News Archive: Horticulture
'Building on the successes': Kentucky Farm Launch accepting applications for second season
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Grace Sowards
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Nine-month beginning farmer program provides hands-on training in production, processing, business management and marketing.
Kentucky’s diversified agriculture faces split outlook: UK economists point to livestock strength and row crop strain in 2026
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Jennifer Elwell
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University of Kentucky economists project near-record level cash receipts for 2025 thanks to soaring cattle, poultry and equine markets, but net farm income is expected to drop in 2026 without additional government assistance.
Blooms are booming: University of Kentucky Extension empowers agents to support the growing number of cut flower farms
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Jennifer Elwell
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Thanks to a series of workshops, many county Cooperative Extension Service offices are better equipped to help growers start or expand their cut-flower ventures.
Registration is open for the 2026 Kentucky Fruit & Vegetable Conference
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Jennifer Elwell
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This premier event for Kentucky specialty crop growers returns to Bowling Green Jan. 12-13 with more than 80 speakers, 70 exhibitors and hands-on workshops.
Cultivating growth in horticulture: UK Research and Education Center reflects on a century of impact
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Jennifer Elwell
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Improving fruit and vegetable production in Western Kentucky was a primary focus of the Princeton-based agricultural experiment station when it opened in 1925. Later efforts included integrated pest management strategies and nursery crops, elevating the significance of UKREC’s horticulture impact.
University of Kentucky experts set date for Mechanical Weed Control Field Day
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Grace Sowards
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Hosted by the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, this field day provides growers with necessary resources to protect their crops.
'Wine that's grown here tastes like Kentucky': University of Kentucky enologist shares about research, teaching at UK Winery
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Grace Sowards
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UK Cooperative Extension Professor Jeff Wheeler discusses teaching and tasting Kentucky wine.
Behind the label: The UK program protecting what you plant, feed and eat
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Jordan Strickler
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Inside the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment sits the Division of Regulatory Services, a department that serves as the guardians for the state’s agricultural products.
Bourbon Brood of periodical cicadas ready to sing this spring in Kentucky
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Jennifer Elwell
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UK entomologists encourage farmers and homeowners to use non-invasive methods to protect their trees and shrubs.
New training program hopes to increase presence of Kentucky beginning farmers
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Grace Sowards
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UK Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment faculty to receive funding from the USDA to develop and train farmers just starting out.