Ag Athletes of the Year honored at Sweet 16 tournament and much more: Kentucky Ag News for Monday, April 4, 2022

A Bi-Monthly News Roundup from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture

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Vol. 15 | No. 7

Monday, April 4, 2022

KHSAA-KDA Ag Athletes of the Year

honored at Sweet 16 tournament

The 2022 Kentucky High School Athletic Association-Kentucky Department of Agriculture Ag Athletes of the Year were honored at a ceremony March 17 at midcourt during the Boys’ Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament. Pictured above are, from left: KDA employees Lashley Stith and Elizabeth Gordon, Agriculture Commissioner Dr. Ryan Quarles, and scholarship recipients Robert Bowman III, Brynn Cooper, William Hunt, Luke Nesler, and Chelsey Logan. Not pictured is scholarship recipient Grace Gough. (KHSAA photo)

Quarles recognizes Ky. farm community during Ag Week

Kentucky's 74,100 farm families are responsible for more than 684,547 jobs and $111.3 billion of economic output.

McDonald's celebrates Kentucky agriculture

Commissioner Quarles signs a National Agriculture Week proclamation March 23 at a McDonald's restaurant in Lexington.

Share the Road is theme

of annual safety symposium

Farm equipment will become a common sight on Kentucky roads as spring planting gets under way. (Wisc. Farm Bureau photo)

KFB vice president asks Ky. motorists to watch out for farm machinery

FDA should clarify hemp regulations, Quarles says

Quarles praises passage of 'barrier to breakfast' bill for Ky. school kids

Humana, No Kid Hungry help food insecure pregnant women in Pike Co.

Feed the West fills the void in West Louisville's food desert

UK's Food Connection names Ashton Potter Wright new director

Quarles applauds lifting of British tariffs on Kentucky bourbon

Ky. Agricultural Finance Corp. approves nearly $1.5 million in loans

Ky. Ag Development Board approves more than $1.1 million for projects

Ky. Agriculture & Environment in the Classroom awarded $5,000 grant

Two Ky. teachers win National Excellence in Teaching About Ag Awards

Ky. farmers feeling the pinch of inflation, supply shortages this spring

Recent cold raises concern about early season fruit, winter wheat crop

Meade Co. farmer Fred Sipes appointed to Ag Water Quality Authority

Kentucky amendment on domestic energy added to ASA Resolutions

Eastern tent caterpillar egg hatch now underway in central Kentucky

UK trains 1,000 Kentuckians in mental health awareness

Nearly 17 million chickens and turkeys culled because of bird flu\\\\\\

Bird flu is spreading in the U.S., threatening chicken exports

Nominations to Beef Promotion & Research Board due April 18

Ag Development Board to meet April 15 at Franklin Co. Extension Office

Applications due April 14 for $1,500 scholarships for ag students

Easter activities will return to Eckert’s Orchard starting April 9

Northern Ky. organic farming conference will be April 8 in Burlington

Ky. Ag Finance Corp. to meet April 8 at Franklin Co. Extension Office

Weed science webinar series will be every Tuesday starting April 5

Comment by April 5 on changes to pre-harvest water requirements

And in case you missed it ...

Kentucky farm's Highland cow baby boom is udderly adorable

Kentucky farm fact

Kentucky ranks 26th nationally in sheep production with 62,000 head of sheep. More than 4,000 sheep producers in the state add more than $7 million in revenue to Kentucky’s agriculture receipts.

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