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Ky. farmer Caleb Ragland named Pro Farmer’s 2025 Person of the Year


Spendthrift Farm one of three finalists for 2025 Leading Owner award


Harlan Co. Farm Bureau to be honored for promoting ag, forestry careers


Franklin Countian wins Kentucky Farm Bureau's 2025 Discussion Meet


Nelson and Owen countians take top honors in KFB youth contest


Kentucky youth shine in national 4-H competitions


UK scholar wants to help farmers ‘continue to do what they love’


Secretaries Rollins, Kennedy pen Newsweek op-ed on 'healthy farming'


New inverted food pyramid urges 'real food' like protein, whole grains


Schools across the nation regain option to serve whole milk


NFL QB Josh Allen gifts his offensive linemen with a quarter of a cow


Payments for Farmer Bridge Assistance range from $8 to $132 per acre


Ballots arrive this week for FSA county committee elections


Free Ky. Farm Women Leadership Summit is Feb. 7 in Elizabethtown


UK to host Winter Wheat Meeting Feb. 3 in Hopkinsville


Deadline is Jan. 23 to apply for milk & on-farm stored commodity losses


Register for distilling industry conference by Jan. 20 to save on tickets


USDA sets Jan. 15 deadline for major conservation funding programs


Soybean management workshops coming up Jan. 14, 20, 21 across Ky.


Kentucky Fruit & Vegetable Conference is Jan. 12-13 in Bowling Green


Kentucky Ag Development Board to meet Jan. 16 in Frankfort


Shell will address Ky. cattlemen Jan. 15 at convention in Owensboro


Shell to speak at Ky. Commodity Conference Jan. 15 in Bowling Green


Watermelon heist explodes into epic night of pandemonium

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