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Gov Beshear congratulates MSU on Ag Partnership

Jul 09, 2021 at 03:30 pm by admin

MURRAY, Ky. (July 9, 2021) - On Friday, Gov. Andy Beshear congratulated the Murray State University (MSU) Hutson School of Agriculture, which has partnered with Sunw.... Read More

Gates to Share John Deere Stock in Settlement

Jun 07, 2021 at 10:46 am by admin

Hickman County, Kentucky is a rural county. Much more importantly, the county is farm country dominating the landscape. With 20 people per square mile, well below the US avera.... Read More

Comer - back in the Purchase during Fancy Farm week

Jul 30, 2019 at 04:01 pm by admin

(Clinton, KY) First District Representative James Comer is back in the Purchase for the premier political event in the Commonwealth's calendar - the Fancy Farm Picnic. While h.... Read More

WAVE counties - tip of the spear for hemp production

Jul 23, 2019 at 01:34 pm by admin

WAVE stands for West Kentucky Alliance for a Vibrant Economy. The consortium of the leadership of four Mississippi River Counties, Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton and Hickman, began.... Read More

US Ag Secretary gets out of DC and into hemp in KY

Jul 03, 2019 at 12:06 pm by admin

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue toured the UK hemp research facility this week. Perdue was accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Kentucky Secretary of A.... Read More

modernize the H-2A program & bring regulatory relief to the Kentucky agricultural community

Jun 20, 2019 at 09:09 am by admin

Farmers across Kentucky and the nation already wrestle with nature, facing headaches and unpredictability. As if that isn't difficult enough, they also face frustration and bu.... Read More

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

St. Louis Federal Reserve Report 5 Years of Depression for Region Farmers

Mar 26, 2019 at 03:02 pm by admin

This quarter's survey assessed the economic and financial conditions in the District's agricultural industry from the perspective of agricultural bankers. For the 20th (5 year.... Read More

ICYM - Record Number of Wines Entered in Kentucky Commonwealth Event

Jan 02, 2019 at 02:49 pm by admin

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 21, 2018) -- Some familiar names topped the leader board at the Kentucky Commonwealth Commercial Wine Competition & Commissioner's Cup earlier this mo.... 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

Trump and the Dance with NAFTA and TPP

Oct 09, 2017 at 11:50 am by admin

The fate of the North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA) is resting on the edge of a Midwestern rusty knife edge. The fate of another trade deal may be a predictor of NAFTA's fa.... 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

U.S. Reps Comer, Goodlatte, Massie, and Polis Introduce Bipartisan Industrial Hemp Bill

Jul 29, 2017 at 03:01 pm by admin

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressmen James Comer (R-KY), Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Jared Polis (D-CO), and Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced federal legislation to end unnecessary and outda.... Read More