Jan 25 Agriculture Dairy Dilemma: Food Shelters Awash In Surplus Milk They Can’t Afford To Store Cyndi Kirkhart has some 26,000 square feet of warehouse space at the Facing Hunger Food Bank in Huntington, West Virginia, where she is executive director. That sounds like a lot of space. But very little of it is cooler space. “This is the only cooler we have,” Kirkhart said, stepping into a walk-in cooler the […] By Glynis Board Jan 25 Agriculture Dairy Dilemma: Food Shelters Awash In Surplus Milk They Can’t Afford To Store Glynis Board
Jan 17 Agriculture Limited USDA Service During Government Shutdown Sows Confusion For Farmers The Farm Service Agency office in Mayfield, Kentucky, is so quiet you can hear the tick of the Department of Agriculture-branded clock on the wall. Eleven employees usually make up this busy office. Only three were called in Thursday morning as the U.S. Department of Agriculture reopened Farm Service Agency offices across the country on Thursday. […] By Liam Niemeyer Jan 17 Agriculture Limited USDA Service During Government Shutdown Sows Confusion For Farmers Liam Niemeyer
Jan 14 Agriculture Trump Doubles Down On Trade War As Farmers Feel Pain From Tariffs As President Donald Trump addressed farmers at a national conference Monday Ohio Valley agriculture leaders said they are standing by his effort to renegotiate trade deals. But some leaders cautioned that costly tariffs on farm products need to end soon. President Trump doubled down on his fight for better trade deals during his speech to […] By Liam Niemeyer Jan 14 Agriculture Trump Doubles Down On Trade War As Farmers Feel Pain From Tariffs Liam Niemeyer
Aug 31 Agriculture Reining In Abuse: Lax Laws On Animal Welfare Affect Pets And People Suzanna Johnson is an education officer with the Heart of Phoenix Equine Rescue in Camner, Kentucky. Johnson is looking after a pregnant horse she rescued recently. “Be good,” she instructs the mare, named CC, and pats her belly. CC is an elderly horse that has been pregnant for 18 of her 21 years. Now […] By Nicole Erwin Aug 31 Agriculture Reining In Abuse: Lax Laws On Animal Welfare Affect Pets And People Nicole Erwin
Aug 3 Agriculture Win For Wetlands: Program Helps Farmers Conserve More Flood Prone Land West Kentucky farmer Judy Wilson says her family is a bit of a sundry bunch. “We love the farm, but we also love all the nature,” she said. Wilson is driving down a back-country road that divides two fields, to the left is her soybean crop and to the right is 102 acres that she […] By Nicole Erwin Aug 3 Agriculture Win For Wetlands: Program Helps Farmers Conserve More Flood Prone Land Nicole Erwin
Jul 13 Agriculture Hogwash: Farmers Fear Trump Trade Disputes Are Damaging Ag Markets Jimmy Tosh sells a lot of pigs. He is owner and CEO of Tosh Farms, Tosh Pork, and Bacon By Gosh, in Henry County, Tennessee, and has 84 contracted barns in the region where farmers grow pigs for his products. On a recent July day, Tosh craned over some 1,200 piglets and reflected on how […] By Nicole Erwin Jul 13 Agriculture Hogwash: Farmers Fear Trump Trade Disputes Are Damaging Ag Markets Nicole Erwin
Jul 6 Agriculture Kids First: Teachers Put Immigration Politics Aside To Focus On Migrant Students “Be brave, have fun,” Jennie Boggess instructs as she leads a room full of young students at Camp Curiosity, hosted by the Daviess County, Kentucky, Public Schools. Boggess is the development director for the Owensboro Dance Theatre and today she is preparing students for a finale performance to cap the four-week summer camp. “The idea […] By Nicole Erwin Jul 6 Agriculture Kids First: Teachers Put Immigration Politics Aside To Focus On Migrant Students Nicole Erwin
May 23 Agriculture Back To The Garden: How Green Thumbs Help With Addiction Recovery Meredith Jensen is doing some gardening on a sunny day in a secluded part of Athens, Ohio. “I’m working on our pollinator garden beds,” she said. “Which are a bunch of fun flowers that’ll help attract butterflies, bumble bees, you name it.” Her partner Jamie Betit pushes a full wheel barrow to fill the other […] By Aaron Payne May 23 Agriculture Back To The Garden: How Green Thumbs Help With Addiction Recovery Aaron Payne
May 11 Agriculture Drowning In Milk: Dairy Farmers Look For Lifelines In Flooded Market LaRue County, Kentucky, dairy farmer Gary Rock sits in his milking parlor, overlooking what is left of his 95 cow operation. “Three hundred years of history is something that a lot of people in our country cannot even talk about,” Rock said. That’s how long the farm has been in his family. While the land […] By Nicole Erwin May 11 Agriculture Drowning In Milk: Dairy Farmers Look For Lifelines In Flooded Market Nicole Erwin