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| Jessamine alpaca farm hopes to become agritourism venue | Jessamine alpaca farm hopes to become agritourism venue | Alpacas are South American mammals in the camel family domesticated by the Incas more than 6,000 years ago. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/2024/images/alpacas.jpg | Active | View |
| KDA joins forces with Special Olympics Kentucky to raise awareness about Sunshine Class | KDA joins forces with Special Olympics Kentucky to raise awareness about Sunshine Class | Class offers opportunity for special needs youth to participate in livestock show | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/sunshine_class.jpg | Active | View |
| Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves $1,590,265 in loans | Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves $1,590,265 in loans | Financing bolsters beef, forage, poultry, and grain farmers across the Commonwealth | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | Active | View | |
| Ag Commissioner hands out flowers at Lexington hospital in honor of Kentucky Grown Cut Flower Month | Ag Commissioner hands out flowers at Lexington hospital in honor of Kentucky Grown Cut Flower Month | “Flowers can brighten up your day, especially those grown in Kentucky,” Commissioner Shell said. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/Flower_Event.jpg | Active | View |
| Hey Kentucky, join me at the State Fair | Hey Kentucky, join me at the State Fair | Get ready, Kentucky! It’s almost time for 11 days of food, fun, and fellowship at the Kentucky State Fair Aug. 15-25. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/Fair_Commissioner.jpg | Active | View |
| Food is Medicine roundtable discusses improving health through access to nutritious food | Food is Medicine roundtable discusses improving health through access to nutritious food | Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Kentucky Hospital Association team up to lead discussions across state | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://files.constantcontact.com/64879f58201/2473a05e-7108-4ce4-aa78-d3f6d8186f23.jpg?rdr=true | Active | View |
| Agriculture Commissioner invites you to celebrate Kentucky Farmers’ Markets Week, Aug. 4-10 | Agriculture Commissioner invites you to celebrate Kentucky Farmers’ Markets Week, Aug. 4-10 | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Aug. 6, 2024) – Kentucky farm families are being celebrated this week as Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell invites Kentuckians to enjoy Kentucky Farmers’ Markets Week and the nutritious and delicious fresh farm products found there. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/Farmers_Market_proclamation.jpg | Active | View |
| Elliott County producer uses farmers’ market success to help pay for college | Elliott County producer uses farmers’ market success to help pay for college | While most of his classmates at Morehead State University have relaxed this summer before the fall semester begins Aug. 19, Taylor Whitley has worked on the family farm in Elliott County. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/2024/images/FarmersMarket_Whitley.jpg | Active | View |
| Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves $2,037,953 in loans | Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves $2,037,953 in loans | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Aug. 9, 2024) – The Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. (KAFC) approved $2,037,953 for 10 agricultural loans for projects across the Commonwealth at its monthly board meeting. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | Active | View | |
| Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approves more than $390,000 for projects across the Commonwealth | KADB approves more than $390,000 for projects across the Commonwealth | Funded projects focus on agricultural diversification, rural development | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | Active | View | |
| Record breaking year for ‘Ag Tag’ donations | Record breaking year for ‘Ag Tag’ donations | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Aug. 16, 2024) – Kentucky farmers donated a record-breaking $931,201.81 to the Ag Tag Program for 2024. The total, the largest amount ever donated in a single year, tops last year’s total by nearly $200,000, Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell announced today. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/2024_AgTag.jpg | Active | View |
| Grant opportunities available for FFA chapters to focus on farm safety, rescue, health | Grant opportunities available for FFA chapters to focus on farm safety, rescue, health | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Aug. 19, 2024) – A Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) program focused on farm safety, farm rescue, and farmers’ health, is providing grant opportunities for high school FFA chapters to focus on those vital components, as well. During the Kentucky State Fair, Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell announced KDA’s Raising Hope program is investing $125,000 for the grants provided through the Kentucky FFA Association. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/RH_grant_award.jpg | Active | View |
| Why are the shows rings at Ky. Expo Center covered in bright green shavings? | Why are the shows rings at Ky. Expo Center covered in bright green shavings? | Competing on the iconic green shavings is a goal for many livestock exhibitors and horse riders/drivers at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville. The story behind how the shavings became that unique bright shade of green goes back more than a half-century to the early 1970s. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/2024/images/green_shavings.jpg | Active | View |
| Scott County farm featured during Ky. Cut Flower Month | Scott County farm featured during Ky. Cut Flower Month | Scott County farm featured during Kentucky Grown Cut Flower Month | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/2024/images/KY-Cut-Flowers-Month.jpg | Active | View |
| Montgomery County high school chefs win 2024 Junior Chef Championship | Montgomery County high school chefs win 2024 Junior Chef Championship | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Aug. 26, 2024) – The Montgomery County Junior Chef Team came out on top in this year’s Farm to School Junior Chef program during the championship cook off against nine high school cooking teams at the Kentucky State Fair. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/junior_chef.jpg | Active | View |
| Kentucky businesses receive award for adding local foods to their menus | Kentucky businesses receive award for adding local foods to their menus | FRANKFORT (Aug. 13, 2024) -- Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell has traveled throughout Kentucky this summer to award food-based agribusinesses that prioritized buying local food products for their establishments. Nine businesses received the lifetime award for their commitment to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s (KDA) Buy Local program. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/Buy_Local.jpg | Active | View |
| Agriculture Commissioner honors farmers with safety, health week | Agriculture Commissioner honors farmers with safety, health week | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Sept. 6, 2024) – Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell has proclaimed Sept.15-21 as Farm Safety and Health Week in Kentucky to encourage farmers and farm workers to put their health and safety first at all times. Kentucky’s farm safety week coincides with the National Farm Safety and Health Week. With a theme of “Don’t Learn Safety by Accident,” this week emphasizes the need to keep safety top of mind while on the farm. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/Farm_Safety_Week.jpg | Active | View |
| Oldham County organic farm featured during Fall CSA Week | Oldham County organic farm featured during Fall CSA Week | By Chris Aldridge Kentucky Ag News Rootbound Farm began in 2013 in southern Oldham County, but the decision to make it a CSA (community supported agriculture) farm goes back nearly two decades. “The story starts about 20 years ago when Ben (Abell) was studying agriculture at the University of Kentucky (UK) and spent a semester working on a farm in California,” Bree Pearsall said of her husband, Ben. “That was one of the first CSA farms in the country.” | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/2024/images/Rootbound_farm_family.png | Active | View |
| Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves more than $2.7 million in loans | Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves more than $2.7 million in loans | The Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. (KAFC) approved 16 agricultural loans totaling $2,700,098 for projects across the Commonwealth today at its monthly board meeting. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | Active | View | |
| Western Kentucky poultry farm honored for environmental stewardship | Western Kentucky poultry farm honored for environmental stewardship | By Chris Aldridge Kentucky Ag News A Graves County farm was among six honored by the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association with its annual Family Farm Environmental Excellence Awards at the International Poultry Expo. Isbell Family Farms, near Mayfield, won the award for the nation’s Southeast Region recognizing exemplary environmental stewardship by family farmers engaged in poultry and egg production. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/2024/images/Isbells_poultry.jpg | Active | View |
| Farmers' Appreciation Day honors farmers, their occupation | Farmers' Appreciation Day honors farmers, their occupation | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Sept. 19, 2024) – Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell honored Kentucky’s farmers and the work they do at a Farmers’ Appreciation and Awards Day at Western Kentucky University’s L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center in Bowling Green on Wednesday. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/farmers_awards_day.jpg | Active | View |
| Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approves more than $2.4 million for projects across the Commonwealth | KADB approves more than $2.4 million for projects across the Commonwealth | The Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approved $2,457,173 for agricultural diversification and rural development projects across the Commonwealth at its monthly board meeting. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | Active | View | |
| Kentucky’s poultry industry celebrated in September | Kentucky’s poultry industry celebrated in September | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Sept. 23, 2024) – Kentucky poultry producers and industry representatives joined Commissioner Jonathan Shell as he proclaimed September Poultry Month in Kentucky, celebrating one of Kentucky’s top commodities. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/Poultry_month.jpg | Active | View |
| LaRue County High FFA hosts Ag Awareness Day | LaRue County High FFA hosts Ag Awareness Day | HODGENVILLE – During Farm to School Month in October, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture is encouraging school cafeterias across the Commonwealth to increase their use of local farm commodities in the food they serve. Nothing is more local than the lettuce used in LaRue County High School’s cafeteria. It’s grown behind the school year-round inside a 56-feet by 72-feet student-run greenhouse. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/2024/images/greenhouse.jpg | Active | View |
| Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves more than $2.9 million in loans | Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves more than $2.9 million in loans | GEORGETOWN (Oct. 10, 2024) – The Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. (KAFC) approved 14 agricultural loans totaling $2,950,475 for projects across the Commonwealth today at its monthly board meeting. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | Active | View | |
| Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approves more than $1 million for projects across the Commonwealth | KADB approves more than $1 million for projects across the Commonwealth | GEORGETOWN (Oct. 10, 2024) – The Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approved $1,030,393.62 for agricultural diversification and rural development projects across the Commonwealth at its monthly board meeting. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | Active | View | |
| CWD positive deer confirmed in a farmed cervid facility in Kentucky | CWD positive deer confirmed in a farmed cervid facility in Kentucky | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Oct. 14, 2024) – On Oct. 11, 2024, the National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) notified the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Office of the State Veterinarian of a positive Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) test from a deceased deer at a deer farm in Breckinridge County. The farm, a participant in the state deer program, has been issued a quarantine restricting movement into or out of the facility, including live deer or deer products. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/CWD_Finding.jpg | Active | View |
| Kentucky agriculture celebrates Pork Month in October | Kentucky agriculture celebrates Pork Month in October | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Oct. 15, 2024) – Pork producers and pork industry representatives joined Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell Monday as he proclaimed October as Pork Month in Kentucky. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/pork_proclamation.jpg | Active | View |
| Breckinridge County pork producer got his start after COVID experience | Breckinridge County pork producer got his start after COVID experience | FRANKFORT (Oct. 21, 2024) -- Russell Lindsey’s experience at a local grocery store during the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the Louisville auto worker to move to Breckinridge County and start his own hog farm. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/2024/images/Hogg_Azz_Meats_grill.jpg | Active | View |
| Kentucky students encouraged to apply for 2025 Kentucky Ag Athletes of the Year | Kentucky students encouraged to apply for 2025 Kentucky Ag Athletes of the Year | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 1, 2024) – Kentucky student-athletes who are involved in agriculture are invited to apply for one of six scholarships and recognition as a 2025 Kentucky Ag Athlete of the Year. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/2025_AG_ ATHLETE.jpg | Active | View |
| Kentucky Department of Agriculture announces 2025 poster, essay contest | Kentucky Department of Agriculture announces 2025 poster, essay contest | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 7, 2024) – Kentucky students are invited to enter the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s (KDA) annual Poster and Essay Contest, Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell has announced. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/2025_Poster_Essay.jpg | Active | View |
| Nation's largest all-breed, purebred livestock show marks a half-century in Kentucky | Nation's largest all-breed, purebred livestock show marks a half-century in Kentucky | The North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE), currently taking place Nov. 7-21 in Louisville, has turned 50 years old. The nation’s largest all-breed, purebred livestock show began five decades ago, Nov. 17-23, 1974, to be exact. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | Active | View | |
| Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves more than $3.4 million in loans | Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves more than $3.4 million in loans | FRANKFORT (Nov. 8, 2024) – The Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. (KAFC) approved 17 agricultural loans totaling $3,407,175 for projects across the Commonwealth today at its monthly board meeting. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | Active | View | |
| Support local agriculture this holiday season | Support local agriculture this holiday season | As the holidays approach, Kentuckians across the Commonwealth prepare to celebrate with family, food, and festive gatherings. It's a time of togetherness and gratitude, and it’s also an opportunity to reflect on how we can strengthen our communities. This holiday season, I encourage all Kentuckians to support our local farmers and producers by incorporating Kentucky Proud products into your celebrations. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/Holiday_buy_local.jpg | Active | View |
| Ag Commissioner announces nine county fair grant awards | Ag Commissioner announces nine county fair grant awards | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 13, 2024) – A record-breaking amount of nearly $750,000 was recently awarded to nine Kentucky county fairs boards from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) for new construction and renovation projects, Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell has announced. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/County_Fair_Grants.jpg | Active | View |
| Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approves more than $4.8 million for projects across the Commonwealth | KADB approves more than $4.8 million for projects across the Commonwealth | FRANKFORT (Nov. 15, 2024) – The Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approved $4,804,074 for agricultural diversification and rural development projects across the Commonwealth at its monthly board meeting. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | Active | View | |
| Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Appalachian Regional Healthcare launch Farmer Care Initiative to boost rural health support for Kentucky farmers | KDA, ARH launch Farmer Care Initiative to boost rural health support for Kentucky farmers | BARBOURVILLE, Ky. (Nov. 19, 2024) – Officials from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) and Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) announced Monday the launch of the Farmer Care Initiative aimed at improving healthcare access, outcomes, and overall wellness for rural farmers in central and eastern Kentucky. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/Farmer_Initiatve.jpg | Active | View |
| Daviess County woman takes active role on family farm | Daviess County woman takes active role on family farm | When Poole Farms transitioned from tobacco 11 years ago and began raising turkeys, Jennifer Poole admits she feared the aggressive male birds, which average 45 pounds at maturity. Jennifer has since become quite comfortable around thousands of tom turkeys. Poole Farms is known for its turkeys, which it sells to Farbest Foods in Jasper, Indiana. The birds raised in northeast Daviess County near Lewisport, Ky., are used to make Boar’s Head turkey deli meat. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/2024/images/Jennifer_Wes_Poole.jpg | Active | View |
| Four Kentucky wineries win Commissioner's Cups in 12th annual Kentucky wine competition | Four Kentucky wineries win Commissioner's Cups in 12th annual Kentucky wine competition | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 21, 2024) – Four Kentucky wineries combined to win the five Commissioner’s Cup in the 2024 Kentucky Commonwealth Wine Competition Nov. 9 at the University of Kentucky South Farm in Lexington. “Congratulations to all of the Kentucky commercial wines that competed and won medals at this year’s competition,” Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell said. “Kentucky’s wine industry continues to grow and this competition showcases the best of the best.” | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/Wine_competition.jpg | Active | View |
| 2025 KDA internship application period now open | 2025 KDA internship application period now open | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 25, 2024) – Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell encourages Kentucky college students seeking a career in agriculture or government to apply for positions in the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s (KDA) internship program for the 2025 summer. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/Internship_applications.jpg | Active | View |
| Former Fayette County tobacco farm home to 20,000 Christmas trees | Former Fayette County tobacco farm home to 20,000 Christmas trees | LEXINGTON — If you’re looking for live Christmas trees, you can find them at Nieman Tree Farm in Fayette County. But if you’re looking for hot chocolate or a wagon ride you won’t find it there. “We only do trees,” owner Tom Nieman said, “and we do them very well.” | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/2024/images/Tree_farm.jpg | Active | View |
| Registration Open for the 2025 Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference | Registration Open for the 2025 Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 13, 2024) – Registration is now open for the 2025 Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference, the premier event for statewide fruit, vegetable, and cut flower growers to interact and learn, Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell has announced. The conference, which is set for Jan. 6-7, with pre-conference events on Jan. 5, will be at the Marion Griffin Gate Golf Resort and Spa in Lexington. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/PressRelease/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/Fruit_Veg_Conference.jpg | Active | View |
| Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves more than $3.3 million in loans | Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves more than $3.3 million in loans | FRANKFORT (Dec. 13, 2024) – The Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. (KAFC) approved 18 agricultural loans totaling $3,338,291.50 for projects across the Commonwealth today at its monthly board meeting. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | Active | View | |
| Agriculture Commissioner wraps up 2024 with state of agriculture for Kentucky | Agriculture Commissioner wraps up 2024 with state of agriculture for Kentucky | Op-ed from Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/PressRelease/2024 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/State_of_KY_Ag.jpg | Active | View |
| Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approves more than $7.8 million for projects across the Commonwealth | KADB approves more than $7.8 million for projects across the Commonwealth | FRANKFORT (Dec. 20, 2024) – The Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approved $7,823,767 for agricultural diversification and rural development projects across the Commonwealth at its monthly board meeting. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2024 | Active | View | |
| Female military veteran founds first craft brewery in Christian County | Female military veteran founds first craft brewery in Christian County | The western Kentucky city of Hopkinsville was named in 1804 to honor Samuel Hopkins, a Revolutionary War veteran and former state representative. It’s shortened nickname, "Hoptown," is said to have originated in the late 1800s when some passengers on the old Louisville & Nashville Railroad would “hop off and get a drink” when trains made a brief stop at the depot in downtown Hopkinsville. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/2024/images/Hoptown_brewery.jpg | Active | View |
| Nominees sought for 2025 Kentucky Leopold Conservation award | Nominees sought for 2025 Kentucky Leopold Conservation award | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 14, 2025) – Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell invites Kentuckians to nominate a farmer or forester for the 2025 Kentucky Leopold Conservation Award. The application deadline date March 31, 2025. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/Leopold_conservation.jpg | Active | View |
| Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves more than $2.9 million in loans | Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves more than $2.9 million in loans | FRANKFORT (Jan. 17, 2025) – The Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. (KAFC) approved 14 agricultural loans totaling $2,909,442.50 for projects across the Commonwealth today at its monthly board meeting. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | Active | View | |
| Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approves more than $2.5 million for projects across the Commonwealth | KADB approves more than $2.5 million for projects across the Commonwealth | FRANKFORT (Jan. 17, 2025) – The Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approved $2,501,264 for agricultural diversification and rural development projects across the Commonwealth at its monthly board meeting. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | Active | View | |
| KDA’s AgLand exhibit earns top honors at competition for Kentucky State Fair | KDA’s AgLand exhibit earns top honors at competition for Kentucky State Fair | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 21, 2025) – AgLand, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s interactive agricultural exhibit at the Kentucky State Fair, recently earned the Kentucky State Fair a first place award from the International Association of Fairs and Expositions (IAFE) in the agricultural category of Newly Established/Evolving Program. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/agland_award.jpg | Active | View |
| Miss Kentucky uses her violin to teach elementary school students about agriculture | Miss Kentucky uses her violin to teach elementary school students about agriculture | FRANKFORT - From the time she first picked up a violin 21 years ago at the tender age of 3, Chapel Tinius had a dream. “To play my fiddle on the Miss America stage was an absolute dream come true,” said Tinius, the reigning Miss Kentucky who represented the Commonwealth in the 2025 Miss America pageant earlier this month at the Walt Disney Theater in Orlando, Florida. “It is something I will never forget.” | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/2024/images/Chapel_Tinius.jpg | Active | View |
| New program will award Kentucky school districts for using Kentucky food products | New program will award Kentucky school districts for using Kentucky food products | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 31, 2025) – Kentucky schools using locally grown produce and proteins will soon be eligible for monetary awards through a new program from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA). The Kentucky Farm to School Stars Recognition Program will annually recognize three school districts that have demonstrated a commitment to increase purchases directly from Kentucky farmers. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/Farm_to_School_Stars.jpg | Active | View |
| Agriculture Commissioner celebrates Lamb Month with proclamation signing | Agriculture Commissioner celebrates Lamb Month with proclamation signing | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 3, 2025) – Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell celebrated Kentucky’s sheep and lamb producers today when he signed a proclamation commemorating February as Lamb Month in Kentucky. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/lamb_proclamation.jpg | Active | View |
| Lieutenant Governor, Commissioners of Agriculture and Education announce Agriculture Education Week | Lieutenant Governor, Commissioners of Agriculture and Education announce Agriculture Education Week | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 5, 2025) – In a bipartisan announcement, Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman, Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell and Commissioner of Education Robbie Fletcher announced that March 17-21, 2025, will be the first statewide Agriculture Education Week in Kentucky. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/Ag_ed_week.jpg | Active | View |
| Kentucky Proud candymaker still makes sweet treats the way it did a century ago | Kentucky Proud candymaker still makes sweet treats the way it did a century ago | MOUNT STERLING, Ky. – When people in Montgomery County and its surrounding area think of Valentine’s Day, visions of chocolate-dipped strawberries from Ruth Hunt Candy Company appear in their heads. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/2024/images/Chocolate_valentine.jpg | Active | View |
| Farmers’ health, safety focus for KDA at this year’s National Farm Machinery Show | Farmers’ health, safety focus for KDA at this year’s National Farm Machinery Show | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 10, 2025) – The Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) will be represented by the Raising Hope Safety, Health, and Rescue Program focusing on all facets of the program’s focus of farmers appreciation at the National Farm Machinery Show. Each year, the National Farm Machinery Show showcases cutting-edge agricultural products, equipment, and services. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/Farm_Machinery_Show.jpg | Active | View |
| Help secure agriculture’s future by donating to the ‘Ag Tag’ fund | Help secure agriculture’s future by donating to the ‘Ag Tag’ fund | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 11, 2025) – Kentucky Ag Tag is on the road to $1 million and we need your help getting there. Last year, Kentucky farmers donated a record-breaking $931,201.81 to the Ag Tag Program. It was the largest amount ever donated in a single year and topped the 2023 total by nearly $200,000. But this year, I’m hoping we can reach that $1 million mark creating even more positive outcomes for Kentucky’s agricultural youth. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/Ag_Tag_oped.jpg | Active | View |
| Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves more than $1.2 million in loans | Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves more than $1.2 million in loans | FRANKFORT (Feb. 14, 2025) – The Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. (KAFC) approved nine agricultural loans totaling $1,236,010 for projects across the Commonwealth today at its monthly board meeting. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | Active | View | |
| Kentucky Proud workshop offers agriculture producers development training | Kentucky Proud workshop offers agriculture producers development training | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 17, 2025) – Kentucky Proud®, the official marketing program of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, is offering a one-day workshop for Kentucky producers to help them develop a plan to market agricultural products to a wider audience. Kentucky Proud is hosting the Retail Readiness workshop in partnership with the Kentucky Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (KCARD) and the University of Kentucky’s MarketReady Producer Training Program | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/KY_proud.jpg | Active | View |
| Kentucky Proud Spring Community Supported Agriculture Week is Feb. 17-21 | Kentucky Proud Spring Community Supported Agriculture Week is Feb. 17-21 | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 19, 2025) – Kentucky Proud, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s powerful marketing brand, is offering it Virtual Spring Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Week Feb. 17-21, Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell has announced. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/2025_CSA_Week.jpeg | Active | View |
| Lincoln County cattle farmer loves what he does for a living | Lincoln County cattle farmer loves what he does for a living | David Miller is in love with 50 girls, and when he calls them, they come running. But Miller is not a ladies’ man. He’s a Kentucky cattle farmer. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/2024/images/David_Miller.jpg | Active | View |
| Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approves nearly $300,000 for projects across the Commonwealth | KADB approves nearly $300,000 for projects across the Commonwealth | FRANKFORT (Feb. 21, 2025) – The Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approved $292,722 for agricultural diversification and rural development projects across the Commonwealth at its monthly board meeting. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | Active | View | |
| Contest announced to redesign Kentucky’s spay and neuter license plate | Contest announced to redesign Kentucky’s spay and neuter license plate | FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 24, 2025) – After more than 20 years, Kentucky’s Spay and Neuter specialty license plate is ready for a new look and Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell is inviting the public to submit their artwork for the new design. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/Spay_and_Neuter.jpg | Active | View |
| 2025 Beef Expo sales reach more than $700,000 | 2025 Beef Expo sales reach more than $700,000 | FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 6, 2025) – The 2025 Kentucky Farm Bureau Beef Expo finished with more than $700,000 in total sales in the 39th edition of the event at the Kentucky Exposition Center during the first weekend of March. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/beef_expo.jpg | Active | View |
| Agriculture Education Week: Cultivating the future of Kentucky’s ag workforce | Agriculture Education Week: Cultivating the future of Kentucky’s ag workforce | March 17-21 marks a milestone in Kentucky’s educational landscape as the state celebrates its first-ever Agriculture Education Week. This initiative promises to deliver a dynamic learning experience for students, equip educators with invaluable resources, and foster stronger connections between agriculture and local communities. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/2024/images/Ag_Ed_Week.jpg | Active | View |
| Agriculture Commissioner kicks off Ag Tag season visiting with FFA, 4-H members | Agriculture Commissioner kicks off Ag Tag season visiting with FFA, 4-H members | FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 7, 2025) – Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell is making rounds across the state as he visits with FFA members, 4-H members, and Kentucky County Clerks spreading the word about the Ag Tag Program. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/Ag_tag_simpson.jpg | Active | View |
| Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves more than $2.4 million in loans | Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves more than $2.4 million in loans | FRANKFORT (March 14, 2025) – The Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. (KAFC) approved 17 agricultural loans totaling $2,431,102 for projects across the Commonwealth today at its monthly board meeting. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | Active | View | |
| Russell County Hospital, Dry Branch Stock Farm partner up on Food is Medicine initiative | Russell County Hospital, Dry Branch Stock Farm partner up on Food is Medicine initiative | FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 17, 2025) – A partnership between Russell County Hospital and Dry Branch Stock Farm is the next step in the Food is Medicine Initiative that began last year in collaboration between Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell and the Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA). | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/Russell_county_event.jpg | Active | View |
| Ag Education Week brings the agriculture experience to the classroom | Ag Education Week brings the agriculture experience to the classroom | FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 18, 2025) – A statewide focus on agriculture education and the diverse world of agriculture kicked off this week with Kentucky’s first Agriculture Education Week March 17-21. The initiative, created by Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell, Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman, and Education Commissioner Robbie Fletcher, introduces students to the wide variety of careers and pathways agriculture has to offer. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/AG_ED_vISIT.jpg | Active | View |
| 4-H, FFA state presidents reveal how ag tags benefitted them | 4-H, FFA state presidents reveal how ag tags benefitted them | If it weren’t for ag tag funds, Callie Derossett and Trenton Page might not have gotten involved in 4-H and FFA, respectively, not to mention becoming the state president of each organization. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/2024/images/4H-FFA-presidents.jpg | Active | View |
| Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approves more than $2.1 million for projects across the Commonwealth | KADB approves more than $2.1 million for projects across the Commonwealth | FRANKFORT (March 21, 2025) – The Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approved $2,195,289 for agricultural diversification and rural development projects across the Commonwealth at its monthly board meeting. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | Active | View | |
| 2025 KHSAA-KDA Ag Athletes of the Year announced | 2025 KHSAA-KDA Ag Athletes of the Year announced | FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 31, 2025) – Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell awarded six Kentucky high school student-athletes involved in agriculture the 2025 Kentucky High School Athletic Association-Kentucky Department of Agriculture Ag Athletes of the Year awards. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2024/images/Ag_Athletes_2025.jpg | Active | View |
| Ky. soybean farmer recognized for environmental stewardship | Fred Sipes has received accolades recognizing his environmental stewardship | “I'm very honored to be serving in that role,” he said. “We had a meeting in (Washington) D.C. last (month). We talked about trade, which is very important right now with the talk of tariffs. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/images/Fred-Sipes-2025.jpg | Active | View |
| Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves more than $2.1 million in loans | Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves more than $2.1 million in loans | FRANKFORT (April 11, 2025) – The Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. (KAFC) approved 13 agricultural loans totaling $2,115,250 for projects across the Commonwealth today at its monthly board meeting. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | Active | View | |
| Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approves more than $1.3 million for projects across the Commonwealth | KADB approves more than $1.3 million for projects across the Commonwealth | FRANKFORT (April 18, 2025) – The Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approved $1,365,578 for agricultural diversification and rural development projects across the Commonwealth at its monthly board meeting. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | Active | View | |
| Kentucky Proud restaurants notice uptick in patrons on Kentucky Derby weekend | Ky. Proud restaurants notice uptick in patrons on Ky. Derby weekend | The Kentucky Derby weekend brings in participants and horse enthusiasts from across the state, across the country and the world. Three Kentucky Proud restaurants in Louisville often notice an uptick in business the first weekend in May bringing in thousands to mingle at Churchill Downs. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/2024/images/Red_Hog_Ag_News.jpeg | Active | View |
| Commissioner Shell proclaims April as Goat Month in Kentucky | Commissioner Shell proclaims April as Goat Month in Kentucky | Goat producers, industry stakeholders join Commissioner at proclamation signing | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2025/images/Kentucky-Goat-Month-2025.jpg | Active | View |
| Commissioner Shell announces winners of 2025 KDA Poster and Essay Contest | Commissioner Shell announces winners of 2025 KDA Poster and Essay Contest | FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 30, 2025) – Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell has announced the winners of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s annual Poster and Essay Contest. The theme of the contest, "Kentucky Agriculture Makes Me Proud," allowed contestants to illustrate, in words and art, their pride in Kentucky agriculture. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2025/images/Poster_essay.jpg | Active | View |
| Cattle producers celebrated during May as Beef Month in Kentucky | Cattle producers celebrated during May as Beef Month in Kentucky | FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 5, 2025) – Kentucky cattle producers and industry representatives joined Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell Monday as he signed a proclamation commemorating the month of May as Kentucky Beef Month. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2025/images/Beef_Month.jpg | Active | View |
| Like many FFA chapters across Kentucky, Western Hills students selling plants they’ve grown | Like many FFA chapters across Kentucky, Western Hills students selling plants they’ve grown | FRANKFORT – Every spring, for more than 20 years, FFA students at Western Hills High School in Frankfort have sold flowers and ferns they grew through the winter in a 2,160-square-foot greenhouse behind the school at 100 Doctors Drive. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/2025/images/FFA_flowers.jpg | Active | View |
| Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves more than $3.4 million in loans | Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves more than $3.4 million in loans | FRANKFORT (May 9, 2025) – The Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. (KAFC) approved 16 agricultural loans totaling $3,412,125 for projects across the Commonwealth today at its monthly board meeting. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | Active | View | |
| Commissioner Jonathan Shell announces new Kentucky Agricultural Economic Development Board | Commissioner Jonathan Shell announces new Kentucky Agricultural Economic Development Board | Kentucky Agricultural Economic Development Board, Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Commissioner Jonathan Shell, Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy, Division of Agricultural Economic Development, Missy Vanderpool, Neil Denton, Kevin Fields, Lori Noel, Kenny Burdine, Brandon Reed, Jacob Estes | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2025/images/KAEDB_Board.jpg | Active | View |
| Specialty Crop application window opens, Ag Commissioner announces | Specialty Crop application window opens, Ag Commissioner announces | FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 14, 2025) – Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell announces the proposal window is open for the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2025/images/Specialty_Crop.jpg | Active | View |
| Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approves more than $4.3 million for projects across the Commonwealth | KADB approves more than $4.3 million for projects across the Commonwealth | FRANKFORT (May 19, 2025) – The Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approved $4,386,001 for agricultural diversification and rural development projects across the Commonwealth at its monthly board meeting. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | Active | View | |
| Mercer County farm delivers Kentucky Proud beef to your door | Mercer County farm delivers Kentucky Proud beef to your door | You don’t have to go to a farmers’ market to buy Kentucky Proud beef. Sherwood Acres delivers individual cuts, anything from a pound of ground beef to a New York Strip steak, directly to your door. For 25 years, Sherwood Acres had been selling “freezer beef” every Saturday at two and sometimes three farmers’ markets in metropolitan Louisville. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/PressRelease/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/2025/images/freezer_beef.jpg | Active | View |
| Mercer County farm delivers Kentucky Proud beef to your door | Mercer County farm delivers Kentucky Proud beef to your door | You don’t have to go to a farmers’ market to buy Kentucky Proud beef. Sherwood Acres delivers individual cuts, anything from a pound of ground beef to a New York Strip steak, directly to your door. For 25 years, Sherwood Acres had been selling “freezer beef” every Saturday at two and sometimes three farmers’ markets in metropolitan Louisville. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/2025/images/freezer_beef.jpg | Active | View |
| 2025 Spay/Neuter grants available to county, metro governments in Kentucky | 2025 Spay/Neuter grants available to county, metro governments in Kentucky | FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 30, 2025) – The Kentucky Animal Control Advisory Board (KACAB) invites Kentucky county and metropolitan governments to apply for available grants to spay and neuter dogs and cats. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2025/images/Spay_Neuter_GRANTS.jpg | Active | View |
| Dairy producers celebrated in June | Dairy producers celebrated in June | FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 4, 2025) – Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell joined dairy industry representatives and dairy producers on Tuesday, June 3, to sign a proclamation honoring the dairy industry and June as Dairy Month in Kentucky. The proclamation was signed during Dairy Night at the Ballgame with the Bowling Green Hot Rods. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2025/images/dairy_proclamation.jpg | Active | View |
| Casey County dairy farm opens ice cream shop | Casey County dairy farm opens ice cream shop | The Goode Family dairy farm opened an ice cream shop to add value to its milk. Now Goode’s Riverside Creamery hopes to do the same for eight other dairies in Casey County. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/2025/images/GoodeFamily.jpg | Active | View |
| Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves more than $5 million in loans | Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. approves more than $5 million in loans | Financing bolsters beef, forage, poultry, and grain farmers across the state | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | Active | View | |
| Kentucky Ag Development Board approves more than $3.3 million for projects across the Commonwealth | Kentucky Ag Development Board approves more than $3.3 million for projects across the Commonwealth | Funded projects focus on agricultural diversification, rural development | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/PressRelease/2025 | Active | View | |
| Sixth generation at McGlasson Farms put the 'u' back in fruit picking | Sixth generation at McGlasson Farms put the 'u' back in fruit picking | TAYLORSPORT, Ky. – In the 1860s, Henry McGlasson moved west from Virginia and built a small log cabin on the south bank of the Ohio River a couple of miles downstream from Cincinnati. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/2025/images/U_PICK.jpg | Active | View |
| Kentucky Department of Agriculture welcomes summer interns | Kentucky Department of Agriculture welcomes summer interns | FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 1, 2025) – Twelve college students are interning this summer at the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) assisting KDA employees and Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell help residents across the state with agricultural needs. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2025/images/interns_2025.jpg | Active | View |
| Country music singer partners with Kentucky Proud | Country music singer partners with Kentucky Proud | FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 8, 2025) – Lancaster native and country music singer and songwriter Alex Miller will soon be repping Kentucky grown and produced agricultural products as the newest brand ambassador for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s (KDA) Kentucky Proud program. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2025/images/Alex_Miller.jpg | Active | View |
| Commissioner Shell joins 11 State Ag Leaders to support National Farm Security Action Plan | Commissioner Shell joins 11 State Ag Leaders to support National Farm Security Action Plan | Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell, along with 11 of his fellow agriculture leaders from across the country serving on the America First Agriculture Commissioner Council, has penned a letter of support for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) newly announced National Farm Security Action Plan. In their joint letter, these State Departments of Agriculture voiced unified backing for this vital Plan that will protect America’s farmland and strengthen national security. | https://agnet.kyagr.com:444/AgNews/2025 | https://www.kyagr.com/ky-agnews/press-releases/2025/images/National_Farm_Security.jpg | Active | View |