Observations From Vietnam and Taiwan – Opportunities for U.S. and Kentucky Agriculture

By Will Snell | Extension Professor
Published on Jan. 31, 2025

The Kentucky Agricultural Leadership Program (KALP) traveled to Vietnam and Taiwan for their international study tour earlier this month. We selected these two nations for their economic, social, and political diversity.  Both of these markets are typical of many emerging consumer markets in Southeast Asia — experiencing population and significa

Ag Census Summary on Government Farm Program Payments for Kentucky Counties/Regions

By Will Snell | Extension Professor
Published on Jul. 30, 2024

The Ag Census provides data to examine the relative importance of government farm program payments on a state and county level.

Farm Bill Update – May 2024

By Will Snell | Extension Professor
Published on May. 24, 2024

Following the expiration and eventual extension of the 2018 farm bill last fall, interested parties have been attempting to get a farm bill moving in this session of the U.S. Congress prior to the existing farm bill expiring on September 30, 2024.

The Ag Census Confirms Geographic and Commodity Shifts in the Kentucky Farm Economy

By Will Snell | Extension Professor
Published on Mar. 28, 2024

The twenty-year time frame between the latest USDA Ag Census (2022) released earlier this year and the 2002 Ag Census occurred during a period of dramatic changes in Kentucky agriculture.  During this two-decade period, the tobacco buyout was passed (in 2004) and implemented (2005-2014), the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board made significa

Burley Tobacco Budget | 2024

By Will Snell | Extension Professor
Published on Mar. 1, 2024

Revised March 2024.  Author(s) Contact Information:  Alan B. Halloway | University of Tennessee Mitchell Richmond | University of Tennessee Andy Bailey | University of Kentucky

Dark Fired Tobacco Budget | 2024

By Will Snell | Extension Professor
Published on Mar. 1, 2024

Revised March 2024.  Author(s) Contact Information:  Alan B. Halloway | University of Tennessee Mitchell Richmond | University of Tennessee Andy Bailey | University of Kentucky

Dark Air Cured Tobacco Budget | 2024

By Will Snell | Extension Professor
Published on Mar. 1, 2024

Revised March 2024.  Author(s) Contact Information:  Alan B. Halloway | University of Tennessee Mitchell Richmond | University of Tennessee Andy Bailey | University of Kentucky

Dark Fired Wrapper Tobacco Budget | 2024

By Will Snell | Extension Professor
Published on Mar. 1, 2024

Revised March 2024.  Author(s) Contact Information:  Alan B. Halloway | University of Tennessee Mitchell Richmond | University of Tennessee Andy Bailey | University of Kentucky

Dark Air Wrapper Tobacco Budget | 2024

By Will Snell | Extension Professor
Published on Mar. 1, 2024

Revised March 2024.  Author(s) Contact Information:  Alan B. Halloway | University of Tennessee Mitchell Richmond | University of Tennessee Andy Bailey | University of Kentucky

2022 Tobacco Census Data for Kentucky

By Will Snell | Extension Professor
Published on Feb. 28, 2024

The USDA conducts an agricultural census every five years with the latest released on February 13, 2024, reflecting data compiled from farm operations in 2022.  Below are some highlights from the 2022 Ag Census pertaining to Kentucky’s tobacco sector which arguably has experienced the largest structural change of any sector and state in U.S.