, joined Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman, to his right, and Education Commissioner Robbie Fletcher, to his left, in a bipartisan announcement of the first statewide Agriculture Education Week, which will take place March 17-21. Students and staff from Second Street School in Frankfort and Creekside Elementary School in Sonora. Ky., participated in the announcement and displayed agricultural exhibits Feb. 5 in the Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort.

New program to award schools for serving Kentucky food

Incentive levels will be $10,000, $8,000, and $6,000 for first, second, and third place, respectively.

Four James Beard award semifinalists are from Ky.

Holly Hill Inn, The Bar at Willett, and chefs Sara Bradley and Noam Bilitzer made the cut for prestigious national awards.

Ky. Proud candymaker makes sweets the old-fashioned way

The century-old business in Mount Sterling, Ky., is popular at Valentine's Day for its chocolate-dipped strawberries and grapes.

More agriculture-related headlines in the news

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Commissioner Shell celebrates Lamb Month with proclamation signing

Senator's bill would create ag economic development program in KDA

Inaugural Kentucky Proud Livestock Classic will take place Sept. 6

Free nuisance weed spraying program available from KDA

Candid Conversation with FFA VP Caroline Groth, a former KDA intern

Mental health matters! ARH launches farmer care call line

Program aims to equip beginning Kentucky farmers with experience

Save 31% by shopping at rural farmers' markets rather than urban

Kentucky Soybean Association Board unanimously elects new president

Two new members join Kentucky Soybean Association Board

SoyFoam 'poster boy' wins Ky. Soybean Association's Leadership Award

UK horticulture farm superintendent receives sustainable ag award

KFB honored with four awards at American Farm Bureau convention

Mason Countians win Angus grand championships in Oklahoma City

Kentucky cattle inventory sinks to lowest level in 70 years

Want to own a buffalo or two? State Dept. of Parks accepting sealed bids

Kentucky Bourbon Trail grows to 60 destinations in 27 counties

Former Keeneland President Ted Bassett dies at age 103

Study illuminates genetic diversity in North American Thoroughbreds

Egg prices are soaring; don’t expect that to change anytime soon

Waffle House adds surcharge of 50 cents per egg because of bird flu

Brooke Rollins inches closer to confirmation as U.S. ag secretary

18th annual 'Pastures Please!!' set for Feb. 27 in Lexington

Kentucky Dairy Conference will return to Bowling Green Feb. 25-26

59th National Farm Machinery Show coming up Feb. 12-15 in Louisville

KAFC, KADB will meet Feb. 14, 21 at Franklin County Extension Office

And in case you missed it ...

Dr. Martin Luther King's civil rights legacy has roots on tobacco farm

Kentucky ag fact

Kentucky ranks 23rd nationally in sheep inventory. The Commonwealth's 4,000 sheep and lamb farmers raised 70,000 head as of January 2024.

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