The Kentucky Department of Agriculture

A message from the Commissioner

Welcome to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture website! Here, you can find details about KDA programs, news releases about the KDA’s work in the Commonwealth, forms, links, and much more. Still can’t find what you’re looking for?
Contact us directly and let us know how we can help you.
Ryan Quarles

Daviess County's Katie Bouchard Serving as Miss Kentucky 2018

Miss Kentucky 2018 Katie Bouchard is heading to the Miss America competition with a new job title.
More

The Kentucky Hemp Comeback

Kentucky farmers are exploring industrial hemp, a crop that connects Kentucky’s past to its future. Kentucky businesses are taking that raw material and turning it into products.
Watch

Kentucky Department of Agriculture

Tweets by kentuckyag

Quarles Calls for Contest Entries to
Depict Agriculture's Role
in Fighting Hunger

Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles invites Kentucky
students to express in art and writing how Kentucky’s agriculture
community is working to address hunger in the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s
(KDA) annual Poster and Essay Contest.
#KyAg365

Voluntary ‘Ag Tag’ Donations
Totaled $612K in Fiscal 2018

“Once again, Kentucky farmers have
stepped up to the plate for the future of
Kentucky’s agriculture industry,”
Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles said.
#KyAg365

Hemp Grower
Applications Due Nov. 30