Kentucky is ‘home to more than 75,000 farms. They produce everything from soybeans and poultry to horses and corn. Those families are looking to us for help and stability. And when President Trump signs our Farm Bill into law, more stability is just what they will get.’
There is something that can be said about tradition when it comes to farming. Danny Cunningham, the 2018 Kentucky Farm Bureau Farmer of the Year knows all about that kind of tradition. He lives about a half a mile from where he was born and raised, in the small Calloway County community of Penny. There he began his farming experience that continues today.
From animal issues to rural development and broadband, Kentucky Farm Bureau delegates will be discussing a number of resolutions at the 99th Annual Meeting November 28 through December 1. First Vice-President Eddie Melton talks with host Alan Watts about some of the major issues and how those issues become part of the 2019 policy.
As we celebrate Thanksgiving, it is important to remember the many things we have to be thankful for. Kentucky Farm Bureau President Mark Haney, First Vice-President Eddie Melton and Second Vice-President Fritz Geisecke share what they are thankful for this year.
The 2018 Kentucky Farm Bureau Farmer of the Year still operates his farm with his family. Host Alan Watts visits with the 2018 Farmer of Year, who talks about his history in farming, the importance of the next generation in agriculture, his love of his chosen lifestyle and how important agriculture will be in the future.
Each year more than 200,000 people reach out to the Butterball Turkey Talk-line to get advice on cooking the Thanksgiving turkey. Talk-line specialist Barbara Robinson talks with host Alan Watts about the advice she gives, one of the funniest questions she has received and how to get in touch with a talk-line specialist.
