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Mercy for Animals, an animal welfare nonprofit, released an investigative report that finds inhumane and poor working conditions at Pilgrim’s Pride, a poultry farm, in western Kentucky.
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For Kentucky farmers who deal with the stress and anxiety of life on the farm, sometimes limited resources can be available for mental health issues. An initiative through the Department of Agriculture is working to change that.
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For decades, farmers have suffered a shortage of rural veterinarians who specialize in large animals. According to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, only 3% of the state’s veterinarians treat farm animals like cows, pigs, and sheep.
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As the planet warms, scientists say the country will see more tornado- and hail-spawning storms and that those deadly events will strike more frequently in populous mid-Southern states a big issue for everyone living in those areas and especially for those trying to hold onto small family farms.
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The group Kentucky Sustainable Living launched in 2019, aimed at building a community focused on making homesteading and emergency preparedness information accessible to everyone.
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The Master of Arts in Folk Studies and the Bachelor of Science in Agriculture were eliminated during the board’s quarterly meeting on Thursday due to low enrollment and unfilled teaching positions.
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HealthIn eastern Kentucky, healthy food can be hard to come by, whether due to cost, or because it’s not always easily accessible. So the Letcher County market has been intentional about casting out a wide net to the community.
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Life on the farm, especially the family farm, often brings to mind images of hard physical work, balanced by the independence and peace of a rural…
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Students from Future Farmers of America in Daviess and Henderson counties are bringing to the stage some of today’s mental health challenges faced by farm…
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Former Republican state Rep. Jonathan Shell has announced he will run to be Kentucky’s next agriculture commissioner in 2023.Shell is 33 years old and was…