Increased interest in locally sourced foods has provided a growing market for small farms selling produce directly through farmers’ markets and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) across the Commonwealth, and livestock producers are finding their niche as well.
Read MoreKFB Candid Conversations presents a discussion about the topical issues facing the agricultural industry in a question and answer format with a member of Kentucky’s agricultural community.
Read MoreWith the passage of the National Biotech Disclosure Bill, Congress has created legislation that will finally preempt individual state laws, like the one passed in Vermont, which could have meant a piece-mealed variety of rules and regulations.
Read MoreFrom a logistical standpoint, Auburn, Alabama and Kentucky are far apart from each other and different in many ways. But for thousands of students who hail from the Bluegrass State, Auburn, in particularly, Auburn University’s College of Veterinarian Medicine (AU Vet Med), has been a home-away-from home for nearly three generations.
Read MoreIn the world of Kentucky agriculture, it doesn’t get much more traditional than tobacco and horses. The state leads the nation in burley and dark tobacco production while the equine industry ranks number one in horse sales.
Read MoreThere is perhaps no other area in the agriculture industry more demanding than the dairy sector with a seven day work week and many operations running 24 hours a day.
Read MoreAgriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles joined other state officials and science experts on Monday to announce a partnership of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and the Kentucky Department for Public Health to prevent the spread of Zika virus in Kentucky.
Read MoreThe 2016 session of the General Assembly has come to an end, and we are thankful that this session was successful for agriculture in Kentucky. We worked together in a bipartisan fashion to pass legislation that will assist farm communities, agribusinesses, and consumers from all areas of the Commonwealth.
Read MoreFor the fifth quarter in a row, food prices in the Commonwealth have fallen, according to the latest Kentucky Farm Bureau Marketbasket Survey, albeit a very slight decline for the first three months of the year.
Read MoreThe Kentucky Association of Food Banks announced the release of Map the Meal Gap 2016, an annual study by Feeding America that details food insecurity rates in every county and congressional district in the United States. The study reveals that 17 percent of the population in Kentucky is food insecure – 743,310 people, including 222,380 children.
Read MoreThe way tall fescue and its fungal endophyte react to future climate change will depend on the genetics of each organism, according to researchers in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.
Read MoreDairy cows at the University of Kentucky recently had a chance to see their new barn for the first time. Almost immediately upon entering, the girls were having a good time exploring, running and jumping.
Read MoreAt the young age of 22, Danielle Milbern has worn many hats when it comes to her involvement in agriculture. She has been raised in a family of farmers on a hay and cow/calf operation located in Jessamine and Garrard Counties.
Read MoreJohn Edwards and Chris Wright grew up together, worked for the same company, and now are co-owners of their own Kentucky Proud meat-processing business.
Read MoreFaced with a pathogen, important signaling chemicals within plant cells travel different routes to inform the plant to turn on its defense mechanisms, according to a recent University of Kentucky study.
Read MoreIf the rest of the state felt the ground beneath them suddenly slope toward Lexington recently, there was good reason. A record-breaking number of high school students descended on the University of Kentucky campus for the 46th annual FFA/4-H UK Field Day.
Read MoreFindings from a University of Kentucky student’s undergraduate research experience could help farmers control one of their most troublesome pests.
Read MoreWhile there are some methods of farming that have changed little over the years, such as in tobacco production, there is no doubt advanced technology is changing the way producers grow their crops even in those Kentucky tobacco fields.
Read MoreA successful coalition in Madison, Wisconsin, has sparked the interest of a group of local food advocates in Lexington, so much so that they started a similar pilot project at the University of Kentucky. The program joins employee wellness and community supported agriculture—a true town and gown initiative that stands to bene t a great number of people, its advocates believe.
Read MoreIn early 1809, Thomas Lincoln bought a 300-acre farm near Hodgenville, KY at Nolin Creek in Larue County. The property was named Sinking Spring Farm for the “magni cent spring that bubbled from the bottom of a deep cave.” On February 12, 1809 Abraham Lincoln was born.
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