News Roundup

from the Kentucky

Department of Agriculture

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Monday, April 8, 2024

Vol. 17 | No. 7

Commissioner Shell honors

KHSAA-KDA Ag Athletes of the Year at Sweet 16

The 2024 Kentucky High School Athletic Association-Kentucky Department of Agriculture Ag Athletes of the Year were honored at a ceremony during the KHSAA Boys’ Sweet 16 Basketball Tournament on March 22 at Rupp Arena in Lexington. Joining Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell, middle, were scholarship recipients: from left: Katherine London, Luke Burchett, Emily Shaw, Bryce Warren, Amanda Purvis, and Colton Huffman.

Ky. goat producer/breeder

featured during Goat Month

Rafter W Farms in Metcalfe County near Edmonton is known for its muscular Savanna meat goats, such as this pair.

VanSickle named Ky. Certified Crop Adviser of the Year

"I am extremely passionate about the success of farmers in Kentucky," said Scott VanSickle, middle, of Auburn, Ky.

Shell, Ky. AG stand up for

family-owned meat processors

"EPA's (Environmental Protection Agency) one-size-fits-all proposal is a solution in search of a problem," Shell wrote.

More agriculture-related headlines in the news

(click on links below)

Woodford County Schools put Kentucky Proud lamb on lunch menus

Kentucky farmers intend to plant more soybeans, less corn this spring

After a productive 2023, Ky. farmers hoping for more of the same in 2024

Ky. House passes bill to stop China, Russia from buying Ky. farmland

Kentucky ag recording bill awaits governor decision

300+ Ky. Farm Bureau members travel to D.C. for Congressional Tour

Kentucky-31 fescue toxicosis threatens a quarter of cows in the U.S.

EPA warns farmworkers about risks of exposure to Dacthal herbicide

Vaccine protects cattle from bovine tuberculosis, may eliminate disease

Four states confirm presence of HPAI in 11 dairy herds and one human

Bird flu found in chickens at egg, poultry plants in Texas, Michigan

Smart farms and precision technology: A new age for pork farming

Spring fencing schools to be April 23 in Morehead, April 25 in Mayfield

UK's Ag is for All Conference welcomes high school students April 19

KAFC, KADB will both meet April 19 at Hardin County Extension Office

FFA chapters, 4-H clubs invited to annual UK Field Day on April 18

Cattle grading clinic offered April 9 in Flemingsburg

And in case you missed it ...

Blueberry grows to golf ball size to easily set world record

Kentucky ag fact

Kentucky is home to 209,500 horses grazing on 900,000 acres devoted to equine use.

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