News Archive: Agricultural Economics
UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment offers Virtual State Fair
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Aimee Nielson
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Demonstrations and virtual tours on topics such as home gardening, production agriculture, forestry, equine, farm tours and 4-H activities.
Video: Cancer, COVID and the Kentucky Economy: How 'Sweet Annie' Could Make an Impact
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Allison Perry
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Cancer, COVID and the Kentucky Economy: How 'Sweet Annie' Could Make an Impact
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Allison Perry
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Dual-purpose hemp cultivars have best biofuel potential
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Katie Pratt
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The study compared the biofuel and bioproduct potential of 11 fiber and grain cultivars.
Kentucky Small Business Development Center partners with Shopify to provide e-commerce resources for small businesses
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KSBDC announced an e-commerce initiative with the support of the leading global e-commerce platform, Shopify, to assist the online presence of Kentucky small businesses.
UK webinar series to help farm families work through current economic challenges
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Katie Pratt
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The series begins July 23 and will go live the of following three Thursdays at 7 p.m. EDT/6 p.m. CDT.
UK leads national team studying pandemic’s effect on local food systems
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Carol Lea Spence
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The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $1 million grant to UK, Colorado State University and Penn State University. CAFE's Lilian Brislen and Tim Woods will lead the team of researchers.
Farmers markets open with an eye toward safe sales
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Carol Lea Spence
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Faced with an unheard-of pandemic, market managers and farmers market boards in big cities and small, rural communities started rethinking how they could open their spring markets while keeping producers and customers safe — many with the help of University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension agents.
Extension offers information for H-2A workers to keep agriculture operations safe, healthy and running during pandemic
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Katie Pratt
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Extension agents give producers tips to help welcome their H-2A workers back to their farms amid the COVID-19 pandemic.