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KY Agricultural Development funds approved

Adair County was approved for $3,283 in On Farm Efficiency Programs. Casey County was approved for $290,000 in CAIP funds. Metcalfe County was approved for $235,000 in CAIP funds.

By Marielle McElmurray

Frankfort, KY - The Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approved $3,407,624 in 27 agricultural diversification and rural development projects across the Commonwealth at its monthly board meeting.

State Investments:


  • Technical Assistance Services The Kentucky Center for Agriculture and Rural Development, Inc. was approved for up to $900,000 in State funds over a two year period to deliver technical assistance and provide educational opportunities to agricultural and rural businesses. For more information on this project, contact Aleta Botts at (859) 951-8328 or abotts@kcard.info.
  • EKY-DIGS Program Berea College, Grow Appalachia was approved for up to $274,695 in State and multiple County funds to expand the Eastern Kentucky Direct Integrated Grower Support (EKY-DIGS) Program in eastern Kentucky. For more information on this project, contact Candace Mullins at (859) 985-3687 or mullinsc@berea.edu.
  • Farmers Market The City of Hazard was approved for up to $99,500 in State and $500 in Perry County funds for the construction of a farmers market pavilion. For more information on this project, contact Derrick Hall at (606) 436-3171 or derrick.hall@hazardky.gov.
  • On-Farm Water Management Practical Implementation Program Brangers Angus Farm was approved for up to $10,000 in State funds to build a compost bedded pack barn. This will be a Practical Implementation Project in Hardin County. For more information on this project, contact Mickey Brangers at (270) 766-4322 or mbjbk@windstream.net.
  • SOAR Revolving Loan Program The Kentucky Highland Investment Corporation was approved for an additional $250,000 in State funds to continue a permanent revolving loan program that will provide financing to small farmers working in the Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) counties of eastern Kentucky. For more information about this project, contact Jerry Rickett at (606) 864-5175 or jrickett@khic.org.

County Investments:
  • Grain Storage Expansion Bagdad Roller Mills, Inc. was approved for up to $200,000 in multiple County funds to expand its grain storage and handling equipment. For more information on this project, contact Charles Jefferies at (502) 747-8968 or brminc@bellsouth.net.
  • On-Farm Investments: The County Agricultural Investment Program (CAIP) offers 11 investment areas that give Kentucky agricultural producers the ability to increase net farm income, add value to their products and diversify their operation. CAIP benefits and enhances agriculture across the state by stimulating markets for Kentucky agricultural products. Six CAIPs were approved by the board totaling $1,553,000 for Casey ($290,000), Clinton ($135,000), Hart ($350,000), Metcalfe ($235,000), Robertson ($293,000) and Scott ($250,000) counties.
  • On-Farm Energy Efficiency Program The On-Farm Energy Efficiency Program provides incentives for Kentucky farm families to increase energy efficiency of existing equipment or facilities. Fifteen On-Farm Energy Efficiency Programs were approved totaling $119,929 for recipients in Adair ($3,283), Barren ($14,288), Daviess ($10,150), Graves ($6,547), Hopkins ($9,138), Letcher ($10,150), Madison ($10,150), Marshall ($10,150), McLean ($10,150), Ohio ($20,300), Simpson ($5,723), Washington ($6,900) and Wayne ($3,000) counties.
Great strides continue being made toward lessening Kentucky's dependence on tobacco production while revitalizing the farm economy by investing a portion of Kentucky's Master Settlement Agreement Funds into the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund.

To date, Kentucky has invested more than $605 million in an array of county, regional and state projects designed to increase net farm income and create sustainable new farm-based business enterprises. These funding approvals, made possible by the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund, represent just a few of the more than 6,100 projects approved, since the inception of the program in January 2001.



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