The Excellence in Agriculture Award recognizes those who positively represent Kentucky agriculture and the values of Farm Bureau through their professional and personal endeavors.

This prestigious annual award honors women whose exceptional contributions to agriculture exemplify innovation, leadership and community service.

In celebration of National Farmer’s Day, Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) today announced that Scott Porter of Mason County has been selected as the 2025 KFB Kentucky Farmer of the Year.

Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) is proud to announce the launch of its rebranded podcast, “Let’s Get Rural.” The podcast, co-hosted by KFB’s Renee Carrico and Matt Hilton, offers a dynamic platform for conversations with Kentucky’s farmers, agricultural leaders and rural communities.

On a muggy summer day in northwestern Hart County, Kentucky, Randy and John Seymour inspect the delicate, flat-topped clusters of their wild quinine crop.

I’m a firm believer in the good our organization does for this state and our agriculture industry every day of the year. I say it because I believe in it, I have lived it, and I see the fruits of our labor from the front porches of our farmhouses to the Capitol steps in Washington, D.C.

The 61st Annual Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) Country Ham Breakfast and Charity Auction at the Kentucky State Fair brought in a combined winning bid of $10 million in support of Kentucky charities, continuing the longstanding tradition of generosity that has made this event one of the commonwealth’s most anticipated gatherings.

In 1994, Kentucky tobacco producers grew 187,000 acres of tobacco, weighing in at over 453 million pounds and worth nearly $841 billion. That was 10 years before the Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act eliminated an antiquated tobacco quota system that had been in place since 1938.