FRANKFORT, Kentucky, April 20 -- The Kentucky Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: The Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approved $5,806,937 for agricultural diversification and rural development projects across the Commonwealth at its monthly board meeting. "Challenging our agricultural community to find new ways to diversify and expand our farm products is one of the ways the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board enhances Kentucky's future," said Commissioner   more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, April 20 -- The Kentucky Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: The Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. (KAFC) approved $2,893,877 for 18 agricultural loans for projects across the Commonwealth at its monthly board meeting. Agricultural Infrastructure Loan Program (AILP) Eight Agricultural Infrastructure loans totaling $1,426,167 were approved. Loan recipients were in Adair ($177,000 and $250,000), Calloway ($250,000), Hart ($71,667), Henry ($250,000  more

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, April 20 -- Western Kentucky University issued the following news: Ryan Messenger, a double major in the College of Health and Human Services (CHHS), in Exercise Science and Dietetics, has been selected to attend the Gilman Foreign Policy in Focus: Global Food Security seminar in Washington, DC, this June. In addition to this remarkable achievement, Messenger has been admitted to the combined Dietetic Internship and Master of Science of Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Healt  more