agriculture

A Kentucky nonprofit is hoping to help farmers across the commonwealth struggling with mental health.

For Bailey and his colleagues, nearly a century of growth and research helping western Kentucky farmers improve yields, conserve land and provide a welcoming space was thrown into complete disarray from the December tornado outbreak.

A Carlisle County farm is a finalist for a state conservation award recognizing farmers, ranchers and forestland owners dedicated to land, water and wildlife habitat conservation on private working lands.

Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles said the Commonwealth’s farming industry has always been diversified. But the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement put changes on the farm into a much higher gear.

At issue is a 1975 California law that allows union organizers limited access to farms so they can seek support from workers in forming a union.

A new bill in the Kentucky legislature could ban large-scale solar projects on farmland in the state, out of fears that the growing solar industry could…

The golden hue of the sunset shines across the sky and through the window as a woman drives down Van Meter Road in central Kentucky’s Clark County,…

Officials say a federal grant is being used to help establish and improve farming opportunities for veterans. The Kentucky Department of Agriculture says…

Rick Murdock drives past his neighbors on rural back roads in southwest Calloway County, Kentucky, most days in his pickup truck, where he’ll pass by some…

A line of blue and yellow pop-up tents stand along the North Fork of the Kentucky River during a sunny September weekend in downtown Whitesburg, Kentucky,…