Pew Charitable Trusts: Egged on by high grocery prices, cities are welcoming backyard chickens
By Alex Brown Stateline/Pew Charitable Trusts For five years, a woman known as the Chicken Lady of South Jersey urged…
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Turkeys aplenty at Tewes Farm, where the family-owned Erlanger enterprise has flourished for 80 years
By Andy Furman NKyTribune reporter First – it’s Tewes – pronounced like Louis with a T. And that came from…
KY avian influenza sites given ‘all clear’; poultry owners large and small urged to remain vigilant
Federal and state authorities have released two Western Kentucky poultry sites from quarantine restrictions after tests reveal both premises are…
UK extension poultry specialists leads veterinarian training to treat growing backyard flocks
By Aimee Nielson University of Kentucky Even before the COVID-19 pandemic began, Americans were showing an increased interest in backyard…
Ag Commissioner Quarles applauds news that China has agreed to lift the ban on poultry exports
Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles applauded the announcement from the Trump Administration that the People’s Republic of China has…
The Rural Blog: Eight reasons most livestock industries booming; new records for pork production
The Rural Blog While the dairy industry is struggling, overall, livestock industries are booming. “Across the country, meat production is…
Kentucky’s agricultural income rebounds but still below records; we have a lot of chickens
Kentucky agricultural cash receipts and net farm income rebounded in the past year from 2016 levels, but are still well…