Kentucky Ag News
Vol. 8 No. 19 • October 16, 2015
2016 hemp project applications sought
Farmers, processors, universities, and others interested in conducting an industrial hemp pilot project in 2016 are invited to apply, Agriculture Commissioner James Comer has announced.
Comer invites students to enter art contest
Agriculture Commissioner James Comer invites Kentucky students to enter the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s annual Farm to School Month Art Contest.
Hall headlines Incredible Food Show
The Kentucky Proud Incredible Food Show will present more than 140 exhibitors, cooking demonstrations, books, and two shows by a nationally known chef in its seventh annual installment Oct. 24 in Lexington.
Stars align for Kroger and Kentucky Proud
Roger Snell, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture's farm-to-retail liaison, tells host Mike Feldhaus about the recent expansion of the Kentucky Proud-Kroger partnership into northern Kentucky.
Mattinglys choose better over bigger
Kenny Mattingly modeled his Kentucky Proud business after a husband-and-wife operation he visited in The Netherlands.
Certified Roadside Market enrollment open
Early enrollment discounts are available for the 2016 KFB Certified Roadside Market program.
Producers have mixed emotions over harvest
It looks like the Kentucky corn harvest may produce record, or very close to state record yields, according to Chad Lee, grain crops specialist with the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.
KFB Young Farm Family finalists named
The Kentucky Farm Bureau 2015 Outstanding Young Farm Family finalists are Brad and Karen Hines of Hart County, Scott and Shea Lowe of Calloway County, and Wesley and Jennifer Poole of Daviess County.
UKAg's Barrett is EPA liaison
UKAg weed scientist Michael Barrett serves as the Weed Science Society of America’s liaison to the EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs.
USDA awards $34.3M for local foods
The awards included seven grants to businesses and institutions in Kentucky.

Coming up
- UK Forestry webinar series
- Farm Foundation workshop on antimicrobial drug use in food animals
- Kentucky Proud Incredible Food Show
- Ohio Valley Small Farm Conference
- Commercial Blueberry Production in Kentucky workshop
- The Kentucky Experience/National Horse Show
- National FFA Convention
- Kentucky Beef Conference
- American Dairy Association of Kentucky district meetings
- KSU egg handling class
- KCARD grant workshops
- North American International Livestock Exposition
- Grow Appalachia High-Tunnel Workshop
- Kentucky Nut Growers Association fall meeting
- Urban Growers Series
- Kentucky Women in Agriculture Conference
- Small, Limited-Resource/Minority Farmers Conference
Kentucky Farm Fact
- Almost all of the nation's hemp was produced in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky during much of the post-Civil War era.