Kentucky Ag News
Vol. 8 No. 3 • February 16, 2015
Event will demonstrate hemp processing
UPDATE: The hemp decortication demonstration scheduled for Feb. 20 at the Berry Farming and Ecological Agrarianism Program at St. Catharine College has been canceled due to severe winter weather.
Help state's hungry - and state's farmers
When you donate a part of your state tax refund to the Farms to Food Banks Trust Fund, you’re helping Kentuckians in unfortunate circumstances – some of them your friends and neighbors – gain access to fresh, nutritious, local foods.
Big Apple to Kentucky Proud granola
Each cooking class uses recipes from Plate it Up Kentucky Proud, a partnership between UK Cooperative Extension Service, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, and the University of Kentucky School of Human Environmental Sciences.
UKAg unveils tobacco stripping machine
Agricultural engineers from the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment have been trying to mechanize the tobacco stripping process for decades, and they finally have a machine they believe will lessen the burden for burley growers.
Aging American farmers and their farmland
One of the most important outcomes associated with the trend toward older producers is the concentration of farmland ownership and control amongst older producers
Nominees sought for Leopold Award
Sand County Foundation, the Kentucky Agricultural Council (KAC), and the Kentucky Association of Conservation Districts (KACD) are accepting applications for the Leopold Conservation Award program in Kentucky.
Organic meeting features national speakers
The fifth annual Organic Association of Kentucky Conference is scheduled for March 6-7 at the Paroquet Spring Conference Center in Shepherdsville.
Burley Co-op announces 2015 scholarship
The Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative will award 10 $2,000 scholarships to students for the 2015-2016 school years.
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- Farm bill meetings
- Homebased microprocessing workshops
- UK High Tunnel Webinar Series
- MarketReady training
- KDDC Young Dairy Producer Conference
- 2015 Kentucky Dairy Partners meeting
- 35th Kentucky Alfalfa Conference
- Northeastern Kentucky Winter Bee School
- 2015 IPM training
- Kentucky Farm Bureau Beef Expo
- Organic Association of Kentucky annual conference
- Audubon Bee School
- Bluegrass Beekeepers School
- Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission "Pollinators in Trouble" presentation
- 2015 Dixie Fire School and Farm Safety Symposium
- Aquatic weed control training and pond management workshop
- National Institute for Animal Agriculture Conference
- KYHIA Spring Hemp Seminar
- Tri-State Woodlands and Wildlife Workshop
Coming up
Kentucky Farm Fact
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Appalachia Proud, which was launched a year ago on Feb. 17, has 649 members in 37 eastern Kentucky counties. Find out more at www.appalachiaproudky.com.
