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A
Welcome
to
the
fourth
meeting
of
the
interim
joint
committee
on
agriculture
and
we'll
get
started
with
roll
call.
A
I
H
A
I
Again
good
morning
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
share
our
story
here
today,
again,
I'm
rachel
ross
with
a
with
a
kroger
company
and
vice
president
of
merchandising
in
the
louisville
market.
I
In
my
role,
I
oversee
all
of
our
sales
and
merchandising
efforts
on
top
of
our
local
partnerships
and
our
sponsorship.
So
really,
when
you
think
about
this
past
year,
we've
had
a
lot
of
transition
and
acceleration
in
our
local
efforts
and
just
wanted
to
share
a
little
bit
of
our
story
with
you
today.
I
Obviously,
the
relationships
and
partnerships
that
we
have
and
that
we've
established
for
the
years
really
helped
us
and
really
believe
that
it
put
us
in
a
a
great
position
last
year
to
be
able
to
provide
local
food
for
our
our
our
communities
and
really
our
relationships
are
stronger
than
they've
ever
been,
and
we're
committed
to
continue
to
look
for
new
ways
and
opportunities
to
grow
our
future
growth
and
partnerships
around
loco.
I
I
It
is
really
up
to
us
to
help
make
the
lives
around
us
better
and
there's
no
way
to
do
that
with
being
loco.
Our
vision
is
to
be
top
of
mind
for
our
customers
and
communities,
no
matter
how
they
shop,
whether
it's
in
store
or
online,
and
when
they
think
of
fresh
food.
We
want
them
to
think
of
kroger
and
again,
when
you
think
about
fresh
food
and
local,
it
is
so
important
to
our
our
growth
and
who
we
are.
I
I
When
you
think
about
our
louisville
division
in
our
market,
we
operate
116
stores
across
three
states,
so
we
have
kentucky
indiana
and
southern
illinois
kroger
as
a
whole.
We
operate
103
stores
here
in
kentucky
and
that's
based
off
of
our
cincinnati
division
as
well
of
our
as
our
louisville
division.
I
We're
proud
of
the
contributions
that
we
have
to
the
community
in
what
we
deliver.
We
donated
over
1.7
million
to
local
charities
to
end
hunger
in
the
communities
we've
diverted
over
4
million
pounds
of
food
that
could
have
ended
up
in
landfill,
went
to
serve
our
neighbors
through
our
food
rescue
program.
I
I
Sorry
so
when
you
think
about
how
we
really
continue
to
measure
up
through
our
community
support,
it
really
is
about
the
local
partnerships.
I
Our
local
partnerships
in
supporting
the
community
is
important
to
who
we
are,
and
again
that
is,
is
about
supporting
local
agriculture.
We've
invested
over
2
million
dollars
annually,
with
10
of
our
local
farm
partners
to
provide
fresh
local
proteins.
I
I
So
leading
to
our
journey
and
telling
our
story
here,
kroger
has
always
been
committed
to
local
and
what
that
investment
means
to
our
local
farm
families
across
the
country.
I
I
I
In
june
of
2019
kroger
and
mark's
berry
farm
teamed
up
to
launch
a
local
pasture
raised
pork
sausage
program.
There
was
nothing
like
it
in
existence
and
it
was
the
perfect
compliment
to
the
recently
launched
kentucky
cattlemen's
beef
program,
because
we
already
really
had
strong
working
relationships
with
cattlemen's
and,
of
course,
marksbury
being
a
multi-species
harvest
facility.
We
were
very
well
positioned
with
a
covid
shortages
that
began
in
this
in
the
spring
of
2020.
I
Having
such
a
geography
relationship
with
our
producers,
we
were
able
to
secure
thousands
of
pounds
of
ground
beef
and
sausage
for
our
stores
in
a
matter
of
just
a
few
days.
If
we
didn't
have
that
relationship
that
would
not
have
been
possible,
larger
harvest
facilities
could
not
get
enough
volume
generated
due
to
the
major
slowdown
in
production.
I
There
are
many
reasons
to
support
loco,
but
it
became
very
clear
last
year
that
there's
a
distinct
advantage
to
the
short
chain
that
comes
along
from
drawing
from
local
supply
during
the
pandemic.
One
of
the
most
sought
after
proteins
was
ground
beef
and
we
were
able
to
offer
our
customers
several
varieties
when
other
retailers
could
not.
Today
we
continued
to
use
all
the
products
we
launched
or
brought
in
during
2020
or
before
in
may
of
2020.
I
Freedom
on
farms
was
in
restaurants
only
from
kentucky
all
the
way
to
new
york
and
when
the
shutdown
occurred
overnight
that
changed,
that
service
business
just
disappeared,
and
there
was
hundreds
of
lambs
standing
in
the
field
in
various
stages
of
finishing
27
shepherds
and
their
families
were
affected
and
that's
when
our
partnership
began,
and
it
truly
was
a
win-win
for
us
in
a
great
opportunity
to
a
much
overlooked
protein
which
stays
in
our
assortment
today
december
20th
in
2020.
Kentucky
cheese
cares.
I
That
program
was
born
out
of
the
need
to
step
in
and
help
local
dairy
farms,
families.
After
the
closure
of
several
dairy
facilities,
we
asked
our
incredible
partners
how
we
could
help
join
forces
in
creating
a
new
product
offering
for
our
customers
that
both
supported
the
kentucky
dairy
farms,
as
well
as
those
in
our
communities
facing
hunger.
We
currently
partner
with
the
four
dairy
farms
across
kentucky
and,
like
I
said,
50
cents
from
every
item
sold,
is
directly
given
back
to
feeding
kentucky
where
it
in
turns
purchase.
I
Milk-
and
it's
just
been
a
huge
win
for
us
in
august
on
2021,
we
launched
our
new
milk
offering
from
cheney's
dairy
farm
in
bowling
green
kentucky.
We
have
40
stores
that
offer
that
product
today
and
on
seven
additional
skus
again.
This
is
just
an
a
sample
of
how
we've
stepped
up
to
support
local
and
that
we
continue
to
look
for
new
opportunities
in
the
years
to
come.
I
So
when
we
think
about
our
next
steps
and
how
we
continue
to
look
forward
and
how
we
continue
to
grow
local,
you
know
when
the
our
kroger
company
is
committed
to
diversity.
As
it's
been
a
big,
a
big
leap
of
of
how
we're
going
forward,
we
have
plans
to
advance
our
diverse
partnerships
from
3.4
billion
to
10
billion
by
2030..
I
So
here
in
kentucky
we're
currently
looking
to
build
partnerships
with
black
soil
kentucky
out
of
lexington.
We
stay
committed
and
remain
focused
on
high
quality
produ
product
selections.
We
continue
to
increase
our
kentucky,
proud
partners
in
store
by
leveraging
our
relationships
with
the
kentucky
agricultural
department.
I
I
We
continue
to
look
for
opportunities
to
grow
innovation
with
our
local
partnerships,
especially
like
at
harvest,
as
we
think
about
how
we
provide
local
assortment
all
year
long
and
then
again,
as
we
think
about
how
we
navigate
on
our
current
new
reality
and
we
are
and
how
we
look
forward.
We're
really
looking
forward
to
getting
back
to
that
kind
of
norm
as
we
think
about
kentucky
proud
food
shows
and
expanding
our
reach
and
and
growth.
A
L
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
Rachel.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
being
here
today
and
kroger
does
a
great
job
in
in
cooperating
with
local
producers
and
and
producing
and
promoting
local
produce
and
everything
else.
So
we
appreciate
what
you
all
have
done
on
that,
but
I
have
had
a
lot
of
consumers
that
have
asked
me
about
better.
L
Labeling
is
what
they
call
it
on
some
of
the
food
products
and
it's
not
necessarily
local
produce
or
local
food,
but
I
don't
like
the
labeling,
because
I
don't
want
kentucky
to
be
an
outlier
where,
whatever
it
is,
has
to
be
packaged
differently
in
kentucky
from
everywhere
else.
What
would
you
think
about,
and
you
all
do
a
good
job
at
this?
L
What
would
you
all
think
about
some
type
of
placards
or
something
like
where
you
have
the
tomatoes
on
the
the
shelf
or
something
like
that
saying
where
they
were
grown
or
if
they're,
local
or
when
they
were
produced?
You
know
apples
are
one
thing
that
that
a
lot
of
consumers
have
mentioned
about
when
were
they
produced
were
they
produced
last
year
and
they're
just
now
being
coached,
they
got
a
good
shelf
life
on
them.
L
You
know
just
some
type
of
better
signage,
informing
the
consumer
about
where
that
product
came
from
or
how
fresh
it
was
and-
and
like
I
say
you
all
do
a
better
job
than
most.
If
that
already,
because
I
commend
you
all,
you
do
a
great
job
with
local
produce
and
whether
it
be
cheney's,
milk
or
whoever's
he
is.
You
can
always
tell
where
it's
where
it's
coming
from
just
kind
of
your
thoughts.
I
Yeah,
thank
you
for
the
comment
and
it
is
something
that
we,
you
know
local
is
important
to
us.
We
want
to
tell
our
story
to
the
customer,
so
the
customer
facing
communication
is
critical
for
us.
We
have
been
in
the
works
of
continuing
to
enhance
our
local
signage,
because
I
think
that
is
important
a
little
bit
of
the
challenge
that
we
sometimes
run
into,
especially
because
of
our
size
in
the
scale
it
is
when
we're
looking
for
local
opportunities.
You
know
the
scalability
of
being
able
to
have
it
across
116
stores.
I
So
we're
looking
at
how
we,
how
we
tell
our
story
with
signage
and
more
broad
spectrum
of
where
some
of
the
local
products
come
from,
because
it
could
be
from
that
particular
farm
today
and
then
the
next
shipment,
if
they
had
to
source
additional
product
to
be
able
to
have
be
in
stock,
could
change.
So
we
are
working
on
our
local
signage
to
really
share
our
partnerships
with
farm
families,
but
that's
a
little
bit
of
the
challenge
that
we
have
today,
but
tags
and
enhancements
new
crop
for
is
is
important
as
well.
L
F
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
rachel
appreciate
you
being
here
today
as
a
former
dairy
farmer.
Many
years
ago,
our
milk
was
sent
to
the
winchester
plant
they're
in
kroger.
So
I
appreciate
that
former
relationship
yesterday
in
the
appropriations
and
revenue
committee,
we
heard
a
lot
of
testimony
about
supply
chain
disruptions
that
are
going
on
around
across
the
country.
F
How
is
that
impacting
your
stores,
your
business
and
also,
how
is
the
ability
to
use
local
product,
enable
you
to
overcome
that.
I
So,
thank
you
for
the
question,
so
that
is
a
little
bit
of
like
what
we
experienced
last
year
with
the
proteins.
If
we
didn't
have
the
local
connections,
our
company
would
not
have
been
able
to
source
the
needs
that
we
had,
so
the
partnerships
have
been
critical
for
that.
So,
when
we
think
about
the
supply
chain
today,
it's
disruptive
and
it
changes
daily
on
who's
affected
and
how
it's
affecting
our
business.
So
we
do
have.
M
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
thank
you
for
being
here
today,
commenting
in
a
question
when
my
wife
and
I
moved
to
murray
from
chattanooga
in
2004,
we
moved
into
a
town
of
10
000
people
that
had
a
better
kroger
grocery
store
than
any
of
our
offerings
or
options
in
chat,
and
it
was
just
so.
It
was
a
very
pleasant
surprise
for
us
to
to
have
that
great
of
death
of
offerings,
and
thank
you
for
that.
My
question
you
had
in
some
of
your
slides.
M
M
I
So
I
can't
speak
to
all
of
it,
but
so
I'll
answer
some
of
it
and
I
obviously
would
be
happy
to
follow
up
with
additional
details.
But
our
investments
in
into
product
to
building
product
assortment
to
get
it
into
the
promotional
categories
and
and
and
filling
some
of
those
gaps
there,
as
well
as
investing
from
from
any
any
any
avenue
to
to
help
kind
of
support
and
supply
and
get
them
up
into
our
system.
B
Hey
there,
thanks
for
being
here,
I
wanted
to
ask
a
question
about
louisville.
In
particular,
I've
got
some
of
the
finest
kroger
stores
of
all
here
in
my
district
of
district
31,
but
I
think
it
surprises
some
people
to
learn
that
a
lot
of
louisvillians
live
in
areas
where
they
can't
get
access
to
fresh
food
and
more
than
that
in
louisville,
sometimes
at
kroger
stores.
You
see
a
vast
difference
in
quality
and
selection
based
actually
on
the
income
of
the
people
who
live
in
that
area.
B
I
So,
thank
you
for
the
question.
So
obviously
it's
important
for
us
to
be
part
of
the
communities.
We've
done
a
lot
of
work,
so
our
so
just
to
answer
your
assortment
question
so
based
off
size
and
segmentation.
Our
assortment
changes
based
off
of
the
needs
of
the
consumer.
As
far
as
freshness
and
quality,
our
assortment
doesn't
change.
It
all
comes
from
the
same
warehouse.
I
I
So
it
is
very
important
to
us-
and
we
have
a
lot
of
folks
sitting
on
different
boards
to
make
sure
that
we're
filling
gaps
and
and
and
being
part
of
the
community.
It's
not
just
something
that
we
say,
but
it's
something
that
we
live
by
to
make
sure
that
we're
listening.
So
we
we
take
feedback
and
do
listening
sessions
regularly
to
help
kind
of
work
towards
that.
Improving
that
every
day.
A
Anything
else
I
didn't
mean
to
cut
you
off:
okay,
you're
good.
Thank
you
for
your
presentation.
It's
been
very
informative,
love
to
sit
and
talk
some
more,
but
we
have
some
more
presentations
we'll
allow
time
for
those
and
we'll
get
you
off
the
hot
seat.
Thank.
A
And
we'll
have
our
cattleman
dave
maples
come
and
if
you
have
any
guests,
feel
free
to
bring
those
with
you.
A
N
Good,
so
my
name
is
dave
maples,
I'm
the
exec
at
the
kentucky
cattlemen's
association,
my
my
president,
my
volunteer
president
chris
cooper
from
madison
counties
here
with
me
as
well
today
and
then
my
president-elect
carrie
king,
is
back
in
the
back.
I
also
have
caitlin
hawkins
with
me
today.
Caitlin
is
our
supply
chain
coordinator
for
this
local
product
that
rachel
just
talked
about,
and
she
she
can
answer
some
of
your
questions
on
how
all
of
that
works
really
appreciate.
Kroger,
I
mean
we.
N
N
I
mean
kelly
called
me
two
months
ago
about
this
very
topic
and
her
timing
couldn't
have
been
any
better
because
I
know
all
of
y'all
have
a
lot
of
interest
in
being
on
the
ag
committee,
but
in
in
d.c
today
the
the
house
ag
committee
is
going
to
meet
and
I
think
senator
grassley
and
secretary
vilsack
are
testifying
on
this
very.
N
If
it
is
there,
it
is
now
it
is.
You
can
back
up
a
little
bit
compliment
kelly
again
because
I
agree
so
kelly's
smart
kelly's
good
and
she
she's
right
on
right
on
topic.
So
y'all
might
want
to
watch
the
the
house
ag
committee
this
afternoon
as
we
go
through
there.
We
won't
take
a
lot
of
time.
We
got
a
few
slides
and
the
first
thing
I
want
to
thank
y'all
for
for
for
what
you
do
and
allowing
us
to
come.
So
just
a
little
bit
about
our
in
industry.
N
If
you'll
look
at
this
we're
look,
it's
like
an
hourglass
across
the
bottom,
a
lot
of
cow
calf
operators
across
the
country
in
kentucky
there
are
38
000
of
us
that
do
this
about
27,
head
cows
average
a
lot
of
us,
then
you
get
to
that
stalker
level
and
the
the
funnel
gets
smaller.
Then
you
get
up
to
the
feed
yards
and
the
funnel
even
gets
smaller,
and
then
you
get
to
the
packers
and
it
it
gets
real
small,
and
then
it
starts
opening
back
up
to
the
further
processors
or
wholesalers.
N
You
know
our
retail
groceries
like
kroger
and
walmart,
and
our
food
service
and
export.
So
that's
the
kind
of
way
our
industry
works
and
we
we
do
have
some
some
touch
points.
So
what
I'm
going
to
do
today
and
what
kelly
asked
us
to
do
is
is
to
talk
about
national.
I'm
going
to
do
that.
Kaitlyn
is
going
to
talk
about
local
and
then
I
want
to
circle
around
and
and
some
opportunities.
N
So
when
our
national
supply
chain
disrupters
and,
like
I
said
a
while
ago,
they're
going
to
be
talking
in
dc
about
our
processors,
we've
got
four
big
processors
in
this
country
that
do
somewhere
between
75
and
80
percent
of
the
of
the
business
out
of
those
four
two
of
them
are
foreign
owned.
There's
been
lots
of
discussion
about
our
our
supply
chain
and
our
food
supply
food
security.
N
And
what
can
we
do
and
how
do
you
make
it
better
or
not?
I
don't
know
it
sure
seems
to
be
working,
but
there
are
issues,
and
maybe
they
can
do
something
a
little
bit
different
over
this
last
couple
of
years,
we've
had
several
black
swan
events
in
in
our
industry
and
it
started
back
in.
I
think
october
of
2019.
N
There
was
a
fire
out
in
holcomb
kansas
in
a
tyson
plant
and
it
really
caused
a
big
disruption
in
our
industry.
Just
here
in
the
last
month,
we
had
a
fire
on
a
jbs
plant.
You
got
to
understand.
Most
of
these
plants
are
are
older
plants,
they
were
built
in
the
80s
and
you
know
they
built
to
last
last
forever.
So
we've
had
that.
We
also
had
a
cyber
attack.
I
mean
jbs
had
to
pay
11
million
ransomware,
fine
or
ransomware.
N
What's
my
word,
galen
ransom,
ransom.
You
know
the
weather,
the
weather
breaks
us
up,
but
you
know,
I
think
the
biggest
one
is
our
global
pandemic.
If
you'll
look
at
that
picture
there,
I
made
that
picture
at
my
tate's
creek
kroger,
and
it
was
three
packs
of
ground
beef
left
there.
While
I
was
taking
the
picture
before,
I
could
get
my
phone
back
in
my
pocket.
It
was
gone.
B
N
That's
where
it
belongs,
so
you
know
we
have
got
to
pay
attention
to
our
food
food
supply
and
food
security
in
this
country,
and
let's
look
how
we
get
it
back
to
regional
or
local,
and
I
think
that's
a
huge
thing.
Transportation
in
our
world
is
huge
right
now
you
can't
hardly
get
truckers.
I'm
told
that
some
of
our
cattle
buyers
now
are
not
even
going
and
buying
because
they
can't
get
a
truck
or
some
of
these
trucks
are
delivering
cattle
that
have
first-time
drivers
in
them.
N
I
got
to
tell
you
this
local
is
not
easy,
and
this
young
lady
right
here
has
done
a
magnificent
job
for
us
and
and
when
you
get
into
kroger,
you
get
into
a
different
world
and
she-
and
I
have
we've-
had
some
trying
times
and
yes,
I've
seen
tears,
come
down
her
eyes
and
I've
seen
her
ask
me
to
leave
her
office
and
it
is
not
easy
and
I
can't
say
enough
for
the
job
and
what
she
has
done
with
this
this
project
with
kroger.
H
H
That's
how
many
counties
we've
been
able
to
pull
cows
out
of
to
produce
kentucky
cattlemen's
ground
beef
in
truly
just
this
short
three-year
period,
but
one
of
the
greatest
things
through
the
partnership
with
kroger,
and
these
other
opportunities
is
the
fact
that
we've
been
able
to
put
over
2.7
million
dollars
back
into
those
farm
family
pockets
and
not
only
engage
with
them
both
financially.
That
way.
H
But
to
help
educate
them
as
to
truly
how
meat
and
how
products
disperse
themselves
out
into
commerce,
but
I
wouldn't
really
be
doing
my
due
diligence
today,
especially
after
dave,
talked
about
the
national
supply
chain
disruptions.
If
we
don't
touch
on
some
local
supply
chain
disruptions,
I'm
a
product
of
kentucky's
meats,
industry.
I
have
gone
to
school
here.
H
How
are
we
going
to
funnel
product
through
our
company
without
ever
actually
touching
the
product,
because
we
don't
own
a
processing
facility?
So
how
do
we
set
up
our
opportunity
to
then
pull
cattle
from
the
farm
through
production
into
the
kroger
stores
for
consumers
and
really
one
of
the
biggest
shifts
in
mentality
at
a
local
level?
Had
to
be,
how
do
you
bring
the
national
supply
chain
expectations
and
apply
them
at
a
local
level
by
that?
We're
talking
about
third
party
animal
welfare
audits,
which
some
of
our
processors
do?
H
However,
there's
still
some
efficiencies
out
there,
beef
solutions
experienced
those
when
literally
overnight,
our
case
counts
for
kroger
po,
went
from
500
to
900
and
then
to
1200
cases
and
that's
a
huge
jump
for
us.
We're
we're
very
small
company,
but
we
were
able
to
depend
on
our
supply
chain
partners
to
get
those
cattle
moved
through
the
system,
whether
that
be
at
slaughter
or
whether
that
be
further
processing
and
packaging
and
learn
the
inner
workings
even
more
so
the
challenges
and
headaches
that
comes
with
that
on
their
end.
H
And
how
can
we
move
forward
as
we
begin
to
grow
and
expand,
but
kentucky's
meats
industry
begins
to
grow
and
expand.
Food
safety
is
a
it's
a
very
powerful
two
words
put
together
right.
We
all
can
recognize
that
the
very
number
one
important
aspect
of
anything
that
you're
going
to
do
is
safety
and
when
it
comes
to
a
food
product,
food
safety
is
number
one.
H
But
if
that
person
that's
physically
touching
the
product
does
not
fully
buy
into
that
concept,
then
you
could
have
a
damaging
effect
in
the
long
run
and
as
dave
mentioned
on
his
slide
weather
conditions,
now,
weather
conditions
can
oftentimes
be
painful.
Kentucky's
weather
changes
on
a
dime.
We
in
february
in
our
company,
experienced
a
huge
backlog
when
we
got
that
sudden
cold
snap
with
the
snow
and
the
ice
to
where
cattle
could
not
get
to
the
processing
facility,
so
our
purchase
order
that
was
700
plus
cases.
H
We
really
could
only
deliver
about
300
of
those
cases
a
huge
blow.
It
puts
kroger
in
a
bind.
It
put
us
in
a
bind.
However,
we
maintain
transparency
both
with
our
supply
chain
partners,
our
farmers
and
the
kroger
buying
office,
the
kroger
meat
division
and
any
of
our
other
customers
to
help
them
understand.
Some
of
these
challenges
that
we're
discussing
today.
That
way,
they
know
yes,
we're
trying
and
we're
doing
our
due
diligence,
but
there's
just
some
things
that
are
out
of
control
and
out
of
our
hands
and
labor.
H
So
how
do
they
combat
some
of
those
issues,
particularly
when
they
may
be
also
working
off
the
farm
and,
as
I
mentioned,
I'm
a
product
of
kentucky's
meats,
industry
and
I'm
very
proud
of
that,
and
I'm
very
excited
that
our
industry
is
getting
the
spotlight
that
it
needs
to,
but
we
have
to
continue
to
grow
and
move
it
forward.
So
how
can
we
do
that?
H
And
I
believe
that
bringing
in
some
third
party
insight
from
a
national
level
from
even
maybe
just
outside
some
of
our
particular
supply
chains,
to
help,
grow
and
expand
and
be
able
to
challenge
us
to
continue
to
supply
what
we
need
to,
but
also
instilling
industry
and
professional
development.
So
how
do
we
build
up
the
packing
industry
and
the
meats
industry?
H
N
So
representative
reed
referenced
the
a
r
committee
yesterday
and
on
last
thursday
I
had
the
opportunity
my
first
first
opportunity
to
get
to
present
to
and
pitch
to
a
national
chain.
That's
been
looking
at
kentucky
they've
been
to
kentucky
many
times
and
they
were
in
western
kentucky
and
I
knew
it
and
I
I
knew
they
were
there,
but
it's
the
first
time
that
we've
ever
been
able
to
talk
to
them.
So
my
my
pitch
to
this
company,
it's
a
it's
a
the
fifth
largest
processor
in
the
country.
N
It's
a
family-owned,
american-owned
company
that
if
chris
cooper
had
his
dream-
and
he
could
draw
it
up-
it
would
be
the
ideal
company
that
would
come
to
kentucky
it's
a
company
that
would
process
cows
and
bulls
as
well
as
a
fat
cattle
line.
They
are
about
2
400
head.
I
know
some
of
you
think
that's
a
lot,
but
that's
that's
really
a
a
small
to
regional
size,
processing
plant!
It's
big
enough
that
you
could
really
do
do
some
good
and
make
make
an
impact.
N
N
If
you
look
at
what's
happening
south
of
us,
the
the
population
is
growing.
I
think
tennessee
is
plus
10
growth,
georgia,
north
carolina,
the
people
are
moving
moving
south
and
east
they're
moving
moving
out
of
the
northeast,
and
these
companies
are
going
to
want
to
look
to
come
and
get
closer
to
the
population.
N
One
of
our
biggest
assets
that
we
have
in
kentucky
is:
we've
got
access
to
interstates,
we've
got
access
to
railroads,
we've
got
access
to
water
and
we
have
built,
and
we
have
economic
development
in
industrial
development
sites,
agro-industrial
development
sites
that
could
handle
a
process.
Implant
like
this.
N
Now
the
perception
of
a
processing
plant
or
a
stockyard
is
in
a
lot
of
our
minds
of
the
old
dirty
smelly
ways.
That's
not
the
way
it
works
anymore.
We
went
through
this
process
with
bluegrass
stockyard.
The
community
just
had
a
upside
down
conniption
fit.
I
was
there
in
midway
kentucky
and
my
son
was
a
little
fella
at
that
time.
Senator
horn
back
and
we
walked
out
there
and
he
said
daddy.
I
don't
think
anybody
in
there
liked
you
and
today
some
of
those
same
people
are
having
picnics
at
bluegrass
stockyard.
N
So
we
have
the
infrastructure.
We
have
a
robust
agricultural
industry.
You
know
this
state
has
a
lot
of
agriculture.
I
mean
we
are
the
largest
beef
cattle
state
east
of
the
mississippi.
N
We've
got
lots
of
assets,
we
have
a
a
commitment
to
grow
in
our
market
and
if
you
look
at
the
map
in
the
middle,
those
are
our
second-tier
distribution
centers
that
distribution
center.
That
rachel
talked
about
at
kroger,
I
mean
they
service,
nashville
out
of
that
center.
You've
got
cisco,
gordon
food
service
performance
foods.
You've
got
lots
of
second-tier
distribution
centers
already
in
this
state.
N
N
I
think
our
food
supply
chain
has
got
to
take
note
of
that
in
food
security,
and
you
know
it's
all
right
to
not
be
able
to
go,
buy
a
pair
of
wranglers
or
not
to
have
a
sofa
or
a
bed
and
the
senator
west.
I'm
going
to
tell
you.
My
wife
is
not
going
to
be
happy
and
she's
not
happy
when
rachel
doesn't
have
protein
or
groceries
in
the
grocery
store.
And
if
we
don't
take
this
serious,
I
mean
this
is
the
ad
committee
and
we
got
an
opportunity
to
do
something.
N
N
I
don't
know
why
we
can't
go
back
to
the
drawing
board
and
ask
for
some
incentive
funds
for
a
food
business,
and
I
know
this
company.
I
talked
to
my
counterpart
in
missouri
yesterday
morning
when
I
called
him.
He
said
man
you
calling
to
congratulate
me.
You
know
they're
coming
to
missouri
next
week
they
had
made
up
their
mind.
N
C
Thank
you
presentation,
great
presentation,
dave
you
and
I
think,
we've
had
this
conversation
in
committee
meetings
before
part
of
the
underlying
the
bigger
underlying
problem
is:
we've
got
a
monopoly
in
the
packing
business,
correct
with
jbs,
tyson
cargill
and
national
beef
and
really-
and
I've
got
two
questions,
mr
chairman,
just
just
to
warn
you.
It's
really
a
national
security
issue.
We're
talking
about
here
really
so
jbs,
I
believe,
is
brazilian
owned
right.
We
have
two
of
those
are
foreign
owned,
correct,
national,
national
and
jbs?
C
Well,
okay,
so
we've
got
four
big
companies
that
are
basically,
in
my
opinion,
a
monopoly.
Two
of
those
are
foreign-owned
entities
who
really
don't
care
about
america
or
kentucky,
or
anything
like
that
so
and
we've
got
I've
got
first-hand
experience
with
this
issue.
This
pandemic
pair
of
stock
yards
is,
in
my
district,
a
lot
of
cattle
flow
through
a
pair
of
stockyards
and
at
the
beginning
of
the
lockdown
we
were
that
close
to
shutting
down
paris
stockyards
because
of
the
pandemic.
C
I
think
hamburger's,
like
seven
days
from
there
from
cow
standing
cow
to
to
case,
and
so
we've
got
a
big
problem
with
people
in
government
who
don't
understand
food
supply
correct
some
of
the
problems
we
had
were
you
can't
have
that
many
people
in
that
location?
Well,
how
do
you
have
a
cattle
auction?
C
If
you
don't
have
people
there
to
buy,
buy,
buy
the
product?
And
so
my
question
was
going
to
be
kind
of
the
question
you
already
asked
us,
but
I'm
going
to
shoot
it
right
back
at
you.
First
of
all,
if
you
could
comment
on
ongoing
federal
legislation
like
the
prime
act
thing
things
of
that
nature,
things
that
we
can
do
to
promote
more
local
slaughtering
and
processing,
and
what
can
we,
as
legislators,
do
legislatively
to
promote
by
legislation
to
promote
local,
small
town,
processing
and
slaughtering?
I
know
a
lot.
C
N
You
talk
about
the
legislative
piece
this
this
document
is
being
presented
today
and
I
think
it'd
be
a
good
read
for
you,
the
texas,
a
m
ag
policy
group
has
spent
a
lot
of
time
writing
this
document,
and
I
think
that
would
be
a
good
thing
to
do,
but
these
some
of
the
some,
I
think
what
you
would
see
in
this.
Some
of
the
legislative
fixes
may
be
short
term
and
you
have
to
be
very
careful
and
study
them
and
I
think
that's
what
this
document
would
help
answer.
L
Thank
you
dave
for
for
you
all
being
here
today
and
I
want
to
commend
you
all
in
the
work
you
all
did
with
ag
development
everything
last
year
on
the
the
local
processing
we
did
and
expanding
some
of
those
in
a
time
of
need.
We
put
money
into
it.
L
I
want
to
thank
the
governor
for
the
extra
money
that
he
put
into
it,
but
you
ask
a
question
about
what
can
we
do
to
help
this
plant
and
I
think
you
know
a
lot
of
things
you
and
I
know
of-
have
not
been
done
exactly
correct
on
on
trying
to
entice
this
processor
to
locate
here
in
kentucky,
but
I'd
hope
this
committee
today
and
I
I'll
make
a
motion
on
this
when
I
get
done
talking,
mr
chairman,
but
I
would
like
to
see
this
committee
draft
a
letter
to
the
governor
today
and
the
two
chairmen
sign
it
and
send
it
to
the
governor
asking
him
to
contact
the
processor.
L
They
have
not
made
the
decision
yet
I
understand
that
the
governor
hasn't
been
involved
and
but
asking
him
personally
and
as
he
got
on
an
economic
development
cabinet
to
try
to
encourage
them
to
locate
here
in
kentucky.
I
see
we
got
representatives
here
from
hopkinsville,
elevator
and
stuff.
I
know
that
that's
the
location
they're
talking
about.
I
hope
that
those
folks
would
would
remember
all
the
the
help
we've
given
to
that
facility
down
there
and
what
that's
meant
to
a
lot
of
people
and
I
think
87
counties
in
the
state.
L
Well,
this
is
an
issue
when
we
write
to
the
governor
that
you
know
this
can
affect
every
county
in
the
states,
and
I
know
senator
from
hardin
that
we
just
had
a
big
plant
come
in
to
europe
down
there.
That
affects
several
counties,
but
maybe
it
affects
10
counties,
20
counties,
I
don't
know
how
many
counties
it's
going
to
affect,
but
this
is
something
with
this
process,
since
italy
will
affect
all
120
counties
in
kentucky,
maybe
not
jefferson
county.
So
much
but.
L
120
counties
in
the
state
of
kentucky,
so
I
would
like
to
make
a
motion
that
this
committee
drafted
a
letter
today
to
the
governor
to
request
his
participation
to
contact
the
processing
facility
within
the
next
few
days,
so
that
and
encourage
them
to
try
to
get
them
to
locate
here
in
kentucky,
because
agriculture
is
important.
So,
mr
chairman
I'll
make
a
motion
on
that.
A
G
Yes,
I
appreciate
you
all's
a
testimony
today.
Could
you
all
tell
us
what
the
added
value
might
be
to
the
producer
on
a
price
per
pound
basis
if
we
kept
that
from
going
500
miles
and
coming
back
500
miles-
and
you
know,
cpc,
which
is
the
biggest
private
eastern
mississippi,
is
in
my
district
here.
So.
H
The
opportunity
to
further
impact
kentucky's
farm
families
with
a
with
a
facility
like
this
not
only
is
going
to
it's
going
to
add
value
to
their
cattle
and
their
operation,
but
what
it's
going
to
do
is
be
able
to
add
value
within
that
community
itself,
as
we
can
all
agree
as
far
as
an
exact
price
per
pound.
I
caution
against
saying
something
like
that
today.
H
However,
what
we've
seen
with
beef
solutions
is
that,
in
the
way
that
we've
established
our
pricing
oftentimes
we're
pulling
a
lot
of
cattle
from
different
counties
that
aren't
located
near
the
processor.
We
use
because
they're
able
to
get
a
better
price
within
our
model
versus
what
they
could
get
at
their
local
markets.
For
that
animal.
N
And
sir
brian
selzer
was
at
the
meeting
on
thursday
and
it
would,
it
would
affect
your
community
greatly.
L
G
Mr
chairman,
if
I
could
one
more
yes,
sir
yeah,
so
so
you
know
the
one
thing
that
we
don't
have
too
much
here
is
feedlots
in
the
state
of
kentucky.
So
I
think
that
would
also
transition
to
putting
maybe
feedlots
in
the
state
and
keeping
these
cattle
from
going
out
west
and
being
finished
out.
West
we've
got
the
corn
here,
we've
got
the
water
here,
we've
got
the
grass,
you
know,
we've
got
all
the
things
here
that
that
we
could.
We
could
even
grow
industry
here.
I
H
A
G
G
I
think
this
is
one
of
the
biggest
things
that
could
ever
impact
the
beef
cattle
industry
in
kentucky
from
now
and
and
forever,
and
I
think
that
it
I
appreciate
the
motion
that
you
made
mister,
hornback
and
and
and
and
drafting
a
letter
to
the
governor
to
do
everything
we
can
to
get
this
to
happen,
because
this
has
been
on
our
cattlemen's
wish
list
for
over
25
years,
and
I
think
it's
one
thing
that
could
really
impact
the
beef
cattle
industry
and,
like
you
said,
every
county
in
the
state
of
kentucky,
and
not
only
that,
but
where
it's
located
regionally
other
states,
and
so
it
would
just
compound
many
times.
G
I
think
the
impact,
the
economic
impact,
the
all
everything
you
can
think
of.
I
think
it's
just
a
win-win
situation
and,
like
dave
said
this
is
an
american
company,
it's
not
one
of
the
foreign
investors
and
then
just
so
many
positives
here
that
we
need.
So
we
appreciate
you
all
listening
to
us
today
and
thank
you
for
your
time
and
and
for
your
interest
and
and
your
passion
for
it.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
guys
before
you
run
off,
senator
webb
have
a
question
or
comment,
and
then
representative
graham
and
then
we'll
wrap
this
up
and
bring
nikki
up.
Thank.
K
You,
mr
chairman
and
representative
mcpherson,
hit
on
something
I'm
concerned
about
as
a
producer,
and
so
that
that
part
of
my
question
is
answered,
but
I'll
go
one
step
further
in
saying
in
our
letter
to
also
ask
we
heard
testimony
in
a
r
yesterday
subcommittees
from
commissioner
quarles
and
others,
and-
and
I
know
that
members
of
our
ag
development
board
and
many
of
y'all
were
worked
hard
on
this
potential
project
and
are
continuing
to
do
that.
K
But
you
know
it
also
followed
the
community
meetings
and,
and
that
situation
was
very
real,
that
that
community,
for
whatever
reason
whether
it
was
misinformation
or
lack
of
fear
of
change
or
whatever
the
case
may
be,
that
was
it
was
not
pretty.
So
I'd
go
one
step
further
and
ask
that
a
group
be
assembled
for
evidence-based
presentations
for
the
community.
Maybe
you
know
pre-public
meetings,
education,
information,
I
mean.
K
We've
also
got
a
lot
of
anti-ag
groups
out
there
that
are
spreading
this
stuff,
so
you
know,
and
and
they're
very,
very
viable
and
very
social
media
savvy
and
and
get
the
ear
of
the
media
more
than
we
do
and
and
they
pay
people
to
do
this
all
the
time.
K
So
I
would
go
one
step
further
and
and
ask
that
the
executive
branch
enlist
a
group
of
folks
to
to
go
and
do
the
work
preliminarily
to
talk
to
the
community
to
get
the
right
information
out
because
that
to
me,
wherever
it's
located
and
we'll
take
it
up
home.
I
think
representative
bentley
said
that
yesterday,
but
we've
got
plenty
of
room
but
and
produced
a
little
bit,
but
not
like
y'all
do
in
west
kentucky,
but
certainly
I
think,
that's
an
integral
component
of
whatever
we
do.
K
J
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
You
know
it's
it's
very
exciting
to
hear
what
you
all
have
talked
about,
mr
maples
and
mr
cooper.
J
My
question
is:
has
there
been
discussions
with
the
administration
in
regards
to
what
you
have
talked
about
to
us
today
with
the
packaging
company
coming
in?
Has
there
been
discussions
or,
if
not
with
the
governor
with
the
economic
development
office,
have
what
has
it
been
like
and,
and
the
other
thing
is,
if
that
center
is
brought
to
us,
what's
the
number
of
jobs
possible
not
only
there,
but
the
impact
it
will
have
outside
of
that
that
that
yeah.
N
Management
jobs,
so
that
was
there'd,
be
about
a
350
to
500
million
dollar
investment.
So
it's
a
big
investment
to
answer
your
question
to
the
economic
development
council,
so
I
have
talked
with
them.
You
know
there
are
krs
regulations
that
they
can't
discuss
so
I
have
talked
with
them.
N
I
knew
this
was
going
on
because
that's
what
I
worked
with
and
I
I
could
hear
rumblings,
but
the
young
lady
did
her
job
because
she
didn't
tell
me
so
my
first
my
first
encounter
was
last
thursday
with
this
company
I
wished
it
could
could
be
a
little
bit
different.
I
have
been
through
this
process
in
another
state
and
they
they
engaged
industry
in
the
in
the
process
and
but
they
brought
they
brought
this
company
to
kentucky,
so
they
they
did
their
job.
N
K
N
B
J
Politics,
because
it
would
be
wonderful
if
we
could
be
engaged
and
get
this
to
kentucky
it.
You
know
the
governor
has
been
pretty
busy
bringing
in
new
jobs
right.
So
maybe
the
focus
has
been
on
that
particular
instance
with
ford
and
and
now
the
administration
could
be
working,
I'm
not
speaking
for
them
right,
but
with
everything
else
is
going
on.
There
are
a
lot
of
things
that
are
happening
and
they
could
be
working
without
discussing
with
your
organization,
but
it
could
be
those
discussions
taking
place
yeah.
I
support
the
letter
yep.
J
Record
that
a
lot
of
things
are
going
on
and
behind
the
scenes
there's
a
lot
of
things.
That
cannot
be
said
right
because
of
the
negotiation
process,
but.
N
J
That
that
industry
here
and
secure
those
jobs
for
kentuckians.
F
N
C
J
A
I
won't
really,
though,
all
right,
thank
you,
introduce
yourself
nikki
for
the
record.
I
think
everybody
in
the
room
knows
you,
but
we'll
get
you
on
record
and
in
the
future.
O
Not
so
my
name
is
nikki
whitaker,
I'm
the
membership
coordinator
for
the
kentucky
cattlemen's
association.
So
it's
an
honor
to
present
in
front
of
you
guys.
I
know
it's
been
a
while
since
we've
been
here
and
so
for
everybody
on
zoom
two
I
do
want
to
say.
First
and
foremost,
we
are
the
trade
association
for
cattle
producers
in
kentucky,
so
we're
proud
of
that.
My
job
is
to
help
the
members.
O
So
our
members
are
your
constituents,
and
so
today
I
just
kind
of
wanted
to
give
an
overview
of
something
else.
That's
been
talked
about,
especially
during
the
pandemic.
We're
hearing
a
lot
of
that
today.
So
again,
I'm
going
to
keep
my
comments
brief
on
cattle
insurance
program,
and
I
am
also
not
an
insurance
agent
nor
an
economist,
so
I
might
not
be
able
to
answer
technical
questions,
but
I
wouldn't
be
doing
my
job
as
the
membership
coordinator
for
kca.
O
If
I
didn't
learn
every
opportunity
to
help
our
cattle
farmers
so,
as
we
all
know,
2020
with
the
pandemic,
a
lot
of
farmers
see
our
c-fat
mooneys
started
coming
in.
So
we
really
started
looking
at
other
ways
to
help
our
our
farmers
in
kentucky.
I
think
you
all
have
a
fact
sheet.
It
is
from
usda
so,
but
the
the
livestock
risk
protection
program
is
implemented
through
usda,
their
risk
management
agency.
O
Now,
technically,
this
program
has
been
around
since
2004,
it's
very
similar
to
crop
insurance,
but
obviously,
after
several
disrupters
that
have
happened
and
that
included
the
tyson
fire
in
2019,
plus
the
pandemic
and
plus,
like
senator
west,
was
speaking
of
with
the
cattle
prices.
I
think
our
producers
really
started
looking
into
how
to
protect
their
assets.
O
So
more
farmers
started
looking
into
lrp
and
I
will
call
it
lrp
from
now
on,
for
example,
in
2020
again,
even
in
the
pandemic,
81
policies
were
sold
already
in
2021,
there
have
been
601
policies
sold
and
there
are
already
191
policies
sold
for
2022.
O
So
again,
just
to
give
you
a
very
brief
overview.
Producers
can
purchase
the
market
protection
from
insurance
agents.
A
lot
of
people
went
out
and
got
their
agent
certification
because
they
saw
an
uptick
in
this
so
again
through
kca
and
our
cow
country
news.
A
lot
of
those
insurance
agents
are
advertising.
So
if
you're,
not
a
member,
you
can
get
that
with
our
cow
country
news
or
you
can
just
contact
our
office.
O
If
your
constituents
want
to
find
an
agent
in
their
area,
we
can
help
them
find
that,
but
again
it's
similar
as
buying
crop
insurance.
I
know
a
lot
of
you
guys
are
our
crop
farmers
here
on
the
panel,
so
the
and
a
lot
of
crop
insurance
agents
also
sell
lrp
policies.
Another
factor
enticing
the
cattle
farmers
is
recently
those
subsidy
levels
went
up,
they
went
up
to
35
percent
and
so
that
really
enticed
a
lot
of
cattle
farmers
to
buy
in
when
they
hadn't
before.
O
I
think
it
is
important
to
note
that,
while
lrp
policies
offer
market
price
protection,
it
has
no
influence
on
the
price
the
producer
will
receive
for
their
cattle,
so
producers
still
need
to
market
and
and
their
cattle.
The
same
way
it
just
kind
of
gives
them
that
protection
during
a
market
decline.
O
So
again
those
comments
are
brief.
I
just
wanted
to
give
you
all
an
overview,
because
I
think
representative
heath
had
said
there
were
some
constituents
that
were
looking
and
asking
questions
again.
Our
office
is
not
an
insurance
agent,
but
we
do
deal
with
a
lot
of
agents
across
the
state,
for
example
the
oklahoma
state
university.
They
came
out
with
that
big
paper
on
the
economic
damages
to
the
u.s,
beef,
cattle
and
and
in
it
it
really
showed
the
lack
of
protection
that
cow
calf.
Farmers
have,
I
think,
a
lot
of
our
fed
cattle
farmers.
O
You
know
they've
got
some
of
that
protection,
but
when
you
look
at
cow
calf,
our
protection
wasn't
near
as
good
as
it
needed
to
be.
So
again,
as
the
trade
association
we
went
to
work
on
looking
at
maybe
increasing
those
subsidies.
45
would
be
really
nice
as
well.
I
know
35
enticed,
but
45
wouldn't
help,
wouldn't
hurt
and
then
another
little
thing.
I
can't
help
but
point
out
the
the
policy
is
based
on
cme
the
weight
index.
O
I
won't
get
into
the
details
of
all
of
that
because
that's
a
whole
other
presentation,
but
you
know
that's
based
on
your
800
weights,
if,
if
we
had
maybe
a
calf
index
for
500
weights,
that
would
really
help
a
lot
of
that
pricing
model.
So
that's
another
thing:
cow,
calf
producers.
You
know
we
were
a
little
bit
limited
when
it
came
to
those
lighter
weights.
O
A
Thank
you,
nikki,
and
actually,
in
the
interested
time
members
I'd
like
to
hold
all
of
our
questions
to
the
end
and
make
sure
all
of
our
presenters
have
a
chance
to
present,
and
we
we,
I
think,
use
an
appropriate
amount
of
time
up
to
this
point,
because
we
had
subjects
that
needed
to
be
discussed.
So.
But
thank
you
if
you
don't
mind
hanging
around
if
someone
has
a
question
check
with
nikki
on
your
way
out
or
we'll
bring
her
back
to
the
table,
and
I
want
to
do
one
more
small
change
in
our
program.
A
A
But
my
goal
today
was
to
try
to
make
our
ag
community
aware
that
they
need
to
have
this
number
by
january
1,
because
what
they've
done
in
the
past
will
no
longer
work
and
chairman
hornbeck
I'll,
put
you
on
the
spot
a
little
bit
and
ask
you
to
weigh
in
on
this
and
put
you
have
you
gotten
yours?
And
what
does
it
look
like?
Because
I
don't
have
one.
L
I've
gotten
mine
and
it
looks
like
a
lot
of
the
other
cards
you
have
to
carry
anymore.
I
went
also
went
yesterday.
Just
so
channel
went
yesterday
and
applied
for
my
medicare
card,
so
I've
got
that
too
got
them.
L
That's
an
important
one.
This,
if
you
remember
senator
gibbons,
got
this
legislation
passed
a
couple
years
ago.
It's
something
we've
been
working
on
for
quite
a
while
it's
to
simplify
the
process
as
much
for
the
retailer
as
it
is
for
the
farmer
on
the
tax
exempt
status
that
farmers
have
in
agriculture.
So
there's
not
a
lot
of
discrepancy
if
you're
a
retailer.
The
retailers
really
love
this,
because
they're
not
gonna
have
as
many
audits
as
what
they've
had
in
the
past
you'll
be
permanent
permanently.
L
Once
you
apply
and
have
your
number,
you
will
be
added
into
their
system
to
where
you
will
be
tax
exempt
on
your
status.
We
didn't
change
any
of
the
exemptions
or
anything
like
that.
It's
just
the
process
you
go
through
to
apply.
So
please
get
this
information
out
to
all
your
farmers
that
are
out
there.
We
hope
that
it
takes
some
of
the
fraud.
Maybe
that
was
in
this
system.
L
I
think
it
eliminates
some
of
that,
but
the
big
one
it
helps
more
than
anybody
else.
It's
just
a
little
bit
of
an
aggregate
aggravation
for
the
farmer
to
apply
for
it,
but
the
big
one.
It
helps
is
the
retailer
and
the
amount
of
audits
and
everything
that
they
had
to
do
so.
We're
really
happy
to
have
this
done,
encourage
everybody
to
make
sure
they
get
their
card.
Thank
you.
A
Yeah
from
from
the
retail
standpoint,
a
lot
of
this
was
on
the
honor
system.
As
long
as
someone
would
come
in
and
agree
to
sign
an
exempt
form,
we
let
them
have
it,
and
probably
they
didn't
all
deserve
it.
So
we
want
to
get
the
tax
credit
for
the
tax
credits
due
and
take
it
away
from
the
other.
So
didn't
want
to
spend
a
lot
of
time
on
that.
A
Can
rich
welcome
and
and
go
ahead
and
introduce
yourself,
even
though
I've
done
it,
but
introduce
yourself
for
the
record
and
the
floor.
Is
your.
D
Yeah,
sorry
about
that
gabe
jenkins,
consecutive
department,
fish
and
wildlife,
I'm
our
acting
information,
education,
division,
director
and
the
lead
for
their
cwd
response.
P
Thank
you
guy.
Even
thank
you,
mr
chairman,
for
for
having
us
here
today,
and
I
want
to
thank
the
ag
committee
for
what
you
all
do.
Gabe
and
I
are
both
farmers
and
we're
happy
to
be
here
today
to
let
you
all
in
on
what's
going
on
in
our
state,
but
we
want
to
try
to
be
brief
and
field
some
questions
from
you
all
today,
but
about
approximately
about
a
month
ago.
P
We
got
a
call
from
our
counterparts
in
tennessee
and
they
had
a
clinical
doe
eight
miles
south
of
the
kentucky
border
and
with
two
positive
tests
determined
that
that
animal
had
a
test
positive
for
chronic
wasting
disease,
and
many
of
you
here
on
this
committee,
you're
familiar
with
this
chronic
wasting
disease,
has
been
detected
in
26
other
states
being
eight
miles
from
our
border.
P
Why?
This
is
important.
Why
we
wanted
to
be
here
today
is
kentucky:
has
a
550
million
dollar
annual
impact
when
it
comes
to
deer
hunting,
and
so
it's
it's
a
huge
deal.
But
beyond
that
and
more
importantly,
public
health
and
public
awareness
are
why
we
wanted
to
share
this
with
you
all
today.
So
since
we
have
detected
cwd
in
tennessee
and
not
in
kentucky
but
eight
miles
from
our
border,
our
cwd
response
plan
is
now
in
place.
P
It
also
means
there's
a
baiting
ban
in
those
counties,
and
I
should
probably
back
up
and
say
I'm
really
proud
of
our
team.
We
basically
started
an
emergency
response
and
this
has
been
ongoing
really
day
and
night,
and
so
we're
prepared
for
this.
After
20
years
of
work,
we
have
known,
cwd
is
close
and
it's
moving
closer,
and
so
our
team
is
prepared,
but
we're
we're
certainly
going
to
mold
and
modify
according
to
what
we
find
out.
P
So
the
key
to
this
thing
is
going
to
be
the
testing,
and
so
I
brought
gabe
jenkins
today
he's
our
cwd
coordinator
and
you're,
going
to
hear
all
kinds
of
acronyms
from
the
department
and
we're
going
to
try
to
say
chronic
wasting
disease
as
much
as
possible.
But
cwd
is
something
that
you'll
hear
you'll
hear
other
acronyms
from
other
zoonic
disease.
But
this
is
big
news
for
kentucky
fish
and
wildlife.
D
Thank
you,
commissioner,
and
good
morning
committee.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
allow
us
to
come.
Speak
to
you,
commissioner,
storm
kind
of
gave
a
great
highlight
of
the
status
of
chronic
wasting
disease
and
how
it's
really
begun
to
impact
us
here
in
kentucky.
D
We
know
he
mentioned
that
I'd
like
to
make
sure
where
everybody's
clear
we've
not
detected
the
disease
here,
but
it's
really
close.
We've
been
monitoring
here
at
fish
and
wildlife
for
cwd
for
nearly
20
years,
and
we've
collected
over
32
sap,
32
000
samples
to
date
just
a
little
bit
about
the
disease.
Just
so
we're
all
understand
the
basics.
Cwd
is
commonly
confused
with
other
diseases
that
affect
deer
in
kentucky,
specifically
ehd,
which
is
technically
called
hemorrhagic
disease
or
blue
tongue.
D
Hemorrhagic
disease
occurs
every
year
here
in
kentucky
it's
a
virus
and
deer
can
be
exposed
and
survive.
However,
in
some
years
the
mortality
rate
can
be
high,
like
2017
are
years
that
many
of
us
remember,
and
in
other
years
it's
very
low
deer
who
contract
hemorrhagic
disease,
don't
always
die
and
the
disease
does
not
live
in
the
environment.
D
D
D
If
we
detect
the
disease
early,
it
has
been
documented
that
you
could
slow
its
spread
so
getting
specifically
into
what
we've
done
here.
As
a
result
of
the
detection
in
tennessee,
we
established
the
surveillance
zone
in
the
five
most
western
counties
in
kentucky
those
counties
are
fulton,
hickman
graves,
callaway
and
marshall.
D
D
D
D
Fourth,
we
no
longer
allow
the
rehabilitation
of
deer
and
any
deer
that
are
currently
being
rehabbed
in
these
five
counties
must
be
released
within
that
county
and
then,
lastly,
we
are
requiring
all
deer
harvested
during
the
early
muzzleloader
season.
The
modern
gun
deer
season
in
the
late
mausoleum
season
to
come
to
a
mandatory
cwd
check
station
for
sample
collection.
D
D
Lastly,
it's
our
goal
to
be
able
to
accurately
inform
our
hunters
if
cwd
is
present
on
in
the
in
the
surveillance
zone
and
with
this
plan
that
we
have
put
into
place.
We
hope
to
be
able
to
accomplish
that
this
year
and
with
that
I'll,
be
glad
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
guys
have.
A
B
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
thank
you
for
this
team
for
bringing
this
before
our
committee
today.
I
have
two
brief
questions.
Do
we
know
if
this
is
transmissible
to
humans
and
then
is
the
meat
contaminated?
Obviously,
if
we
know
the
deer
has
cwd,
it
wouldn't
be
ingested,
but
if
a
deer
is
harvested,
is
there
a
danger
in
eating
meat
or
any
way
to
test
to
make
sure
that
it's
not
in
meat
that
isn't
apparently
affected?
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
D
Good
question:
thank
you
for
that
right
now
all
scientific
evidence
says
that
it's
not
transmissible
to
humans.
There
are
a
handful
of
other
diseases
that
are
similar
to
this
and
it's
all
been
species
specific
that
affects
that
animal.
So,
right
now,
that's
that's
what
all
evidence
says.
G
B
Both
of
you
all
for
your
presentation
today,
cwd
has
been
on
my
radar
for
about
30
years
now,
we've
seen
seen
things
go
on
with
it.
Are
we
doing
anything
with
the
covet
ranching
yet
or
enter
an
intrastate
travel
of
deer
or
and
also
I
want
to
know
why
we're
not
testing
archery
takes
out
of
those
counties.
D
So
I
can
I
can
handle
the
archery.
Essentially,
is
that
for
us,
the
scale-up
time
to
be
able
to
require
mandatory
check
is
just
not
feasible,
but
also
just
the
low
number
of
samples
that
we
would
potentially
collect.
So
on
average
we
harvest
about
seven
thousand
deer
in
those
five
counties.
We
should
be
able
to
get
the
bulk
of
them
through
this.
It's
going
to
be
a
pretty
heavy
lift
for
our
agency
to
man
these
check
stations.
D
M
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you,
the
commissioner,
for
your
really
prompt
response
on
this.
This
at
the
tennessee
county
borders,
my
home
county,
and
they
literally
were
on
this
the
same
day
that
the
that
the
deer
was
discovered
down
in
tennessee,
which
is
really
impressive
and
really
remarkable
to
be
able
to
jump
on
this
that
quickly-
and
I
thank
you
for
that.
I've
got
just
a
couple
of
questions
on
this.
M
What
exactly
are
we
doing
as
far
as
hunter
awareness,
because
I
know
in
our
area,
we
have
a
lot
of
people
that
come
in
and
guided
hunters
what
are
that
aren't
from
the
state
and
even
a
lot
of
those
that
that
are
just
used
to
doing
their
own
thing
and
and
doing
their
hunting
the
way
they've
always
done
it.
How
are
we
specifically
trying
to
reach
those
people.
D
So
our
actions
have
really
been
twofold.
One
is
just
creating
the
content
and
we're
now
starting
to
get
that
information
out.
So
we
as
an
agency,
have
done
an
update
to
our
hunting
guide.
We've
made
multiple
social
media
posts,
we've
reached
out
to
the
hunters
and
the
folks
who
have
hunted
and
who
also
have
hunting
privileges
in
those
five
counties
with
some
emails,
we're
also
working
on
a
direct
mail
component
to
all
of
those
individuals,
including
the
outfitters.
D
We
have
worked
with
our
kentucky
field.
Tv
show
and
hosted
a
one-hour,
cwd
call-in
and
for
call-in
show
that
aired
on
our
social
media
and
then
also
aired
on
ket.
D
You
know
by
coming
here
and
talking
about
this
committee
everywhere
that
we
can
to
try
to
get
the
word
out
is
what
we're
trying
to
do.
It's
a
challenge
for
us
because
we're
in
the
middle
of
the
season
and
the
hunting
guide
is
already
out,
but
we've
updated
that
guide
we're
sending
the
new
updates
to
all
the
vendors
licensed
sales
vendors
in
those
five
counties
we're
going
working
with
all
of
our
local
constituents.
As
far
as
taxidermists
and
processors,
there
literally
trying
to
do
everything
we
can
to
inform
the
folks
in
those
five
counties.
M
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I
have
another
question
quick
sure.
M
One
of
the
things
that
has
come
up
in
our
area
is
some
of
the
baiting
they're
remnants
of
the
baiting
in
certain
fields,
where
they
would
lay
grain
out
and
everything
that
that
you
can't
just
pull
it
out
all
out
of
the
ground.
For
that
and
some
of
the
minerals
are
put
down.
How
are
you,
how
are
your
agents
on
the
field
handling
that
from
a
timing
of
removal
of
the
bait.
P
This
is
something
that
happened
right
before
season.
So
we
know
that
people
have
they've
bought
trophy
rock
they've,
they've
gone
to
southern
states
and
they've.
They
bought
minerals
to
put
out
we're
we're
just
going
to
make
sure
that
they
don't
continue
to
do
so.
I
do
want
to
add
to
gabe's
response.
Previously.
P
Our
website
is
a
wonderful
tool
and
you
can
search
chronic
wasting
disease
and
you
can
find
out
current
updates,
but
we're
also
meeting
with
local
officials
and
if
anybody
would
like
to
participate
or
see
us
we're
going
to
go
down
to
those
five
counties.
We're
going
to
meet
with
magistrates.
Commissioners,
county
judge
executives,
and
we
we
just
want
to
work
through
this
process
with
everybody,
and
we
want
to
be
the
best
resource
that
we
can
be.
M
Thank
you,
mr
commissioner.
I
want
to
thank
you
personally
from
being
directly
and
actively
involved
within
a
couple
of
hours
of
finding
this
out
was
is
truly
remarkable.
It
kind
of
flies
in
the
face
of
what
people
say
about
state
government
and
state
bureaucracy,
and
we
just
appreciate
your
response
on
that.
P
Well,
thank
you
and
again
our
team.
We
had
an
immediate
response,
I
mean
nights,
weekends,
instant,
communication,
folks
answering
their
phones
after
hours,
and
so
we
we
are
prepared
for
this.
We
were
prepared
for
this
and
it's
just
it's
a
great
team
that
we
have
assembled.
A
K
Just
a
brief
comment
thanks,
commissioner
and
others.
You
know
I've
worked
on
this
issue
for
a
couple
decades
too,
on
a
national
in
the
department
and
the
general
assembly
and
everybody
in
those
years.
K
I
think
we've
had
a
rational
and
responsible
approach
to
cwd,
but
it's
a
big
deal
and
your
heart
really
sinks,
and
you
get
this
stone
in
your
gut
when
you
hear
cwd
in
in
the
vicinity,
because
it
it
can
be
such
a
an
impact
to
a
state's
bottom
line
and
especially
a
department
like
ours,
that's
license
based
and
their
sources
of
revenue,
so
this
is.
This
is
very
important
for
us
all
to
monitor
this,
and
I
I
appreciate
your
diligence
on
this
issue.
Thank
you.
A
A
Q
Thank
you.
I
forgot
our
thumb
drive.
Is
it
already
loaded
great
again?
I
really
appreciate
this
opportunity
to
talk
about
this
important
subject
of
food
security.
It's
already
been
talked
about.
First,
I
want
to
introduce
our
policy
campaign
coordinator,
kimmy,
ishmael
and
kenny
kimmy's,
going
to
do
most
of
the
talking.
I'm
just
here
for
moral
support,
more
or
less.
A
And
then
martin
did
you
mention
your
name.
B
R
So
I
just
want
to
thank
you
all
so
much
for
having
us
today
and
getting
to
talk
about
the
issue
of
hunger
and
some
possible
solutions
on
on
that,
and,
of
course,
want
to
thank
commissioner
quarles
and
the
kda,
of
course,
for
being
on
their
leadership
on
this
issue.
R
It
also
showed
us
that
in
western
kentucky,
many
counties
are
over
17
percent
and
those
the
highest
being
metcalfe
grayson
and
fulton
counties,
and
during
the
pandemic,
kentuckians
and
kentucky
families
have
been
struggling.
Even
more
pre-pandemic
data
showed
us
that
national
food
security
rates
had
been
the
lowest
they
had
been
in
nearly
20
years,
but
the
current
crisis
has
reversed
any
improvement
with
millions
of
people
newly
experiencing
food
insecurity,
and
I
will
say,
kentucky
farmers
have
stepped
up
to
the
place
to
try
and
help
them
feed
those
communities.
R
So
with
seeing
and
acknowledging
these
problems,
many
organizations
have
stepped
up
to
the
plate
and
trying
to
shorten
the
line
at
food
banks
and
developing
different
programs
like
farm
to
food.
Banks
and
bria
kids,
eats
to
try
and
address
hunger
and
health
outcome
issues,
but
today
we're
only
going
to
briefly
touch
on
two.
R
This
program
provides
participants
to
receive
twenty
dollars
in
tokens
for
fresh
fruit
and
vegetables
each
week
for
up
to
40
weeks
and
they'll
have
regular
access
to
nutrition,
education
and
cult
in
consultation
with
a
dietitian
and
in
2020
over
seven
thousand
dollars
of
that
program
was
was
redeemed,
but
you
know
there
is
so
much
more
that
we
could
be
doing
for
on
this
issue
with
programs
like
kentucky
double
dollars
and
fresh
rx
for
moms.
There
are
also
many
challenges
and
those
three
being
sustainability,
growth
and
meeting
those
match
requirements.
R
So
luckily,
though,
in
2000,
the
kentucky
legislature
had
the
foresight
to
devote
tobacco
master
settlement
funds
to
support
agriculture
and
improve
health
public
health,
whereas
other
states
had
set
aside
general
funds
to
bolster
healthy
food
access.
The
tobacco
master
settlement
gives
kentucky
a
really
unique
opportunity
to
provide
food
and
farm
security,
even
though
healthy
food
access
does
impact
both
sectors.
R
It
jeopardizes
sustainable
funding
for
kentucky's
direct
farm
impact,
healthy
food
access
programs
and
a
healthy
farm
and
food
fund
would
set
aside
about
one
and
a
half
percent
of
the
total
pool
of
the
tms
funds
to
leverage
additional
federal
dollars.
This
would
significantly
increase
the
amount
of
funding
available
to
support
successful
programs
which
ensure
that
low-income
kentuckians
have
access
to
affordable,
healthy
and
locally
grown
food.
Q
Yes,
kimmy
said
I
mean
we've
been
doing
this
program
for
a
while.
Now
retail
is
obviously
where
most
people
shop,
especially
low-income,
folks,
folks,
utilizing
snap,
but
retail
is
a
lot
different
than
a
farmer's
market,
but
we
have
been
working
with
cw
foods
in
eastern
kentucky
that
runs
a
chain
of
of
igas,
and
last
year
we
piloted
at
their
manchester
store,
and
this
year
we
expanded
to
three
other
stores
in
the
region,
just
to
see
how
it
goes.
Q
I'm
really
happy
to
to
report
that
it
has
been
very
successful
and
I
would
have
liked
to
had
ted
johnson
one
of
the
farmers
here,
but
his
wife
insisted
that
he
go
on
their
annual
vacation
this
week.
But
ted
has
said
yes,
I
will
testify
anytime
because
he
is
actually
sold
to
other
retailers
in
the
past
and
it's
been
a
mixed
bag,
but
he
says
this.
This
time
has
been
different.
Q
There
is
a
sense
of
commitment
from
these
igas
about
this
program
and
they
came
to
us
to
be
honest
with
you
about
how
to
expand
and
get
double
dollars
into
their
stores
and
ted
said.
At
this
point,
he
sold
forty
thousand
dollars
worth
of
fruits
and
vegetables
so
far
this
summer
and
that
you
know
it
can
only
go.
It
can
only
go
up
and
I
think
that
opportunity
could
be
extended
to
to
every
farmer
not
only
in
eastern
kentucky,
but
you
know
if
we're
able
to
scale
it
up
right.
Q
There
is
the
potential
that
folks
like
she's
gone.
It
could
be
in
kroger
too
right
for
all
that,
but
here's
the
challenge
right
as
kimmy
said
there
is
a
lot
of
federal
dollars,
especially
for
snap
out
there
there's
almost
750
million
dollars
a
year
through
usda
for
these
programs,
and
we
utilize
some
of
those
funds
to
to
make
this
happen,
especially
at
retail,
but
it
all
requires
a
match
to
bring
those
down.
Q
So
if
we
were
to
ever
have
the
ambition
to
expand,
kentucky
double
dollars
to
kroger
we're
going
to
need
a
heck
of
a
lot
more
money
and
the
federal
government
has
it.
So
that's
the
good
news
and
again
I
don't
have
the
numbers
in
front
of
me.
We
are
working
with
uk's
static
on
the
actual
economic
impact
and
related
to
that.
Q
But
for
every
one
of
these
dollars
that
that
we
would
be
tapping
and
currently
right
now,
it's
largely
through
ag
development
fund-
they
get
doubled
and
tripled
up
by
the
time
it
goes
through
there
and
keeping
those
monies
in
the
local
community
as
opposed
to
not
to
pick
on
anybody
in
particular,
but
going
to
benton
arkansas
just
means
more
for
our
communities.
I
know
it
took
up
more
time
than
I
said,
but
no.
R
It's
fine-
and
you
know
like
the
quote
on
the
slide
insinuates.
This
also
adds
to
families
grocery
budgets
to
be
spent
on
kentucky
grown
foods
and
putting
money
back
into
the
pockets
of
farmers
and
keeping
those
dollars.
Local
and
economists
do
estimate
that
for
every
one
dollar,
a
household
redeems
through
snap
generates
about
1.70
cents
in
economic
activity.
So
this
is
what
I
would
call
a
win-win-win,
so
farmers
increase
their
sales
families
become
healthier
while
also
stimulating
our
economy.
R
So
I
will
end.
I
will
end
in
saying
you
know,
I
think,
introducing
and
passing
this
healthy
farm
and
food
fund.
Legislation
that
is
currently
gaining
support
will
build
upon
kentucky's
momentum
and
create
stability
and
opportunities
for
direct
farm
impact.
Healthy
food
access
programs,
while
also
paving
the
way
for
additional
new
efforts
that
support
the
vitality
of
kentucky
agriculture
and
the
health
of
kentuckians.
A
J
If
in
franklin
county
with
our
farmer's
market-
and
we
thank
for
the
support
that
your
organization
provides,
my-
I
guess-
I'm
I'm
gonna
follow
up
with
this
question.
Did
I
hear
you
right?
I
know
the
tobacco
master
settlement.
J
You
talked
about
the
funding
coming
through
that,
but
what
did
you
say
because
I
missed
the
comments
about
the
general
fund
if
it
was
coming
from
the
general
fund?
Did
I
hear
you
correctly?
Can
you.
R
Yes,
I
did
mention
the
general
fund,
but
I
just
referred
it
from
other
states.
A
lot
of
other
states
use
general
funds
to
hold
up.
You
know
healthy
food
access
programs
as
to
where
kentucky
has
the
tobacco
master
settlement
fund,
which
is
kind
of
a
unique
opportunity
to
not
use
those
general
funds
to
hold
up
these
programs.
J
Q
No
we're
not
talking
about,
but
general
funds
right,
I
mean,
I
think
you
know
in
2000,
with
house
bill
611
the
kentucky
legislature
just
made
a
huge
and
and
nationwide
recognized
precedent.
That
said,
we're
going
to
devote
these
funds
to
improving
kentuckians
health
and
diversify
agriculture
and
these
programs
to
date
that
have
been
those
are
those
four
programs.
The
ag
development
fund
has
been
been
supporting.
Those
programs.
J
A
A
A
A
E
Yep
great
well,
thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you
chairman.
Thank
you
committee
for
the
time
to
say
a
few
words
today
and
make
some
comments
about
the
kentucky
state
university
land
grant
program,
and
I'm
just
going
to
take
a
few
minutes.
You
know
just
an
overview.
You
know.
E
Basically,
the
mission
of
the
land
grant
program
here
at
kentucky
state
university
is
to
serve
the
underserved
in
in
rural
and
urban
settings
and
especially
with
a
focus
on
small
scale
and
minority
farmers
in
kentucky,
and
so
we've
got
a
range
of
programs.
Of
course,
folks
know
about
our
aquaculture
program
and
hope
you'll
be
able
to
eat
some
fish
this
year
with
us
down
at
the
campus
with
with
hopefully
without
covet
issues,
but
we
have
a
programs
focused
on
alternative
species
and
also
alternative
production
methods.
E
Sustainable
and
organic
agriculture
is
a
big
part
of
what
we
do.
We
have
a
goat
research
program,
of
course,
also
have
livestock
nutrition,
alternative
crops
like
pawpaw
and
blackberry,
organic
vegetable
production
and
entomology
and
soil
science
areas.
So
a
lot
of
different
areas
to
serve
the
needs
of
the
stakeholders
of
kentucky
and
also
human,
health
and
nutrition
areas,
and
some
of
that
focuses
on
produce
safety
and
water
quality
safety
of
stakeholders.
E
So
I
just
wanted
to
really
focus
in
on
on
just
about
three
areas
today,
just
to
kind
of
update
you
on
some
things
and
of
course
we
do
have
the
program.
Distinction
is
the
aquaculture
program.
We
are
one
of
the
top
five
programs
in
the
united
states
and
that's
across
1890
and
1862
land
grant.
Programs
and
aquaponics
is
really
has
a
lot
of
interest
right
now.
E
It's
expanded
a
lot
out
there
and
we
are
the
leaders
in
aquaponics
and
research
and
extension
efforts
in
kentucky,
and
so
we've
actually
added
a
state
specialist
in
aquaponics,
janelle,
hager,
who's,
leading
that
program
now
and
there's
a
lot
of
information
out
there.
That
now
is
provided
we
have
an
aquaponics
manual.
You
can
see
on
your
screen
right
now.
E
So
a
lot
of
information
out
there
for
folks
who
are
interested
in
this
area
and
we
also
jim
tidwell
and
and
janelle
we're
also
able
to
bring
in
a
750
000
afri
grant
recently
to
really
ramp
up
even
further
our
aquaponics
research
end
of
things,
so
lots
of
good
things
going
on
in
aquaponics
right
now,
and
we
heard
today,
of
course,
the
concerns
of
of
you-
know
the
supply
chain
and
meat
processing
in
kentucky
and-
and
so
as
you
know,
we've
had
a
poultry
mobile
processing
unit
for
some
time
at
k-state.
E
But
you
know
we
really
want
to
ramp
up
that
capacity
and
also
it
is
a
trailer.
So
there's
not
a
lot
of
room
in
that
trailer,
and
so
we
did
go
with
the
the
funding
in
the
meat
committee
that
was
set
up
at
the
kentucky
ag
development
board.
We
did
receive
a
grant
to
take
the
docking
station,
basically
that
the
mobile
processing
unit
was
going
into
and
turn
that
into
a
building,
and
so
it's
not
quite
open
yet
should
be
open
next
month.
E
We're
just
finishing
up
bathrooms
right
now,
but
it
will
be
a
facility
that
will
double
our
ability
to
process
birds
out
there
for
stakeholders
to
come
and
process
their
birds,
because
right
now,
there's
only
three
other
facilities
out
there
in
kentucky
to
process,
poultry
and-
and
so
we'll
be,
you
know,
being
able
to
double
our
capacity.
And
so
the
idea
is
to
take
the
trailer
and
go
to
pads
in
london
and
moorhead.
E
E
You
know
we
are
one
cooperative
extension
system
in
kentucky
with
university
of
kentucky
and
ksu
greatly
value
that
relationship,
and
we
do
have
county
folks
out
there
we're
in
the
same
offices
as
the
k
in
the
county
offices.
E
You
can't
ksu
personnel
and
we
are
adding
to
those
folks
right
now
we're
replacing
some
and
going
into
some
new
counties,
and
so
it's
a
real
commitment
to
you
know
ag
natural
resources
and
4-h
programming
and
others
out
there,
and
so
a
number
of
different
things
that
we
work
on
you
know
with
uk
also
is
agrability
kentucky
agrability.
E
We
also
have
4-h
programs
some
of
those
implemented
across
kentucky,
but
a
lot
of
those
in
louisville
and
west
louisville,
and
also
we
have
summer
programs
and
stem
that
have
been
very
popular.
Of
course,
a
third
thursday
workshop
every
third
thursday
to
help
the
k-state
farm
you'll
see
a
new
topic
for
folks
and
we're
doing
that,
both
in
person
and
online
for
folks
to
be
able
to
participate,
and
we
are
the
largest
meeting
of
minority
farmers,
the
largest
minority
farmers
conference
in
the
state
which
is
going
to
be
meeting
very
soon.
E
The
small
limited
resource
minority
farmers
conference
in
the
third
week
of
november,
and
so
we're
going
to
be
in
person
again
for
that,
so
lots
of
good
things,
but
I
did
want
to
mention
something
if
you're
not
familiar
with
this.
Another
aspect
of
our
of
our
extension
program
is
a
relationship
that
we've
developed
through
the
years
with
the
kentucky
ag
development
board
and
that's
the
center
for
sustainability
in
farms
and
families,
and
so
basically,
the
funding
from
the
egg
development
board
with
the
extension
expertise
at
k-state.
E
Really,
it
creates
a
synergistic
ability
for
us
to
help
small
producers
and
and
underserved
farmers
statewide,
and
so
basically,
these
mini
grants
are
up
to
five
thousand
dollars
for
individuals
and
their
aquaculture
value-added
organics,
food
insecurity,
farmer,
education,
agri
support
agri
forestry
support
and
we've
actually
had
almost
900
grants
during
this
period.
That
we've
had
this
relationship
covering
113
counties
and
that's
the
thing
is
we
extend
all
across
kentucky.
We're
really
impacting
folks
all
across
kentucky
with
these
different
extension
programs
and
our
research
and
a
lot
of
those.
E
E
I
was
andre
barber
in
the
middle
and
he
received
funding
for
an
aquaponics
system
to
be
able
to
set
that
up,
and
then
we've
got
the
pikeville
farmers
market
and
there's
quite
a
few
of
the
farmers
at
the
pikeville
farmers.
Market
have
applied
and
received
many
grants,
but
also
the
farmer's
market
itself
has
received
funding
for
a
trailer
to
be
able
to
keep
things
for
the
farmers
market
in
it.
So
it
can
help
supply
and
support
that
farmers
market.
E
So
as
some
of
the
things
we're
doing
out
there
to
help
these
small
farmers
in
kentucky,
I
just
want
to
finish
up
with
the
last
slide.
I
want
to
thank
you
again
for
your
support
of
land
grant
program
and
providing
the
matching
funds.
We
do
receive
almost
nine
million
dollars
in
federal
and
extension
usda
funds.
E
It
does
require
a
one-to-one
state
match,
and
so
you
know
thank
you
again
for
your
support
and
we
we
will
be
looking
for
your
help.
Again,
but
the
great
thing
is,
you
know
it's
a
great,
a
great
bang
for
your
buck,
because
by
matching
those
funds
we
do
hire
a
lot
of
a
personnel,
research
and
extension.
E
They
write
grants
and
so
we've
got
17
grants
going
right
now
of
almost
8
million
dollars
that
have
been
written
by
those
folks
and
a
lot
of
other
areas
too,
such
as
the
nsf
grant
for
over
a
million
dollars,
and
so
it
really
does
help
add
to
the
capacity
to
do
even
more
for
the
stakeholders
of
kentucky
and
also
allows
us
to
be
eligible
for
the
1890
usda
scholars
fund
and
right
now,
we've
got
50
students
who
are
pursuing
a
career
in
ag
at
k-state
and
50
percent
of
those
it's
50
students
and
about
50
percent
of
those
students
are
kentucky
students,
so
you
know
once
again
lots
of
great
things
that
can
happen
through
your
support.
E
A
You're
welcome
and
thanks
for
coming
and
presenting,
and
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
be
sure
and
let
us
know
when
there's
money
that
needs
to
be
matched
so
that
we
don't
overlook
something
you
know
anytime.
We
can
bring
in
federal
dollars
through
a
match.
We
we
don't
want
to
leave
that
money
on
the
table.
So
don't
assume
we
always
know
all
the
details.
A
You
know
it's
okay
to
for
the
will
to
squeak
every
once
in
a
while
till
it
gets
some
grease
and
appreciate
that,
and
we
have
a
question
or
comment
from
representative
graham
and
then
representative
tipton.
J
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
thank
you
for
those
comments
that
you
just
made,
and
I
hope
that
the
university
heard
those
comments
from
our
chair
that
we
will
let
you
will.
Let
us
know
when
we
need
to
do
those
things.
But,
mr
chairman,
I
also
wanted
to
recognize
the
acting
president
of
kentucky
state
university
she's
in
in
the
room
president,
claire
stamps
and
with
her
is
the
chief
financial
officer
greg
rush
who's.
J
J
We
had
one
individual,
dr
tidwell,
who's
still
with
us
who,
at
one
point
in
time.
This
is
how
important
our
aqua
culture
is
at
kentucky
state
university.
J
But
he
wanted
to
continue
the
work
that
he
had
started
at
kentucky
state
university
and
it
is
a
renowned
aquaculture
center.
So
just
a
salute
to
you,
as
well
as
the
university
for
the
efforts
that
have
been
made
to
make
it
a
crown
jewel
of
the
research
of
aquaculture.
So
thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
A
F
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
appreciate
you
being
here
today.
I
have
been
on
the
campus
of
kentucky
state
and
have
toured
a
part
of
your
aquaculture
program.
A
memory
that
I
will
never
forget
is
all
the
shrimp
in
that
tank.
F
Quite
a
sight
to
see
most
of
the
members
may
not
realize
that
our
land
grant
institutions
in
the
united
states
were
actually
formed
under
two
separate
federal
acts.
Kentucky
state,
I
believe,
was
1890
came
in
with
the
second.
Could
you
elaborate
a
little
bit
about
the
differences
in
those
in
those
statutes
and
specifically
what
the
second
statute
kentucky
states
under
what
your
mission
is.
E
Sure,
and
and
and
so
that's
that's
correct
there,
so
the
first
act
1862
forming
those
land
grants
created
a
land-grant
institution
each
state,
but
but
basically
in
the
in
19
of
those
states,
there
was
not
equal
access
for
african-americans
to
be
able
to
attend
those
schools,
and
so
there
was
a
another,
an
1890
morale
act
of
formed,
which
then
set
up
additional
schools
which
really
did
focus
on
the
agriculture,
mechanical
arts
and
education,
especially
for
for
african
americans
in
those
states-
and
so
you
know,
basically,
the
emphasis
is
and-
and
that's
what
you
hear
at
the
beginning
of
the
of
the
talk
is
that
we're
focusing
on
on
minority
farmers,
small
farmers,
stakeholders,
underserved,
served
stakeholders,
and
so
that's
really
our
focus
area.
E
And
so
that's
why
we
complement
well
with
the
university
of
kentucky.
You
know
current
and
current
age,
because
we
are
focusing
at
different
groups,
we're
not
duplicating
work,
we're
we're
looking
at
slightly
different
populations
and
and
stakeholder
bases,
and
so
you
know
we
we've
got
the
the
tools
to
go
out
there
and
reach
some
of
those
small
farmers.
I
think
you
see
that
with
the
ag
development
board
funds
and
the
mini
grants,
a
lot
of
those
farmers
really
are
intimidated
by
other
granting
programs.
E
So
we
go
out
help
them
develop
those
applications
and
they
wouldn't
receive
some
of
those
funds
without
our
help
going
out
there
and
working
with
with
those
stakeholders.
So
that's
that's
in
a
nutshell,
and
so
it's
you
know
different
missions,
but
a
similar
commitment
to
the
the
states
and
to
the
stakeholders,
but
different
stakeholders.
A
Thank
you
for
coming
and
presenting.
I
don't
see
any
more
questions
so
with
that
our
meeting
will
be
adjourned
and
feel
free
yeah.
We
we
do
have
one
announcement.
K
Mr
chairman,
I've
got
something
that
I
need
to
bring
the
attention
of
the
committee,
and
the
new
members
may
not
have
heard
me
talk
about
these
issues
as
much
as
the
old
members,
but
at
11
o'clock
in
judiciary
there's
a
bill
going
through
90
in
relation
to
animal
cruelty.
This
too
can
affect
livestock
and
it's
got
the
paw
prints
of
hsus
and
other
anti-animal
groups
on
all
over
it.
There
are
some
problematic
provisions
in
this
bill,
you
that
will
encourage
more
municipal
law,
ordinances
and
alleged
violations
thereof.
K
There
are
evidentiary
standards
that
are
quite
low
in
this
bill.
They
want
not
letting
a
couple
good.
You
know
bad
cases.
Crises
go
to
waste,
there
are
a
couple
anomalies
when
it
comes
to
cost
of
animal
care
and
the
county's
burdens,
and
all
this,
but
again
this
is
something
I
work
with
on
a
national
level
as
an
attorney
the
practices,
these
cases
and
the
see
the
progression
of
bills
like
this
as
they
move
forward,
and
I
think
this
is
something
this
committee
needs
to
be
concerned
about.
K
I
think
anybody
that
owns
an
animal
needs
to
be
concerned
about
this,
whether
it's
domestic
or
livestock
and
I'd
be
glad
to
talk
further,
I'm
not
on
judiciary
anymore,
but
I
do
plan
on
monitoring
this
bill.
I
think
agriculture
is
going
to
be
impacted
by
this.
If
they
don't
like
you,
they'll
cost
you
out,
that's
what
this
bill
will
do.
K
I
have
been
in
cases
where
animals
were
targeted
for
forfeiture
and
confiscation
because
of
their
value
if
they
don't
like
you
when
they
lower
standards
of
evidence
in
these
cases,
matters
like
they're
trying
to
do
here
and
that
this
bill
is
problematic.
I'm
all
for
in
this
committee
is
animal
welfare
and
rational
standards,
whether
it's
veterinary
care
or
whatever.
We
we've
done
that
for
years,
but
I
feel
it's
compelled
to
bring
to
the
attention
of
this
committee.
This
bill
is
on
in
judiciary
today
and
it
needs
to
be
monitored.
Thank
you
all.
A
A
J
I
see
I
when
I
arrived
here,
I
arrived
when
we
started,
so
I
don't
know
if
we
recognize
one
of
our
former
colleague
who's
now
the
county
judge,
but
the
husband
of
our
representative
kenny
iams
and
mary
beth
ims.
So
I
just
wanted
to
recognize
kenny.
I
saw
I
just
now.
I'm
recognizing
who
you
are.
I
think
a
county
judge's
position
has
changed
you
a
little
bit.
So
that's
a
hard
job
to
have
from
the
toughest
jobs
in
the
county
to
have,
but
we
welcome
you
back
and
good,
seeing
you
kenny.
A
Thank
you,
representative,
graham
for
for
pointing
that
out
and
I
shook
hands
with
jud
jimes.
As
I
came
up
this
morning,
and
I
guess
thought
well
he's
been
here
to
deuce
now.
Is
there
anything
else
I've
missed
or
overlooked.