Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles co-hosted the "Serving Up Solutions" dinner to benefit Kentucky Hunters for the Hungry and the Kentucky Association of Food Banks on Jan. 25 in Frankfort.

Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles talks about the program he launched in January to create an economic incentive for summer feeding programs to buy local fruits and vegetables. (audio)

The KHSAA and the Kentucky Department of Agriculture will award six $1,000 scholarships to three male and three female senior student-athletes.

AgTech leaders plan to buy 10 acres and a 10-acre option in the Bourbon County Business Park to build a state-of-the-art, 50,000-square-foot facility, expected to open in 2018.

During the fourth quarter of last year, overall surveyed items dropped by $1.52 over the previous quarter.

Members of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA), including Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles, convened at the White House on Jan. 30 for the White House Conference on Rural Prosperity.

The Kentucky cattle and calf inventory for Jan. 1, 2018, was estimated at 2.16 million head. .

Most agree that steers will outsell bulls of similar weight, but it is also well established that castrating bulls requires time and some expense.