By Bobbie Curd After historic rainfall, flooding and then freezing, a senior meteorologist and a farmer say planters are getting ready to maximize those warm, dry windows as they come through in …
By Bobbie Curd Historically, family-owned Elmwood Stock Farm in Scott County was operated as a farmers’ market business. Now, it’s a sixth-generation family business on a 400-acre …
American humorist, the late Will Rogers once said, “The farmer has to be an optimist, or he wouldn’t still be a farmer.” Fortunately for all of us, farm families everywhere begin …
Kentucky will be the epicenter for the emergence of Brood XIV of 17-year periodical cicadas this spring. Designated the “Bourbon Brood” by University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of …
Pat Hardesty retired on March 31 after 40 years as Taylor County Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources. Residents of Taylor County came together to honor Hardesty, and he …
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 …
The University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment Master Grazer program, in conjunction with the Kentucky Forage and Grassland Council and Kentucky Beef Network, …
Economists say inflation is here to stay, at least through 2025. And food banks are reporting unprecedented demands on programs that have been working harder to combat rising food …
By Toni Riley HOPKINSVILLE, KY. – First District Congressman James Comer, citing a dependable food supply as essential to national security, discussed the importance of the Farm Bill at the …
As Commissioner of Agriculture, I know the value, both from a quality-of-life standpoint and economically, agriculture has for Kentucky and its residents. The positive agricultural bills passed …
The Trump Administration may grant U.S. agriculture special exemptions from parts of its ever-changing tariff regime but it can’t exempt it from everyday economic reality. That mainstay of …
Kentucky Pork producers Eric Heard and Sarah Hawkins traveled to Washington D.C. on April 8 through April 10 to participate in the National Pork Producers Council Spring Legislative Action Conference …
