Ag PolicyMajor Program

2368

Total Hours

Contributed.

14178

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

13

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

278

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of producers reporting an increased knowledge of farm bill programs

1508

Number of producers incorporating increase knowledge of farm bill programs in enrollment decisions

911

Number of producers indicating an increased knowledge of economic impacts of environmental policy

1114

Number of producers making changes to their operation as a result of increase knowledge of economic impacts of environmental policy

505

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • Agricultural Act of 2014

    The Agricultural Act of 2014 became law with less reliance on direct subsidy and adoption of a payment model based on price and risk coverage triggers. Daviess County landowners had an important decis... Read More

  • 2018 Farm Bill

    his year our Winter Ag Conference focused on the Farm Bill. The Farm Bill is important to farmers daily activities. Crop sales just in Fulton County is $44,390,000. The need for this information to g... Read More

  • NKY Agriculture Leadership Program Aims for the Future

    According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, volunteerism of Americans peaked around 30% in 2004. Today, that number is 25 percent. This leadership decline is also apparent in the agriculture communit... Read More

  • CAIP Program

    The County Agriculture Investment Program (CAIP) continues to be a great program for the people of Jackson County. As of July 1st, for the 2018-2019 program, 140 producers were approved for $1440.00 e... Read More

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