In the fall of 2023, Jennifer Hardin, Kentucky Association of Meat Processors, wrote the blog post, (linked below) EPA Threatens the Poultry and Meat Processing Industry with New Regulations of Wastewater. We also did a VIP Access Event for our members that highlighted the purposed regulation changes for meat processors. (Members can access the webinar in their KSGDO accounts.) Essentially, the EPA regulation changes have the potential to close the majority of all meat proces

We won’t BAA-CK down! By Jennifer Hardin, Kentucky Association of Meat Processors The Covid-19 pandemic taught our nation many things. One of those things was the volatility of our nation’s food supply chain. With many families left wondering where they could get food and shelves left empty on many occasions, proteins became hard to find and prices reflected it. Consumers felt it in their pocketbooks and inside their homes at the kitchen table. The large meat processing compa

by Shepherd Stearns This week's blog is republished with permission from Shepherd Michael Stearns. Scroll down inside the window below to read the article. Stearns, S. (2022, August 19). Selling to Grocery as a Producer-Processor Dairy Farm: Chain Stores vs. Individual or Independent Stores.SDBII Blog. https://sdbii.tennessee.edu/selling-to-grocery-as-a-producer-processor-dairy-farm-chain-stores-vs-individual-or-independent-stores/

by Shepherd Stearns This week's blog is republished with permission from Shepherd Michael Stearns. Scroll down inside the window below to read the article. Stearns, S. (2022, August 15). Selling to Grocery as a Producer-Processor Dairy Farm: The Basics.SDBII Blog.https://sdbii.tennessee.edu/selling-to-grocery-as-a-producer-processor-dairy-farm-the-basics/

by Vicki Watson, Watson Kiko Farm If you would have told me twenty or so years ago that I would be raising goats and eating goat meat, I’d have said you were crazy. But, here I am twenty years later and we raise a herd of Kiko meat goats. We also eat goat meat. We didn’t start eating our goat meat until about 6 years ago when we attended a Kentucky Goat Producers Field Day where delicious goat fajitas were served. My only other experience in eating goat was a roast and it was

Celebrate the diversity sheep, lamb offer LEXINGTON (Feb. 6, 2023) - Kentucky sheep and lamb producers joined Commissioner of Agriculture Dr. Ryan Quarles in Lexington today to commemorate February as Lamb Month in Kentucky. “Sheep are an excellent livestock option for many Kentucky farms and add to our state’s agricultural diversity,” Commissioner Quarles said. “Packed with protein, lamb is the perfect lean meat for the dinner table. But it provides more than meat, sheep are

To kickoff lamb month here in Kentucky, let's check out some Fast Fact about American Lamb. Click the image below to view the PDF. Fast Facts about American lamb courtesy of the American Sheep Industry Association