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Food is Medicine program receives SOAR's Healthy Communities Award


Shell commends EPA for withdrawing ELGs for meat, poultry products


Miss Kentucky 2025 shares emotional story of journey to the crown


Ky. horse owners urged to plan ahead as weather challenges hay supply


More than half of Kentucky was in moderate drought last week


Southern Rust found in corn growing in more than 20 Kentucky counties


Tobacco still a tradition for some Kentucky growers


KSU students grow 14,000 pounds of food for Frankfort community


Big Blue Pantry lockers serve UK students facing food insecurity


Feeding Ky. kicks off Hunger Action Month with community backing


KFB's 61st annual Ham Breakfast raises $10 million for Ky. charities


KFB employees start 'Let's Get Rural' podcast


Clark County man selected Ky.’s ASA Corteva Agriscience Young Leader


Beam Institute explores new uses for bourbon byproducts


September's full 'Corn Moon' rose Sunday night; Harvest Moon is next


USDA announces plan to address rural veterinary shortage


New labor decision removes some burden on American farmers


Sign up by Sept. 23, 25 for fall fencing schools in E'town, Russell Springs


Register by Sept. 22 for Fall Intermediate Grazing School Sept. 24-25


Beef Bash coming up Sept. 20 in Woodford County


OAK Farmer Field Day to be Sept. 18 at Pulaski Co. grass-fed beef farm


Soil properties workshop will be Sept. 16 at EKU's Meadowbrook Farm


Horse Farm and Facilities Expo set for Sept. 16 in Paris


Ag Education Week returns Sept. 15-19 at schools across Kentucky


KAFC, KADB to meet on Sept. 12, 19 at Franklin County Extension Office


Register by Sept. 9 for Mechanical Weed Control Field Day on Sept. 23


13-acre corn maze turns into larger-than-life marriage proposal

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