Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles was elected second vice president of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) on the last day of its annual meeting.
Farmers put their health, and even their lives, on the line to provide the food and fiber we all depend on, Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles said in proclaiming the week of Sept. 16-22 as Farm Safety and Health Week.
The three organizations combined to donate more than 4,400 cans of non-perishable foods to the AMEN House in Georgetown.
Commissioner Ryan Quarles joined other federal, state, and local dignitaries to officially open the Kentucky Bourbon Trail Welcome Center and The Spirit of Kentucky exhibit at the Frazier History Museum in Louisville.
Tina Garland, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture's Farm to School Program coordinator, talks about the competition, the winning teams, what they won, and the ultimate goal of the competition.
“The soybean yield forecast September 1 is 57 bushels per acre, which if realized, would break the current record high yield of 53 bushels per acre,” said David Knopf, director of the NASS Eastern Mountain Regional Office in Kentucky.
Faced with a rapidly increasing global population, an interdisciplinary research group at the University of Kentucky, Clemson University, and the University of Idaho is examining ways to overcome a major barrier in improving grain yields.
Kentucky Governor’s Office of Agricultural Policy Executive Director Warren Beeler told the committee that the USDA purchase of $50 million of milk from U.S. dairy farmers is welcome news to Kentucky dairies.
The Kentucky Agricultural Leadership Program is an intensive, two-year program designed for young agricultural producers and agribusiness professionals from Kentucky and Tennessee.
Up to 16 individuals will be selected for this intensive learning experience to equip the next generation of agricultural leaders with the tools to manage tomorrow’s challenges.