In a meeting of the state House Agriculture Committee on Feb. 6, Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles told legislators about the rapid growth of the industrial hemp industry in Kentucky.
Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles also talks about the number of potential new industrial manufacturers and writing new regulations following the 2018 farm bill signing.
A new study shows Kentucky's bourbon industry now provides twice as many jobs, payroll, capital investment, and tax revenue than a decade ago.
Sharon Furches of Murray replaced Fritz Giesecke, who retired from the position in December.
The AgriBusiness Association of Kentucky offers four scholarships in the amount of $1,000 per school year.
The Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative will award 10 $2,000 scholarships to students for the 2019-2020 school years.
Prolonged cloudy, wet weather with regular bouts of rain has resulted in muddy conditions that require substantially more energy in feed just to maintain body heat.
Soybean production for Kentucky in 2018 was estimated at 103 million bushels, and yield was estimated at 52 bushels per acre.
A national team of scientists, led by University of Kentucky’s Jason Unrine, used the most powerful X-ray microscope on the planet to discover how nanomaterials enter and move within tomato plants on the cellular level.