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Monday, January 8, 2024

Vol. 17 | No. 1

Jonathan Shell publicly sworn in

as Kentucky's 36th Commissioner of Agriculture

Jonathan Shell, left, was publicly sworn in as Kentucky's 36th agriculture commissioner on Jan. 2 in the state capitol rotunda. He was joined by his wife, Brooke, and their four children. "I could not be more excited to get to work as your next commissioner of agriculture," Shell said. Learn more about Commissioner Shell in the next story below.

Get to know Kentucky's

new agriculture commissioner

Fifth-generation farmer Jonathan Shell co-owns and operates Shell Farms and Greenhouses in Garrard Co. with his dad.

Tobacco farming in Kentucky

20 years after the buyout

Randy London has grown tobacco for the past 57 years, but he says the 2023 crop was his last. (Kentucky Living photo)

Deadline is Jan. 15 to apply

to make renewable chemicals

The program incentivizes the production of more than 30 specified chemicals derived from biomass feedstocks.

More agriculture-related headlines in the news

(click on links below)

Brandon Reed to resign from House, hired by KDA as KOAP director

Shell says politics should take a back seat to issues facing Ky. farmers

Mercer Co. Farm Bureau to be honored at national convention for event

Kentuckian appointed to Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion & Research Board

UK presents farm leadership awards to Clayton Geralds and Frank Penn

UK hosts 12th annual Junior MANRRS Leadership Institute

Northern Ky. city considers making chicken pilot program permanent

Scott County company becomes part of growing hemp industry in Ky.

How to start a dairy farm from scratch with just $20,000 in cash

College to become more expensive for farm families

Nominations, applications being accepted for conservation award

4-H, extension volunteers invited to forum Feb. 22-24 in Lexington

UK will host inaugural Pre-Veterinary Experience Day on Feb. 17

OAK annual conference returning to Ky. State University farm Jan. 25-27

Early bird registration for Bourbon Industry Conference ends Jan. 21

Intensive Soybean Management Workshops are Jan. 17 in Bowling Green

KAFC, KADB to meet Jan. 12, 19 at Franklin County Extension Office

And in case you missed it ...

Snake from Mexico stows away for 2,000 miles in box of produce

Kentucky ag fact

Kentucky ranks seventh nationally for goat inventory at 60,000 head. Goats are part of the livestock operations of 4,300 Kentucky farmers, which adds more than $4 million in annual revenue to the state's agricultural receipts.

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