Hancock County Farm Bureau Recognized with Top Honors in KFB's Safety Challenge Awards Competition

Louisville, KY (December 1, 2017) – Hancock County Farm Bureau won top honors for its region of the state in the 2017 Safety Challenge Awards competition during Kentucky Farm Bureau’s annual meeting in Louisville. The award was given to Hancock County Farm Bureau for hosting a progressive safety day. The day provided training and resources to make home and farm life safer and healthier for children and the community.

*Evan Tate (center)* received a plaque commemorating Hancock County Farm Bureau’s 2017 Safety Challenge award from B. Todd Bright, KFB’s Director, Communication Division (left), and David S. Beck, KFB Executive Vice President (right).

KFB Spotlight

Kentucky agriculture celebrates Pork Month in October
October 27, 2025: Pork producers, pork industry representatives, and state legislators joined Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell on Friday as he proclaimed October as Pork Month in Kentucky.

North American International Livestock Exposition Bound
October 27, 2025: Fourteen-year-old Montana Fehd from Henderson County has been showing dairy goats for more than a decade, turning a childhood passion into a full-fledged business on her family's Cheyenne Acres Farm.

Agriculture is like a quilt
October 24, 2025: In this month's Down the Backroads, KFB News Editor Tim Thornberry reflects on the beauty and connection woven through Kentucky agriculture.