Ag & Natural Resources
The Market Facilitation Program (MFP) provides direct payments to help corn, cotton, sorghum, soybean, wheat, dairy, hog, shelled almonds and fresh sweet cherries producers who have been directly impacted by illegal retaliatory tariffs, resulting in the loss of traditional exports. The MFP is established under the statutory authority of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Charter Act and is under the administration of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA). The Charter Act authorizes CCC to assist in the expansion of domestic markets or development of new and additional markets and uses.
Producers may apply for MFP through January 15, 2019. Full details may be found HERE.
Downloadable & fillable Dicamba Record Keeping Form - Click HERE - remember to save each entry under a new file name.
In the Field with Camille Newsletter - NEW! Spring 2018 Edition now available HERE
1st Quarter 2018 - Availble HERE
Custom Machinery Rates 2018 now available - HERE
Up-to-the-minute Grain Crops information can be found at KY Grains - https://www.kygrains.info/
Presentation from Renewable Energy program held October 23, 2017 can be viewed HERE. Target audience includes home owners, farms and businesses. Questions may be directed to Andy Rideout at pandrewrideout@uky.edu
UK's Agriculture & Natural Resources has a new homepage with direct links to current issues of Economic & Policy Update, Forage News, Off the Hoof along with other links of interest related to the topics listed below.
- Agricultural Economics
- Agricultural Markets
- Agricultural Weather Center
- Agriculture & Natural Resources
- Animal and Food Sciences
- Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering
- Entomology
- Integrated Pest Management
- Kentucky Pest News - weekly updates on what's affecting our crops, fruits/vegetables, landscapes and homes
- News & Upcoming Events
- Plant Pathology
- Precision Agriculture for Kentucky
- Publications (Extension and Research)
- Regulatory Services
Other links of interest - The following are provided for your convenience. The University of Kentucky does not control or take responsibility of these sites.
- KyGrains is your source for up-to-the-minute info on Kentucky Grain Crops
- The Chat'n Chew Cafe from Purdue University offers the latest crop production newsletters and news releases compiled from universities and other public Web sites across the U.S., listed in order beginning with the most recently published news.
- Fusarium Head Blight Prediction Center can help you track Fusarium Head Blight in your wheat crop
- USDA Public PIPE Website is your source for tracking Southern Rust in Corn and Soybean Rust and Soybean Aphids
- Kentucky Ag Statistics provides accurate and useful statistics
- USDA Agency Reports provides information by date