Vol. 5 No. 8 • June 18,
2012
Top honors handed out at 2012 Kentucky Junior Livestock Expo-East
Dozens of Kentucky's leading youth livestock exhibitors converged at Morehead State University's Derrickson Agricultural Complex June 11-12 to sharpen their skills and show their animals at the 2012 Kentucky Junior Livestock Expo-East. Look for more photos from the expo on the Kentucky Department of Agriculture's page on Facebook. (Photo by Ted Sloan)
Agriculture Commissioner James
R. Comer
June is Dairy Month, and I hope you will
join me in saluting Kentucky’s hard-working dairy farm families. They provide
the milk and other dairy products that we all depend on. And they do it every
day. A dairy cow never takes a day off. ... more
Commissioner Comer appoints
Fred Nesler to executive post in Kentucky ag department
Commissioner James Comer announced that
former State Representative Fred Nesler from Mayfield has joined the team at the
Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Nesler is serving as the deputy executive
director in the Office of Strategic Planning and Administration, which oversees
daily operations at the Department. ... more
KDA director: Kentucky Proud
works
Jennifer Mueller, the Kentucky Department
of Agriculture's business development director, told Kentucky Farm Bureau's Mike
Feldhaus in May that the Kentucky Proud brand entices consumers to buy Kentucky
farm products. ... more (audio)
A Kentucky Proud profile:
Jean Farris takes top-drawer Kentucky wine and food from coast to coast
With a tobacco field on one side and a horse farm on the other, the 14-acre rural setting of Jean Farris Winery and Bistro is pure Kentucky. ... more
KFB's 'Bluegrass and Backroads' receives four Emmy nominations
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) announced nominees for the 48th Annual Ohio Valley Regional Emmy® Awards, giving the nod to Kentucky Farm Bureau’s "Bluegrass & Backroads" once for Best Magazine Program and three times for Best Magazine Feature/Segment. ... more
The importance of exports to
the Kentucky ag economy
Kentucky agriculture, like the entire U.S.
agricultural economy, is experiencing impressive growth amidst an overall
struggling general economy. Much of this recent growth can be attributed to a
booming export market for U.S. agriculture. ... more
234 students awarded Kentucky
Farm Bureau scholarships
Two-hundred and thirty four Kentucky
students have been chosen to receive college scholarship grants totaling
$302,450 from county and state programs administered through the Kentucky Farm
Bureau Education Foundation and by individual county Farm Bureaus. ... more
Coming up
All American Angus Breeders
Futurity
Kentucky
Junior Livestock Expo – Western Rivers
2012
Sustainability Symposium
Kentucky
State 4-H Horse Show
2012 International Boer Goat Association National Junior and Open Show
National Swine Registry Summer Type Conference and National Junior Summer Spectacular
Advanced
Kentucky Grazing School
Southeastern
Equestrian Trails Conference
2012 National Junior Angus Show
Simmental Breeders Sweepstakes
Kentucky Farm
Fact
Kentucky dairy farmers took in more than
$232 million in farmgate cash receipts from milk sales in 2011.
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