Agriculture, Home and Garden

YE GADS! PALM TREES ON THE MARCH????

Apr 11, 2019 at 10:12 am by admin

The little maps on the back of garden seed packets are-a-changin." They give plant hardiness information and are important to all of us. Gardeners, arborist, farmers, and bota.... Read More

U.S. Hemp Roundtable Names Quarles 'Friend of Hemp'

Aug 07, 2018 at 03:37 pm by admin

National Hemp Industry Leader Praises Quarles, KDA for Leading Way on Hemp CYNTHIANA, Ky. (June 11, 2018) -- The United States Hemp Roundtable presented Agriculture Commission.... Read More

Hemp: the holy grail for West Kentucky farmers

Aug 24, 2017 at 03:27 pm by admin

Hemp is quickly becoming the Holy Grail for Western Kentucky farmers. The promise of a new crop that can be animal feed, people food, medicine, fabric, and a building material.... Read More

Farmer asks Comer for help in soybean kills

Aug 03, 2017 at 01:30 pm by admin

(Clinton, KY August 3, 2017) - When it was question time at Rep. James Comer's town hall meeting in Clinton, Fulton County farmer Jacob Goodman raised an issue new to the firs.... Read More

Foreign holdings of US farmland doubled in 10 years

Jul 30, 2017 at 05:49 pm by admin

A recent report from the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting revealed that foreign holdings of U.S. farmland doubled between 2004 and 2014. Foreign investors now contro.... Read More

Purple Toad Winery named Winemaker of the Year

Jun 02, 2017 at 10:51 am by admin

FRANKFORT (June 1, 2017) -- Allen Dossey, owner of Purple Toad Winery near Paducah, was named Winemaker of the Year at the recent Indy International Wine Competition at Purdue.... Read More

President Trump Selects Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to become new Secretary of Agriculture

Jan 23, 2017 at 04:05 pm by admin

Former Governor of Georgia Sonny Perdue will be nominated to be the next federal secretary of Department of Agriculture. Trump got to know Perdue when he served as part of Tru.... Read More

Murray State University Hutson School of Agriculture recognizes area FFA students for outstanding accomplishments

Jan 23, 2017 at 06:21 am by admin

MURRAY, Ky. -- The Murray State University Hutson School of Agriculture recently honored a number of high school students from the Purchase, Pennyrile and Green River regions.... Read More

Murray State receives farm gift

Sep 21, 2016 at 02:46 pm by admin

Murray State University Hutson School of Agriculture Dean Tony Brannon announced at the WAVE steering committee meeting the gift of Eagle Rest Plantation in Ballard County to.... Read More

Ag Commissioner takes fight for hemp production to feds

Sep 19, 2016 at 01:56 pm by admin

Quarles urges feds to reconsider positionsthat could hinder industrial hemp research Kentucky ag commissioner says government principles contradict Congressional intent FRANKF.... Read More

Governor appoints Beeler Exec. Director of Ag Policy

Jan 15, 2016 at 11:43 am by admin

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 15, 2016) - Governor Matt Bevin today announced the appointment of Warren Beeler as Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Agriculture Policy. Bee.... Read More

Hemp program begins

May 28, 2014 at 12:47 pm by admin

LEXINGTON, Ky. —The University of Kentucky launched its industrial hemp pilot program today when hemp seeds were planted at Spindletop Farm, marking another milestone in the d.... Read More

Bringing in the seeds, Bringing in the seeds...

May 27, 2014 at 10:55 am by admin

  FRANKFORT, Ky. — The industrial hemp seeds ticketed for pilot research programs in Kentucky finally made it to the state Department of Agriculture headquarters in Frankfort.... Read More

Ag welcomes Georgetown College to Kentucky Proud Farm to College Program

May 01, 2014 at 03:18 pm by admin

GEORGETOWN, Ky. — Georgetown College became the seventh higher education institution in Kentucky to join the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s Farm to Campus Program in a c.... Read More

Kentucky Industrial Hemp Commission hears from Ag Commish Comer

Jan 23, 2014 at 08:32 am by admin

FRANKFORT, Ky.  December 30, 2013 — The Kentucky Industrial Hemp Commission today discussed productive and ongoing communications with both the U.S. attorney genera.... Read More