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Shell joins 11 states to support National Farm Security Action Plan


Commissioner Shell: Ky. agriculture is built to last, ready for the future


Bullitt County teacher joins KDA's Ag Champion Educator Program


Morehead St. chef wins award for her use of fresh, Ky. Proud produce


Food is Medicine program in beginning stages at Russell Co. Hospital


Ky. Ag Development Board approves nearly $3.4 million in projects


Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. authorizes over $5 million in loans


High heat prompts livestock safeguards across Kentucky


Ky. Farm Bureau gives update on wettest growing season in 130 years


Congress should nix a regulatory bait-and-switch on Kentucky hemp


Caldwell Co. farmers assist family with wheat harvest after tragic death


Farm grows thousands of pounds of shrimp in landlocked Kentucky


Bourbon County farm is a model for water conservation


UK enologist: 'Wine that's grown here tastes like Kentucky'


Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton honors chef/restauranteur Ouita Michel


Institute for Future Agricultural Leaders is 40 and still going strong


Dr. David Williams elected chairman of Kentucky State Fair Board


Shelby County female farmer joins Farm Credit Mid-America Board


UK Marketing & Ag Communications team wins two national awards


KFB President Eddie Melton applauds passage capital gains tax relief


Ag Secretary Rollins op-ed: 'Farmers win with the One Big Beautiful Bill'


Farm Bureau applauds suspension of burdensome farm labor rule


After screwworm scare, U.S.-Mexico border reopens for cattle imports


Cost of July 4th cookout drops slightly from last year


UK to host Kentucky Farm Succession Seminar July 23 in Owensboro


Field days for corn, soybeans, tobacco, beef, forage July 22 in Princeton


Cattle, poultry are topics of Third Thursday Thing July 17 at KSU farm


Acreage reporting deadline for most Kentucky crops is July 15


Nominations due July 11 for Farm Bureau's Farm Dog of the Year Contest


Register by July 11, 14 for animal disaster trainings in west, east Ky.


Franklin County's 65th Farm City Field Day will be July 10 at KSU farm


Loose chicken rescued from Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant

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