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Kentucky got off to a quick start toward putting its oversight strategy in place for hemp production on Thursday when its agriculture commissioner filed a…
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Todd County is receiving more than $4 million from the federal government as part of a national investment in rural water infrastructure improvements. The…
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Kentucky's corn production this year is forecasted to be at its highest in ten years, according to surveys taken by the USDA's National Agricultural…
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Time is running out for dairy farmers in the Ohio Valley to apply for the USDA Margin Protection Program. Producers in the past have shied away from the…
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Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has appointed a west Kentuckian to a two-year term on the Plant Variety Protection Board. Brent Burchett is one of 14…
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The Department of Agriculture says organic-food makers can keep using carrageenan, a thickener made from seaweed. It's the second time this year that it has reversed an organic board's recommendation.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has denied a petition by the National Chicken Council to remove the speed limit on work at some slaughterhouses, a move…
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High demand, bird flu and insecticides have all driven prices higher, but there is a sunny side: U.S. producers appear to be increasing the size of their laying flocks, which may push costs down.
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It's the latest Obama-era agriculture regulation to go on the chopping block. This one governs the treatment of animals on organic farms. But most organic farmers actually support the rule.
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At issue is the Trump administration's withdrawal of two Obama-era rules designed to protect small farmers, who say they are being exploited by the meatpacking companies they supply.