Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) joins farming organizations across the country today to celebrate National Agriculture Day. This date is set aside annually to highlight the many ways America’s food system improves the quality of life for everyone
“The commitment, hard work and innovation of our farmers provides us with a stable supply of high-quality, affordable food,” said KFB President Mark Haney
Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) leaders across the state are celebrating national “Food Check-Out Week. Around the Mullins domicile, we grocery shop on Sundays, but the first Wednesday of the month we go for our Kroger senior discount!
This week marks the time of year when the average American has earned enough income to meet his or her annual cost of food. Despite recent
More than 1,700 Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) members from across the state will gather for the organization’s 93rd annual meeting Wednesday - Saturday at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. Delegates from all of the state’s 120 counties assemble for the four-day event to participate in committee meetings, business sessions, award presentations, officer elections and to adopt 2013 priority issues and policy revisions.
In addition to conducting organizational business, KFB hosts its annual meeting to reflect on both the successes and challenges experienced in Kentucky’s agriculture industry over the previous year. The full agenda of delegate activities begins on Thursday, December 6, with 10 commodity and special interest conferences covering a range of topics from tobacco and livestock to farm labor and agricultural chemicals. A one-day tradeshow – featuring agriculture associations and businesses from around the country, the KFB County Activities of Excellence and student agricultural science displays – simultaneously occupies the exhibit halls. Guest comments from Commissioner of Agriculture James Comer and a keynote address from Craig Jagger, Principal and Founder of Legis Consulting, LLC, in Maryland, highlight the day’s Commodity Luncheon.
The Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) joins agricultural organizations across the country to celebrate National Farm-City Week, Friday - Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. Ever since 1955 a week has been set aside by the National Farm-City Council to support educational programming that builds interdependence between rural and urban citizens.
Jay McCants appointed as Director of Commodity Division for
Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation
Louisville, KY (March 23, 2011) – David S. Beck, Executive Vice President of Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation, announced today that Jay McCants has been named the new Director of the Commodity Di
