Let's Get Rural Podcast

Renee and Matt host Matt Adams of Adams Family Farms. Matt discusses his path to farming, the importance of keeping land in production agriculture, and his year as the Outstanding Young Farm Family winner. Learn more about the KFB Young Farmer Program at: https://www.kyfb.com/federation/programs/young-farmers/ Read more about the Adams Family at: https://editions.mydigitalpublication.com/publicati...

Tim talks about how a female basketball star changed the world. Down the Backroads is a monthly column by KFB News editor Tim Thornberry, who shares his thoughts and memories about rural life in Kentucky and beyond.   Read KFB News at: https://editions.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?m=66493&l=1&view=issuelistBrowser

Today's show features Matthew Dennison of Dennison's Roadside Market. Renee and Matt talk with him about his family business and passion of rural life and agriculture. Learn more about the Dennison's Roadside Market at: https://kygetaway.com/attractions/dennisons-roadside-market/ Find a Market near you at: kyfb.com/federation/programs/certified-farm-markets

Tim Thornberry sits down with "Kentucky's Storyteller" Byron Crawford to discuss his lifelong passion to tell the stories of our Commonwealth. Read the KFB News article on Mr. Crawford at: https://editions.mydigitalpublication.com/article/Candid+Conversation+with+Byron+Crawford/4766693/821041/article.html

Haley Fisher is the Mobile Dairy Classroom Instructor for the Southland Dairy Farmers. She visits with Renee and Matt to talk about her life on the farm, her passion to be an advocate for her industry, and all the fun events to celebrate National Dairy Month. More info on the Mobile Dairy Classroom: https://www.southwestdairyfarmers.com/pages/mobile-dairy-classroom

Tim tells of the many ways we can help our neighbor. Down the Backroads is a monthly column by KFB News editor Tim Thornberry, who shares his thoughts and memories about rural life in Kentucky and beyond.  

On today's episode Renee and Matt sit down with Kentucky Farm Bureau's Livestock Marketing Specialist Donovan Pigg to chat about his role with KFB and why his family still farms. Sign up here for commodity information from KFB: https://www.kyfb.com/federation/programs/commodities/ Cattle Report: https://www.kyfb.com/federation/programs/commodities/cattle-reports/ Donovan's email: donov...

KFB President Eddie Melton and KFB Public Affairs Director Kyle Kelly speak with KFB First Vice President Shane Wiseman about policy development.

Tim tells of lessons learned from, believe it or not, an outhouse. Down the Backroads is a monthly column by KFB News editor Tim Thornberry, who shares his thoughts and memories about rural life in Kentucky and beyond.  

Renee and Matt sit down with Kentucky 4H President Mollie Kate Webb about her year as president, and her passion for advocacy, education, and agriculture. Learn more about Kentucky 4H at: https://4-h.ca.uky.edu/ Kentucky Farm Bureau News: https://editions.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?m=66493&i=804631&view=articleBrowser&article_id=4657428&search=mollie%20webb&ver=html5

KFB President Eddie Melton and KFB Public Affairs Director Kyle Kelly speak with Kentucky Representative Michael Sarge Pollock about the recent Kentucky legislative session. Read more at: https://editions.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?m=66493&i=817084&p=12&ver=html5

Tim sits down with KFB Federation Director, National Affairs And Government Relations Ericka King to discuss the current state of the Farm Bill. In this role, Ericka serves as the liaison between KFB and Kentucky’s Federal delegation. She tracks federal legislation and regulations impacting the agriculture community, and ensures KFB’s national legislative priorities are communicated to the highest...

Renee and Matt sit down with Kentucky Farm Bureau Youn Farmer Chair Mackenzie Wright about her passion for advocacy, education, and agriculture. Learn more about the KFB Young Farmer Program at: https://www.kyfb.com/federation/programs/young-farmers/

Dr. Chad Lee is an Extension Professor for Grain Crops at the University of Kentucky and Director of the new Grain and Forage Center of Excellence. The Grain and Forage Center of Excellence is a team of people focused on intensive agriculture and environmental quality. In today's podcast, Dr. Lee discusses current planting conditions. Learn more about the UK Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences: h...

Meet Jacob "Jake" Settles of Rising Sons Beef of Springfield, Kentucky. Jake chats with Renee and Matt about his family farm and why they named their operation Rising Sons. Learn more about Jake at: www.risingsonsbeef.com KY Farmland Transition Initiative: kyfarmlandtransition.com

American Farm Bureau Federation Senior Director of Governmental Relations David Salmonsen discusses agriculture exports and the ag trade deficit. Read more at: https://editions.mydigitalpublication.com/article/Agriculture+Exports+and+the+Ag+Trade+Deficit/4757245/819547/article.html

Renee and Matt chat with Taylor Thompson, the Commodity Marketing Specialist for the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation, about his passion for agriculture and educating farmers on economic trends. Show Note links: Learn more about the Commodity Division at: www.kyfb.com/federation/programs/commodities/ Sign up for the KFB Commodity Reports at:   kyfb.jotform.com/233545508760055

KFB President Eddie Melton and KFB Public Affairs Director Kyle Kelly visited with the new Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture, Jonathan Shell, to discuss his plans for 2024. Farm to Frankfort is a discussion-based program focused on agriculture issues facing Kentucky farmers.

Tim takes us on a trip from the West Coast to Kentucky that has a few unexpected twists. Down the Backroads is a monthly column by KFB News editor Tim Thornberry, who shares his thoughts and memories about rural life in Kentucky and beyond.  

Meet the host of the new Between the Rows podcast, which is focused on telling the stories of farmers across Kentucky.