Kentucky Ag News
Vol. 8 No. 4 • March 2, 2015
Event ponders 'A Parent's Worst Nightmare'
The 2015 Farm Safety Symposium is scheduled for March 13 at 7 p.m. EDT in the RPC212 auditorium at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College.
Comer: Make the voluntary 'ag tag' donation
Proceeds are divided evenly among Kentucky 4-H, Kentucky FFA, and Kentucky Proud. (audio)
UK: Ag nearly 8% of Kentucky's economy
A new University of Kentucky study has found agriculture’s total impact on Kentucky’s economy equaled $45.6 billion in 2013, an 8.3 percent increase over 2007’s figures.
Hinton graduates from leadership program
Fleming County’s Adam Hinton became Kentucky’s first graduate of the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) “Partners in Agricultural Leadership” (PAL) program.
ARC vs. PLC: Which is best?
Farmers with base acreage in Kentucky will need to make a choice between two main programs available to them by the end of March.
KCA offers $1,000 scholarships
Applications for the Kentucky Cattlemen's Foundation Youth Scholarships must be submitted to the KCA office in Lexington by March 31.
New strawberry variety shows promise in Ky.
Kentucky strawberry lovers may be able to buy locally grown berries as early as May, thanks to a new variety that is showing great potential for commercial growers.
Comments sought for conservation programs
The 2014 Farm Bill consolidated three previous conservation easement programs into ACEP to make it easier for diverse agricultural landowners to fully benefit from conservation initiatives.
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- Homebased microprocessing workshops
- UK High Tunnel Webinar Series
- MarketReady 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
- Marketing Locally Grown Meat Workshop
- Aquatic weed control training and pond management workshop
- National Institute for Animal Agriculture Conference
- KYHIA Spring Hemp Seminar
- Integrated Pest Management Training
- Tri-State Woodlands and Wildlife Workshop
Coming up
Kentucky Farm Fact
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One in six Kentuckians - including one in four children - is food insecure. You can help by donating part of your state tax refund to the Kentucky Farms to Food Banks Trust Fund.
