Vol. 2 No. 3 • February 16, 2009
The Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund
Ag development money helped fund processing plant and retail store
The new Broadbent B&B Foods production plant and retail store benefits dozens of Kentucky farms and businesses along with the well-known country ham producer. ... more
Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer
Budget cuts are making it more difficult for the State Veterinarian's office to do its job. ... more
The Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund:
High school, dairy farm benefit from ag development investments
Two investments of tobacco settlement funds have created several new dairy farm jobs and enhanced the education of future Kentucky agriculture leaders in one of Kentucky’s leading farm counties. ... more
The Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund:
Lewis County farmers improve fencing, save labor, build farmers' market with ag development funds
Lewis County farmers have used Agricultural Development Fund money to adapt to a loss of tobacco income and press their advantages in other areas. ... more
Click here to read more about the success of the Kentucky Agricultural Development fund.
Kentucky farmers rack up $4.82 billion in sales of farm products in 2007
That’s an average of $56,586 per farm and a 57 percent increase over the last agriculture census in 2002. ... more
Click here to download the 2007 Kentucky Agriculture Census.
Click here to read the 2007 U.S. Agriculture Census.
ACRE program could be an attractive option for producers
As producers try to predict and plan for potential risks for the upcoming year, they may want to look into Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE), a new risk protection program created by the 2008 Farm Bill. ... more
Kentucky is in spring forest fire hazard season
During this time, it is illegal to burn anything within 150 feet of any woodland or brushland between the daylight hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. ... more
Food Check-Out Week celebrates America's economical food supply
Kentucky Farm Bureau will highlight how Americans benefit from the most economical food supply in the world during the February 15-21 observation of "Food Check-Out Week." ... more
Angela Blank is new Farm Bureau public relations director
Ms. Blank, of Shelbyville, comes to KFB from the Governor's Office of Agricultural Policy (GOAP), where she worked for more than four years, including three years as director of communications. ... more
The latest on the CEM outbreak
Click
here to read the current testing and treatment protocols.
Click
here to read entry requirements for CEM-exposed and at-risk mares.
Click here for the latest information from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture.
Click here to read more about the Kentucky Department of Agriculture's equine program.
Click here for a fact sheet on CEM.
Coming up
KDDC/Alltech barn meetings
Kentucky Farms Are Fun Conference
Homebased Microprocessor Workshop
Kentucky Crafted: The Market
Alfalfa Conference
Dairy Goat and Sheep Informational Meeting
Aquatic Plant and Algae Control Training Program
Small-Scale, Home Use and Recreational Aquaculture Workshop
Master Tree Farmer Series: Forest Risks and Risk Management
Kentucky Farm Bureau Women's Leadership Conference
Kentucky Farm Bureau Beef Expo
Kentucky Agriculture Day luncheon
Pesticide training schedule
Kentucky Farm Fact
Eighty-nine percent of Kentucky’s 85,260 agricultural operations are still run by individuals or families, according to the 2007 Census of Agriculture. Nationwide, 86.5 percent of America's 2.2 million farms are family operations. To read the Kentucky census, click here.
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