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- Getting through winter cold can be stressful for farm animals
- January 4, 2017
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After a few weeks of above-average temperatures, Kentuckians will feel the chill with an early-January cold snap. University of Kentucky agricultural meteorologist Matt Dixon explained that the combination of cold air and winds create dangerous and emergency-category periods of livestock cold stress.
- Applications for Kentucky Farm Bureau's college scholarships available now
- January 4, 2017
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The KFB Education Foundation will award college scholarships ranging from $400 to $4,000 to 90 high school seniors pursuing a four-year degree.
- Kentucky delegation and state winners headed to Phoenix for American Farm Bureau Federation annual convention
- January 4, 2017
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Volunteer leaders from Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) are headed to the 98th annual convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), January 6-11 in Phoenix, Arizona.
- Across Kentucky Promo January 2, 2017 - January 6, 2017
- December 29, 2016
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- Across Kentucky - January 6, 2017
- December 29, 2016
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Some 350 Kentuckians are headed for Phoenix this weekend to the American Farm Bureau’s 98th annual meeting. Among them will be: Hart County’s Brad and Karen Hines competing in the Outstanding Young Farm Family contest; Kirby Green of Owensboro part of the “discussion meet” debate style competition; and Ryan and Miranda Chaplin of Bourbon County competing in the Excellence in Agriculture event. Ky Farm Bureau’s, Scott Christmas provides details.
- Across Kentucky - January 5, 2017
- December 29, 2016
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Feldhaus visits with UK extension horticulture specialist, John Strang, on some of the details of the state’s fruit and vegetable grower association groups in Lexington (Jan 9-10). Among the topics covered at the event will be progress in high tunnels, how to deal with pest problems specific to that new technology, and several presentations on new crop opportunities and marketing challenges.
- Across Kentucky - January 4, 2017
- December 29, 2016
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A preview of UK’s Winter Wheat Conference in Hopkinsville at the James Bruce Convention Center. UK extension specialist, Colette Laurent, provides program details and discusses some of the economic challenges ahead for all Kentucky grain farmers.
- Across Kentucky - January 3, 2017
- December 29, 2016
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An overview in this “short session” of the 2017 Kentucky General Assembly with Ky Farm Bureau Public Affairs Director, Jeff Harper. He says leaders tell him the main focus will be economic development and job creation; Harper also speaks to minor changes with the House Ag Committee.
- Across Kentucky - January 2, 2017
- December 29, 2016
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A report with Kentucky’s state veterinarian, Dr. Robert Stout, with the Ky Dept of Agriculture on the new “veterinary feed directive,” which requires veterinary oversight of any antibiotics used in animal feeds. Stout encourages farmers to check out the new directive and consult with their own veterinarians for details.