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Commissioner Quarles reflects on fifth year in office

Despite an unpredictable year, Quarles says KDA made strides for Kentucky’s agricultural community.
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February 2021
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January 2020
  • 1/6/20 – Kentucky constitutional officers sworn into office
  • 1/7/20 – Quarles Encourages Kentucky Farmers To Submit Leopold Conservation Award Nominations
  • 1/10/20 – Quarles Announces Senior Staff Changes for Second Term
  • 1/13/20 – Summit to Promote Local and Sustainable Food Systems in Kentucky
  • 1/21/20 – Kentucky To Operate Hemp Program Under 2014 Farm Bill Provisions For One More Year
  • 1/23/20 – Kentucky Proud Promotional Programs Now Available for Members
  • 1/23/20 – Quarles Praises Trump Administration For WOTUS Replacement Rule
  • 1/24/20 – Quarles Announces Specialty Crop Application Window
  • 1/28/20 – Quarles Urges FDA To End “Bureaucratic Paralysis” Of Hemp Regulatory Decisions
    • March 2020
  • 3/4/20 – Your Donation, Your Community, Our Leaders
  • 3/9/20 – Commissioner Quarles Honors Soybean Growers During Kentucky Soybean Week
  • 3/12/20 – Ag Commissioner Ryan Quarles Summarizes Department Actions On COVID-19
  • 3/17/20 – KDA streamlines federal food assistance programs to allow “drive-through” model
  • 3/19/20 – KDA Develops Agriculture Education Response to COVID-19 School Closures
  • 3/19/20 – KDA Releases New Guidance Regarding Pesticide Applicator Licenses In Light of COVID-19 Pandemic
  • 3/23/20 – Quarles In Communication With Farm Credit System Leaders, Says They Want To Help
  • 3/24/20 – Quarles Praises Kentucky Farm Community On National Ag Day
  • 3/26/20 – Quarles Announces New Web Pages For Kentucky Proud Takeout & CSAs During COVID-19 Pandemic
  • 3/30/20 – Beef Expo Sales Nearly Hit $1 Million
  • 3/30/20 – Quarles Notifies Kentucky Producers of American Farmland Trust COVID-19 Grants
  • 3/31/20 – Opinion: During Global Pandemic, Buy Local
  • 3/31/20 – KDA relaxing guidelines to allow more Kentuckians to receive food from food banks
    • April 2020
  • 4/2/20 – Kentucky Local Food Partners To Host Virtual CSA Fair During COVID-19 Pandemic
  • 4/2/20 – Kentucky Farmers Eligible For Small Business Loans To Retain Employees
  • 4/3/20 – Kentucky Department of Agriculture And Kentucky Farm Bureau Provide COVID-19 Resource For Producers
  • 4/6/20 – Quarles commends Kroger for expanding local farm options at stores
  • 4/14/20 – Commissioner Quarles Announces 2020 KHSAA-KDA Ag Athletes Of The Year
  • 4/14/20 – Statement from Attorney General Daniel Cameron, Secretary of State Michael G. Adams, Auditor Mike Harmon, Treasurer Allison Ball, and Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles
  • 4/15/20 – KFB Insurance Donates Half-Million Dollars As Part of Kentucky Hunger Initiative
  • 4/16/20 – Ag Commissioner Quarles Sends Letter to Secretary Perdue On Behalf of Farmers
  • 4/22/20 – Commissioner Quarles, United Food Commercial Workers 227 Urge Beshear Administration To Prioritize Workers
  • 4/23/20 – Feeding Kentucky Purchases More Than 13,000 Kentucky Ground Beef Hamburgers
  • 4/27/20 – Commissioner Quarles Announces Winners Of KDA Poster And Essay Contest
  • 4/28/20 – Quarles: KDA Supporting Farmers’ Markets As Essential Business
  • 4/28/20 – Quarles Praises Trump Administration's Invoking Defense Production Act To Protect Meat Supply, Workers
  • 4/29/20 – State Board Of Agriculture Selects Dr. Katie Flynn For Deputy State Vet Slot
    • May 2020
  • 5/5/20 – KDA Hunger Initiative Results In Donation Of 560,000 Eggs To Feeding Kentucky
  • 5/7/20 – KDA Announces New Produce Safety Rules For Kentucky Growers
  • 5/12/20 – “It’s Gooo-od”: Feeding Kentucky Buys 10,000 Pounds of Purnell’s Sausage
  • 5/12/20 – “It’s Gooo-od”: Feeding Kentucky Buys 10,000 Pounds of Purnell’s Sausage
  • 5/15/20 – Commissioner Quarles, Attorney General Cameron Author Joint Letter Asking Department of Justice to Investigate Alleged Price Fixing in the Cattle Industry
  • 5/18/20 – Join Commissioner Quarles by grilling Ky. Proud burgers in honor of May Beef Month
  • 5/18/20 – KDA, KAM Announce Fourth Year Of LAND Forums
  • 5/19/20 – KDA Secures Grant To Purchase 56 Freezers And Refrigerators For Kentucky Food Pantries
  • 5/26/20 – Quarles Secures Donation From Farm Credit Mid-America and CoBank To Expand Mobile Meals Distribution During Coronavirus Pandemic
  • 5/28/20 – Kentucky Beef Burgers, Cheese Slices Donated To Feeding Kentucky on National Beef Burger Day
  • 5/28/20 – Commissioner Quarles Applauds Kentucky State Fair COVID-19 Proposal
  • 5/28/20 – Quarles, University of Kentucky Encourage Kentuckians To Grow Victory Gardens
  • 5/29/20 – KDA Licenses Hemp Growers For 2020 Season; Releases Economic Numbers
    • June 2020
  • 6/03/20 – KDA To Resume Youth Livestock Shows With Public Health Guidelines
  • 6/05/20 – Quarles Releases Statement Regarding Ninth Circuit Court's Dicamba Decision
  • 6/09/20 – KDA Releases Updated Dicamba Guidance In Light of EPA Decision
  • 6/09/20 – In Letcher County, Quarles Celebrates Hunger Heroes Across The State
  • 6/15/20 – Spay/Neuter Grants Available To County, Metro Governments In Kentucky
  • 6/22/20 – Coronavirus makes clear: we need rural broadband
  • 6/29/20 – Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles challenges Beshear executive orders alongside small agritourism business
    • July 2020
  • 7/1/20 – Quarles hopes USMCA brings economic benefit to Kentucky agriculture
  • 7/9/20 – Commissioner Quarles scores legal win against Beshear Administration
  • 7/17/20 – Quarles Statement on Kentucky Supreme Court Order
  • 7/24/20 – Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles joins Trump – Pence Regulatory Innovation Initiative
  • 7/27/20 – Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles sounds alarm on unsolicited foreign seeds
  • 7/29/20 – Quarles celebrates farmers during Kentucky's Farmers' Markets Week, Aug. 2-8
  • 7/31/20 – Quarles shares update about USDA guidance on foreign seeds
    • October 2020
  • 10/1/20 – Kentucky Proud sponsoring women's business conference
  • 10/5/20 – Commissioner Quarles announces annual poster, essay contest
  • 10/13/20 – Voluntary 'Ag Tag' donations amounted to $611,743 in 2020
  • 10/16/20 - Quarles signs new MOU to coordinate efforts between Kentucky and EPA
  • 10/17/20 - Agriculture Commissioner Quarles sends letter of support for President Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court
  • 10/19/20 - Kentucky beer infused with Kentucky Proud products on tap for October 28 release
  • 10/21/20 – Kentucky Proud brings cheese for a cause into Kroger
  • 10/22/20 – North American ag officials affirm role of states and provinces in implementation of USMCA
  • 10/27/20 – Quarles requests Beshear Administration expand meat processing with CARES Act funding
  • 10/28/20 – Quarles commends EPA for updated dicamba guidance and restrictions
  • 10/29/20 - Quarles unveils new Appalachia Proud logo at SOAR Summit
  • 10/30/20 - U.S. Department of Agriculture rolls out $4.2 million grant to expand sale, use of E-15
    • November 2020
  • 11/2/20 - Kentucky needs to support farmers and restaurants during the pandemic
  • 11/5/20 - Quarles statement on Governor's announcement that he will fulfill request for CARES Act
  • 11/9/20 - 2021 KDA internship application period now open
  • 11/10/20 - Quarles announces seven county fair grant awards
  • 11/11/20 - KDA partnering with other organizations to administer grant aimed at helping veterans
  • 11/12/20 - Kentucky hemp application portal opens Nov. 16
  • 11/16/20 - Kentucky students encouraged to apply for 2021 Kentucky Ag Athletes of the Year
  • 11/19/20 - First-time winners take home two awards in Kentucky wine competition
  • 11/23/20 - Gardens, either container or standard, surge in popularity this summer
  • 11/25/20 - Dr. Katie Flynn promoted to Kentucky State Vet position; Dr. Alex Hagan selected for Deputy State Vet slot
  • 11/30/20 - 2021 Fruit and Vegetable Conference set for January
    • January 2019
  • 1/4/19 – Commissioner Quarles Asks for Nominations for Kentucky Leopold Conservation Award
  • 1/7/19 – Quarles Announces Farm to School Grantees
  • 1/8/19 – Deadline to Apply for Trade Mitigation Payments Extended
  • 1/14/19 – Commissioner Quarles: This New Year, Pass USMCA
  • 1/22/19 – KDA Approves More Than 42,000 Acres of Hemp for Planting in 2019
  • 1/23/19 – Kentucky Proud Promotional Programs are Open for Business in 2019
  • 1/30/19 – Frankfort Boasts Its Own 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'
    • March 2019
  • 3/4/19 – New Website Launched to Better Serve Kentucky's Veterinary Community
  • 3/4/19 – Quarles Hails Kentucky Growers During Soybean Week
  • 3/7/19 – Quarles Praises Bill That Protects Consumers From Misbranded Lab-Grown Protein Products
  • 3/8/19 – Beef Expo Sales Near $900,000
  • 3/8/19 – Outstanding in their Fields - and On Their Courts
  • 3/11/19 – Commissioner Quarles Congratulates 2019 KHSAA-KDA Ag Athletes of the Year
  • 3/13/19 – Quarles Applauds Legislature for Modernizing Kentucky's Grain Laws
  • 3/14/19 – Quarles Hails Kentucky Farmers During National Ag Week
  • 3/15/19 – KDA Sponsoring Kentucky Proud Direct Farm Marketing Contest
  • 3/18/19 – Quarles: Kentucky Hemp Industry's Economic Impact Showed Explosive Growth in 2018
  • 3/21/19 – 'Check the Box' for Kentucky's Hungry When You File Your State Income Tax Return
  • 3/21/19 – 'Ag Tag' Donations Are an Investment in the Future of Farming
  • 3/25/19 – Kentucky Hosts National Summit on Rural Child Hunger
  • 3/25/19 – 'Ag Tag' Donations Help Fund Kentucky Women in Agriculture Conference
  • 3/28/19 – Quarles Congratulates H.H. Barlow on Dairy Development Council Post
  • 3/28/19 – Kentucky Business, Government Leaders Serve Up $46K in February Benefit Dinner
    • May 2019
  • 5/10/19 – North Carolina Team Is First, Kentucky Second in Regional Junior Chef Competition
  • 5/13/19 – KDA Inspectors Watching for Skimmers in Kentucky Motor Fuel Pumps
  • 5/16/19 – The KDA Will Take Your Exhibits to the State Fair
  • 5/17/19 – Quarles Applauds Canada, Mexico, and Japan Trade Progress
  • 5/23/19 – Quarles to Lead Forums to Build Relationships Between Agriculture and Manufacturing
  • 5/28/19 – Commissioner Quarles Congratulates Kentucky Hunters for the Hungry on 2018 Success
  • 5/28/19 – KDA Helps Kentucky Proud Members Exhibit at American Food Fair
  • 5/29/19 – Dairy Nights at the Ballpark Are a Hit for Kentucky Farm Families
  • 5/29/19 – Commissioner Quarles Says USDA Legal Opinion Provides Certainty to Industry
    • July 2019
  • 7/1/19 – 2018 Was a Good Year for Kentucky Bad Dog Jelly
  • 7/1/19 – Census Maps Kentucky Agricultural Trends
  • 7/2/19 - Kentucky Proud Invites Kentuckians to 'The Freshest Party in Town' at Farmers' Markets
  • 7/2/19 – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tours Hemp Processor and Research Farm
  • 7/16/19 – USDA Will Require Most Cattle to Have Electronic Ear Tags
  • 7/29/19 – Quarles Invites Kentuckians to Celebrate Farmers' Markets Week August 4-10
  • 7/30/19 – Quarles: Farms To Food Banks Reduces Hunger, Helps Farmers
    • August 2019
  • 8/6/19 – Ag Leaders, Hunger Advocates Promote Double Dollars Program
  • 8/9/19 – Commissioner Quarles Invites All Kentuckians to the 115th Kentucky State Fair Aug. 15-25
  • 8/16/19 – Quarles Announces Voluntary 'Ag Tag' Donations in Fiscal 2019 Were Second-Highest on Record
  • 8/20/19 – Kentucky Proud Beer Series On Tap for October
  • 8/23/19 – Montgomery County Wins Third Junior Chef Championship
  • 8/27/19 – Quarles Commends USDA for Hemp Announcement
  • 8/30/19 – Goetta Maker Sees Long Runway for Northern Kentucky Company
    • September 2019
  • 9/6/19 – Quarles Announces 17 Kentucky Counties Added to Appalachia Proud Region
  • 9/10/19 – Commissioner Quarles Proclaims Sept. 15-21 as Farm Safety and Health Week in Kentucky
  • 9/11/19 – Commissioner Quarles Elected Vice President of National Agriculture Organization
  • 9/20/19 – Quarles Statement on Former USDA Secretaries Urging Passage of USMCA
  • 9/27/19 – 2020 Kentucky Hemp Program Application Period to Open Nov. 15 With New Online Application
  • 9/30/19 – New Film 'Silo' Combines Farm Safety Education With Entertainment
  • 9/30/19 – Moonshine (and Bourbon) in the Sunshine
    • November 2019
  • 11/1/19 – Kentucky Proud Dairy Producer Helps Other Farmers, Young Entrepreneurs Start Ice Cream Businesses
  • 11/7/19 – Kentucky Proud Launches Holiday Ad Campaign to Showcase Kentucky Farm Products
  • 11/12/19 – Hunters Encouraged to Donate During Kentucky Hunters for the Hungry Week
  • 11/14/19 – Buy Local Funds Exhausted for 2019
  • 11/14/19 – Commissioner Quarles Hails Announcement That China Is Lifting Ban on U.S. Poultry
  • 11/15/19 – Kentucky Students Encouraged to Apply for 2020 Kentucky Ag Athletes of the Year
  • 11/19/19 – 2020 Hemp Application Period Underway
  • 11/19/19 – Quarles Urges Kentucky College Students to Apply for 2020 KDA Internships
  • 11/20/19 – 'Kentucky Farmers: Ready, Set, Grow' is the Theme of the KDA's Poster & Essay Contest
  • 11/22/19 – StoneBrook Winery Takes Top Honors in Kentucky Wine Competition
  • 11/25/19 – Four County Fair Boards Awarded $300,000
    • January 2018
  • 1/4/18 – United States Ambassador Craft, Kentucky Chamber President Craft, Commissioner Quarles, Legislators to Host ‘Serving Up Solutions’ Benefit Dinner
  • 1/8/18 – First-in-Nation Incentive Aims to Provide More Local Produce for Kentucky Kids in Summer Meal Programs
  • 1/9/18 – KDA Hemp Program Maintains Steady Growth; More Than 12,000 Acres Approved for Planting in 2018
  • 1/11/18 – Quarles Salutes Appointments to Kentucky FSA Panel
  • 1/16/18 – Quarles Praises Community Trust Bank for $25,000 Donation to Purchase Surplus FEMA Meals
  • 1/16/18 – KDA Approves Pesticide Applicator Training for Three Products Containing Dicamba
    • March 2018
  • 3/5/18 – Quarles Proclaims Soybean Week in Kentucky
  • 3/7/18 – Symposium Speakers Will Address 'Trauma Through the Eyes of Youth'
  • 3/8/18 – Quarles: Pearse Lyons Was 'a Visionary and an Ambassador for Kentucky'
  • 3/9/18 – Beef Expo Sales Top $1 Million Again
  • 3/14/18 – 'Serving Up Solutions' Dinner Raises $39,000 for Kentucky Hunger Organizations
  • 3/19/18 - Commissioner Quarles Hails Measure that Requires State Agencies to Conduct Food Waste Assessments
  • 3/20/18 - Quarles, Other Farm Leaders, Kroger Introduce Kentucky Cattlemen's Ground Beef
  • 3/21/18 - Quarles Applauds Passage of ELD Modernization Bill
    • May 2018
  • 5/2/18 - Where's the Beef? On Kentucky Plates Thanks to Cattle Industry Donation
  • 5/7/18 - Explore Kentucky's Wineries and Breweries With the Drink KY Smartphone App
  • 5/10/18 - Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina Win Big at Regional Junior Chef Competition
  • 5/16/18 - Quarles Commends Restaurants for Reaching Kentucky Proud Milestone
  • 5/21/18 - Dairy Nights at the Ballpark Are a Home Run for Kentucky Farm Families
  • 5/29/18 - Milk 2 My Plate Grant Makes More Dairy Products Available to Kentucky Families
  • 5/30/18 - Quarles to Host USDA Under Secretary for Trade Ted McKinney for Roundtable
  • 5/31/18 - Ag, Manufacturing Interests to Meet at LAND Forums
    • June 2018
  • 6/1/18 - Aerial Recreational Device Operators Must Register With KDA by July 1
  • 6/4/18 - As We Celebrate Hemp History Week, Let’s Make Our Own Mark In Hemp History
  • 6/11/18 - U.S. Hemp Roundtable Names Quarles 'Friend of Hemp'
  • 6/11/18 - KDA, UK Extension Partner for Limited Exhibit Delivery for 2018 Kentucky State Fair
  • 6/13/18 - County, Metro Governments Invited to Apply for Spay/Neuter Grants
  • 6/18/18 - Quarles Announces New Ag Industry Certification for Kentucky High School Students
  • 6/25/18 - Poster and Essay Contest Winners Honored
  • 6/25/18 - KDA's Farm to School Program Wins USDA Grant for Nearly $100,000
    • February 2017
  • 2/27/17 - Commissioner Quarles reminds students Poster and Essay Contest deadline is near
  • 2/22/17 - Commissioner Quarles applauds passage of HB 265
  • 2/20/17 - Make the voluntary 'ag tag' donation and invest in Kentucky's youth
  • 2/17/17 - Commissioner Quarles praises confirmation of Scott Pruitt as EPA administrator
  • 2/8/17 - Quarles backs bill to make Kentucky agriculture more competitive
  • 2/8/17 - Commissioner Quarles sends support to Harper's Country Hams
  • 2/7/17 - Quarles urges action on Kentucky's hunger problem
    • March 2017
  • 3/22/17 - Smokeless tobacco proposal comment period extended
  • 3/20/17 - Low pathogenic avian influenza detected in western Kentucky
  • 3/14/17 - Consider agriculture's importance on National Ag Day and all year long
  • 3/14/17 - Deadline for Leopold Conservation Award nominations is April 1
  • 3/10/17 - Quarles asks FDA to withdraw proposal that would harm Kentucky dark tobacco growers
  • 3/9/17 - Beef Expo tops $1 million in sales for sixth year in a row
  • 3/7/17 - Quarles praises legislature's approval of industrial hemp bill
  • 3/2/17 - Batter up! Junior Chef application deadline is near
  • 3/1/17 - Kentuckians invited to join KDA staff at home and garden shows across the state
    • May 2017
  • 5/25/17 - KDA, local officials take proactive steps to address floodwater mosquito infestation
  • 5/24/17 - Quarles warns farmers to avoid hay-buying scam
  • 5/23/17 - Quarles joins celebration for new Sunstrand processing plant
  • 5/12/17 - Commissioner Quarles praises end of Chinese beef import embargo
  • 5/12/17 - Commissioner Quarles praises delay of new EPA rule for pesticide applicators
  • 5/11/17 - Quarles: Breathitt Veterinary Center is vital to Kentucky's livestock industry
  • 5/4/17 - State agriculture department promotes four in marketing office
  • 5/1/17 - KDA hires two for leadership positions in marketing
    • June 2017
  • 6/30/17 - Notice of public hearing: KDA to hold public session on proposed regulations for aerial recreational devices
  • 6/29/17 - Economic development forums bring together Kentucky agricultural and manufacturing interests
  • 6/29/17 - KDA returns $169,000 to state treasury
  • 6/28/17 - Kentucky brewers, farmers, Kentucky State to collaborate on unique craft beers
  • 6/28/17 - Double Dollars program expands with new funding
  • 6/27/17 - Commissioner Quarles hails withdrawal of WOTUS rule
  • 6/26/17 - Quarles reminds motorists to watch for signs of credit card skimmers at fuel pumps
  • 6/17/17 - Quarles honors Poster and Essay Contest winners
  • 6/16/17 - Economic development forums planned for late June
  • 6/15/17 - County, metro governments invited to apply for spay/neuter grants
  • 6/1/17 - Kentuckian wins Winemaker of the Year at prestigious wine competition
    • August 2017
  • 8/31/17 - Commissioner Quarles to Advocate for Kentucky Agriculture in Japan as Part of New Trade Initiative
  • 8/28/17 - Commissioner Quarles: 'Today, Houston Needs Us'
  • 8/25/17 - Montgomery County Repeats as Junior Chef Champion
  • 8/14/17 - Commissioner Quarles Helps Deliver Freezers to Food Pantries in Five Eastern Kentucky Counties
  • 8/10/17 - State Agriculture Department Monitoring Suspected Herbicide Drift
  • 8/1/17 - Notice of Public Meeting: KDA To Hold Second Public Session on Proposed Regulations for Aerial Recreational Devices
    • October 2017
  • 10/30/17 -Quarles Congratulates Gracie Furnish on Election to National FFA Office
  • 10/24/17 -2018 KDA Internship Applications Now Available
  • 10/23/17 -Commissioner Quarles Proclaims October Farm to School Month
  • 10/20/17 -Kentucky Represented at Tri-National Accord
  • 10/17/17 -Hemp Program Now Taking Applications for 2018
  • 10/16/17 -Kentucky Proud Produce Growers, Buyers Invited to Nov. 8 Meeting in Lexington
  • 10/16/17 -Commissioner Quarles Congratulates Heaven Hill for Expansion and Dare To Care Partnership
  • 10/10/17 -Quarles Toasts Kentucky's Craft Brewing Industry
  • 10/5/17 - Franklin County Farmers' Market Awarded $199,245 USDA Grant
    • November 2017
  • 11/30/17 -Quarles Thanks Pruitt for 'Going to Bat' for Kentucky
  • 11/28/17 -Kentucky Proud Promotional Grant Funds Allocated for 2017
  • 11/27/17 -Quarles Calls for Posters, Essays, Digital Images for 2018 Poster and Essay Contest
  • 11/21/17 -Bluegrass State's Best Wines Chosen in Commonwealth Commercial Wine Competition
  • 11/20/17 -Commissioner Quarles and Walmart Award More Than a Half-Million Dollars to Kentucky Nonprofits
  • 11/13/17 -Commissioner Quarles Proclaims Nov. 13-17 'Hunters for the Hungry Week'
  • 11/9/17 -KDA, Farmer Veteran Coalition Extend Homegrown By Heroes Program Through 2021
  • 11/7/17 -Commissioner Quarles Praises Appointees to Lead in FSA, Rural Development Roles
  • 11/7/17 -Quarles Urges Military Veteran Farmers to Stand Up and Be Counted in the 2017 Ag Census
  • 11/6/17 -Commissioner Ryan Quarles Praises Resumption of Live Equine Exports to China
  • 11/3/17 -Quarles Commends Bowling Green Schools for Reaching Kentucky Proud Milestone
    • January 2016
  • 1/30/16 - Statement from Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles on Blue Grass Stockyards fire
  • 1/28/16 - 'Lucky' day for Kentucky Proud: Colorado-based chain opens second Kentucky location in Lexington
  • 1/27/16 - State veterinarian's office acts to protect backyard poultry flocks, commercial operations
  • 1/26/16 - Chefs in Schools Collaborative will help schools serve fresh local foods to Kentucky students
  • 1/15/16 - Kentucky re-enacts bird sales, movement restrictions as proactive response to Indiana avian flu outbreak
  • 1/14/16 - Quarles names Delaney-Ellis to head KDA's budget office; Britton selected as executive assistant
  • 1/8/16 - Brent Burchett named director of Value-Added Plant Production division
  • 1/8/16 - Full slate of beekeeping schools scheduled this winter in Kentucky
  • 1/4/16 - Georgetown native Ryan Quarles sworn in as Kentucky's commissioner of agriculture
    • June 2016
  • 6/28/16 - State vet's office continuing investigation, coordinating care for Mercer County horses
  • 6/27/16 - Ag department acts to protect summer travelers from credit card skimming at the gas pump
  • 6/21/16 - Report on food insecurity in northern Kentucky given at first regional hunger meeting
  • 6/17/16 - Hunger Initiative Regional Meetings to kick off in northern Kentucky
  • 6/16/16 - Gordon and Terrell named to state agriculture department
  • 6/7/16 - Grants available for spay/neuter activities
  • 6/3/16 - Kentucky college students will work for Kentucky ag department this summer
  • 6/2/16 - Task force begins discussion on combating hunger in Kentucky
    • July 2016
  • 7/28/16 - State ag department gives sweet sorghum growers a new weapon against sugarcane aphid in Kentucky
  • 7/26/16 - Quarles leads Hunger Initiative regional meeting in Morehead
  • 7/22/16 - Quarles leads Hunger Initiative regional meeting in Bowling Green
  • 7/19/16 - KDA honors 26 statewide winners of 16th annual Poster and Essay Contest
  • 7/12/16 - Second Pollinator Protection Plan public forum will be Wednesday in Bowling Green
  • 7/7/16 - Quarles leads Lexington meeting of the Kentucky Hunger Task Force
    • August 2016
  • 8/26/16 - Montgomery County Junior Chef team captures the coveted skillet trophy
  • 8/25/16 - State agencies enter partnership to work together on farm safety
  • 8/19/16 - KDA presents 'Ag Tag' checks to Kentucky 4-H, FFA
  • 8/18/16 - Quarles, Fischer honor Kentucky Local Food Heroes
  • 8/9/16 - Kentucky farmers can "double" fresh foods for families
  • 8/9/16 - Commissioner Quarles, ag department ready to showcase agriculture at 2016 Kentucky State Fair
  • 8/9/16 - Quarles leads Hunger Initiative regional meeting in Owensboro
  • 8/4/16 - Quarles leads Hunger Initiative regional meeting in Mayfield
  • 8/2/16 - Farmers' Market Week set for August 7-13
    • September 2016
  • 9/29/16 - Quarles leads Hunger Initiative regional meeting in Pikeville
  • 9/21/16 - 'Pep Rally for Life' encourages Garrard students to put safety first on the farm and on the road
  • 9/20/16 - KDA inspectors discover credit card 'skimmer'
  • 9/20/16 - State ag department, Mercer County Fiscal Court dispute Borells' claims on abandoned horses
  • 9/19/16 - Quarles leads Hunger Initiative regional meeting in Elizabethtown
  • 9/16/16 - 'Pep Rally for Life' encourages Scott students to put safety first on the farm and on the road
  • 9/14/16 - Quarles urges feds to reconsider positions that could hinder industrial hemp research
  • 9/13/16 - Quarles leads Hunger Initiative regional meeting in Louisville
  • 9/13/16 - Quarles: KDA helps Kentucky farmers, ag businesses sell their products in international markets
    • October 2016
  • 10/21/16 - Students can 'Show Your Farm to School Spirit' in state ag department's annual art contest
  • 10/20/16 - Mercer County court rules Borells have no claim on horses found abandoned in June
  • 10/19/16 - Houchens grocery stores launch expanded Kentucky Proud partnership
  • 10/18/16 - Farm to School Month spotlights efforts to get more local foods into Kentucky schools
  • 10/11/16 - Industrial Hemp Research Pilot Program now taking applications for 2017
  • 10/10/16 - KDA, Kentucky Guild of Brewers partner with farmers to create beers made with Kentucky Proud products
  • 10/4/16 - State ag department seeks chefs to work with Kentucky schools
    • November 2016
  • 11/30/16 - Southeastern Kentucky farmers may be eligible for drought aid
  • 11/28/16 - Let's help our hungry friends and neighbors this holiday season and all year long
  • 11/22/16 - Commissioner Quarles convenes Hunger Task Force to review findings from 10 regional meetings
  • 11/21/16 - Make Kentucky Proud the centerpiece of your 2016 holiday season
  • 11/17/16 - KDA, Red Cross join forces to help victims of eastern Kentucky fires
  • 11/16/16 - Winners revealed at Kentucky wine competition
  • 11/15/16 - KDA seeks preliminary proposals for specialty crop grants
  • 11/14/16 - 17th Annual Poster and Essay Contest announced
  • 11/3/16 - More than $455,000 awarded to fair boards across the state

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