Kentucky

Last week, Dan Newhouse joined two other Republican representatives talking about the importance of passing USMCA.  Newhouse, Kentucky’s James Comer and Tennessee’s John Rose penned a joint op-ed in The Hill to discuss how important the updated NAFTA is to the American economy.   In the letter th...

A Kentucky-based company that produces CBD has filed a $44 million lawsuit against an Oregon company, claiming it sold nearly worthless hemp seeds that ruined the 2019 crop.  According to the Oregonian, the crop was destined to help fulfill the country’s booming demand for CBD, which has soared in popularity recently as a treatment for health problems from anxiety to insomnia.   B...

Food safety experts from around the world are in Louisville, KY this week.  The list of experts is a long one, it includes scientists, across academia, as well as students, industry and regulatory agencies, all to address food safety issues.  ...

National and Northwest hay prices enjoyed a modest increase over the past year.  According to NASS, the all hay prices increased $24 from August 2017 to August this year.  The new price sits at $161 per ton.  The Other Hay category, which covers hay other than alfalfa, was up $13 year over year, sitting at $130 per ton.  The highest ...

One Kentucky woman has learned, the hard way, the crop insurance fraud is not a crime taken lightly by the federal government.  Debra Muse, 63, was sentenced in U.S. District Court on Tuesday.  She’s been ordered to serve five years in prison and pay $1.6 million in re...

The 2018 National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky, was a record-setter in the number of new exhibitors. The event also saw an increase in ticket sales and attendance. More than 314,000 people packed into the Kentucky Exposition Center for the four-day event...

The Blue Grass state is looking at hemp to generate a little green. Testing is accelerating on hemp as a potential American cash crop, so Kentucky farmers are planning to produce up to three times more hemp than they did last year.  The Kentucky State Department of Agriculture says it approved 209 grower applications last week, meaning growers can produce up to 12,800 acres of hemp for research pu