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21
MAR

Quarles: Check the Box for Kentucky's Hungry

 

With tax season upon us, you can “check the box” to join the fight to reduce hunger in Kentucky.

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25
MAR

Kentucky Hosts Rural Child Hunger Summit

Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign gathered anti-hunger advocates from across the country, including Kentucky, to look for ways to reduce hunger among children in rural communities during a national conference March 21-22 in Louisville.

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28
MAR

Leaders Serve Up $46K in Benefit Dinner

 

The second annual Serving Up Solutions Dinner benefited Feeding Kentucky, Kentucky Hunters for the Hungry, and GleanKY.

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28
MAR

Quarles Congratulates Barlow on KDDC Post

 

H.H. Barlow III of Barren County was named executive director of the Kentucky Dairy Development Council (KDDC).

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25
MAR

'Ag Tag' Program Supports KWIA Conference

 

The KDA donated $5,000 from Ag Tag funds to sponsor the 2018 Kentucky Women in Agriculture (KWIA) Conference last October

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21
MAR

Donations Help Fund Grain and Forage Center

 

The KDA donated $100,000 from the Kentucky Ag Tag program to the University of Kentucky (UK) Grain and Forage Center of Excellence in Princeton, Kentucky, which is scheduled to be completed in August.

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27
MAR

Caterpillar Egg Hatch Now Underway

 

Eastern tent caterpillars have begun to hatch, with the first instances being seen in Lexington on March 24, according to Daniel Potter, professor of entomology, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.

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28
MAR

Survey Aims to Gauge Goals, Achievements of Women in Ag

All women who are farmers, ranchers, farm/ranch employees, employed in agricultural businesses, pursuing ag-related higher education or supportive of agriculture in other ways are invited to participate.

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21
MAR

Christian County Top Corn Producer; Henderson Leads Soybeans

Christian County farmers produced 12.8 million bushels of corn, while Henderson County soybean production totaled more than 5.4 million bushels.

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19
MAR

USDA Announces 1890 Scholars Program

 

The program aims to increase the number of minority students studying agriculture, food, natural resource sciences, and other agriculture-related disciplines.

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    In the News

  • 1/24/23 - Agriculture Commissioner announces State Veterinarian search committee
  • 1/26/23 - Nominees sought for 2023 Kentucky Leopold Conservation award
  • 2/1/23 - Donation to Ag Tag fund helps Kentucky's agriculture youth, farm families
  • 2/3/23 - Working group named to focus on issues, solutions for large animal vet shortage
  • 2/6/23 - Commissioner Quarles celebrates February as Lamb Month in Kentucky
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Beekeeping 101: A Guide for Beginners

State Apiarist Tammy Horn Potter tells beginner beekeepers the four essential tools they need to get started.

Commissioner Quarles asked Facebook to stop rejecting pages that promote hemp

Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles told legislators about the conflict with a social media giant.

Commissioner Quarles talks to WHAS11 about Industrial Hemp in Kentucky

Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles talked to WHAS11's Chris Williams about the enthusiasm for industrial hemp.

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.

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