Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles encourages Kentucky school children to celebrate Farm to School Month in October and throughout the year.

The Office of Veterans Business Development recognized Patricia Krausman, director of the Elizabethtown Small Business Development Center, as one of the six most outstanding instructors for the 2016 Boots 2 Business program.

National Forest Products Week, Oct.16 – 22, recognizes the sustainable benefits of wood materials and their important role in the nation’s economy.

USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service began mailing the annual Row Crops County Agricultural Production Survey today.

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A district judge in the Jackson Purchase area has just recently donated a 500 acre Ballard County farm to Murray State University.  Hutson ag School dean, Dr. Tony Brannon, says they’ve already been visiting with farm leaders in the area for long term planning.  He says some 60 acres of that tract may be used as early as next spring for several different experimentation and demo plots for ag interests in the region.

A feature on the success of the Kentucky Center for Agriculture and Rural Development in landing a $200,000 USDA grant for its yearly operations.  Executive Director, Aleta Botts, says that amount combined with support from the state ag development board, enables KCARD to assist new ag entrepreneurs with everything from creating a business plan to grant writing.

For good family fun this weekend why not check out a roadside farm market operation.  Billy Reid of Reid’s Orchard near Owensboro says they’re all set for fun and produce sales.  Their weekend activities range from zip lines to the “apple barrel” (like a giant hamster wheel, for humans).  For check out local markets attractions go on line to: kyfb.com/markets.