"There is so much support for solar energy in our community but where and how that happens is at stake." ...

Kentucky State University is establishing a center for excellence focused on agricultural opportunities in Eastern Kentucky.

A USDA study ranked Kentucky as the second highest food insecure state from 2022 to 2024. Local programs strive to combat ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Having endured a turbulent year marked by high inflation and extreme weather trends, Kentucky agriculture is on pace to achieve record-setting cash receipts, agricultural ...

The Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approved $1,740,515 for agricultural diversification and rural development ...

The University of Kentucky Grain & Forage Center of Excellence was hit by a tornado early Saturday morning. Photo Credit: Ryan Quarles, Kentucky Agricultural Commissioner. Producers are working to ...

For the first time in eight years, Kentucky is guaranteed to have a new commissioner of agriculture. Ryan Quarles, the current commissioner, will reach his term limit this year and Republican Jonathan ...

GARRARD COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — As 2026 gets underway, LEX 18 sat down with Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell to reflect on the challenges of 2025 and outline his priorities for the year ...

Kentucky's agriculture commissioner promotes farming and horticulture and is also in charge of inspecting about 60,000 gas pumps across the state. Current GOP Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Tiny hemp seeds that produced a drawn-out legal fight were freed from confinement and delivered Friday to Kentucky’s Agriculture Department for experimental plantings, marking a ...