Living the Land Grant Mission Everyday
Our greatest challenge is truly being able to capture the breadth of our department's work. It has also changed over the years, from a Farm Economics department that included rural sociology, to one that deals with the entire farmer-to-consumer food system, environmental and natural resource issues, and local and international economic development. We have faculty and staff in Lexington, Elizabethtown, Bowling Green, Hopkinsville, Owensboro, Henderson, Princeton, and Mayfield. We are also the administrative home for Kentucky’s Small Business Development Center. We are heavily involved in College-wide programs like the Community Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky, the Food Systems Innovation Center, the Center for Crop Diversification, International Programs, Ag Equine Programs, and the Office of Diversity. We are collaborative and we are effective.
Farmer Resources for Financial Stress
Farmers have been facing many financial stress issues related to commodity prices and the overall farm economy. The University of Kentucky Department of Agricultural Economics recognizes these challenges and wants to connect producers, as well as agents, lenders and others who support the industry, to resources that may be useful as they work through their current situation and/or potentially consider changes to their operation.
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Giving our students the opportunity to learn by going abroad can be a life changing experience for many of them.
#WhereInKentuckyIsKennyBurdine
Kenny Burdine travels all over the state talking about cattle management so much that we have given him a hashtag, #WhereInKentuckyIsKennyBurdine.
New GSO Officer Elected
The 2018-2019 Graduate Student Officer are Lingxiao Wang, Saber Feizy, Mahla Zare, Lijiao Hu, John Allison, Alex Swartz, Robert Ellis, and Suliman Almojel.
CEDIK Receives Distinguished Extension Program: Group Award at AAEA
The Community and Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky (CEDIK) program was awarded the 2018 Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program Award at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association’s recent annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The honor recognizes CEDIK’s excellence in extension economics education programs, in particular, the overall effectiveness, impact and contributions of its program.
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