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A
Good
morning,
everyone
we
are
looks
like
we
have
enough
members
in
here.
We
are
want
to
welcome
everyone
here
for
our
August
meeting
at
the
tobacco
settlement
agreement
fund
oversight
committee
I'd
like
to
begin
by
asking
representative
Pratt.
If
he
will
lead
us
in
a
prayer
and
then
we'll
do
have
him
lead
us
in
the
pledge
as
well.
Please.
B
F
A
A
Thank
you
and
next
we'll
move
to
approval
of
our
minutes
for
our
June
15th
minute
meeting
do
I
have
a
motion.
A
G
Well,
good
morning,
everybody
it's
good
to
be
back
with
you.
We
had
a
had
a
little
break
this
summer,
so
we've
got
a
two
months
worth
of
information
to
to
go
over
with
you
off.
Thank
you,
Bill
and
we'll
we'll
get
started
working
through
every
Department.
G
Or
at
our
June
meeting
reporting
on
the
main
topic
bill
and
I
left.
Oh.
G
Oh
I
I
think
when
I
open
my
binder
I
turned
it
off.
So
thank
you
for
getting
on
that
I
think
so.
I
did
yeah
after
we
left
you
all
in
June.
We
we
headed
over
to
to
Louisville
to
speak
to
the
alliance
X
Group,
which
is
part
of
the
agriculture
future
of
America.
It's
an
adult
leadership
program,
kind
of
feeling,
the
the
Gap
normally
of
of
professionals,
leaving
FFA
after
first
part
of
college
and
then
before
transitioning
into
to
the
business
career.
G
This
was
a
national
group
from
folks
all
over
the
the
country
and
we
we
joined
Dr,
will
Snell
and
gave
a
presentation
on
the
evolution
of
the
tobacco
industry
in
Kentucky,
specifically
the
last
25
years
as
we
we
saw
House
Bill,
611,
the
tobacco
buyout
and
what
we
did
and
it
was
a
great
chance
to
Showcase
the
23
years
of
work
with
the
office
of
AG
policy.
I,
really
enjoyed
that
that
opportunity.
We
followed
up
the
following
week:
wrapping
up
our
final
Cape
training.
G
We
do
eight
of
those
across
the
state,
two
in
West
Kentucky,
two
in
East
Kentucky,
two
in
Central
Kentucky
and
two
virtually
so.
We
give
every
every
agent
and
administrator
an
opportunity
to
attend
at
a
hopefully
a
date
that
works
for
them
in
a
location
that
does
and
we
we
had
over
200
different
agents
and
administrators
that
attended
to
to
get
the
updated
training
for
running
our
biggest
county
level
program.
The
Kate
program
next
had
a
chance
to
do
a
webinar
with
the
the
National
Council
of
State
AG
of
Agriculture
Finance
programs.
That.
E
G
Ncos
AFP,
so
that
is
an
organization
bill
has
been
involved
in
throughout
his
career,
and
one
Kentucky
has
had
leadership
in
with
Bill
being
the
president
of
the
organization
in
the
past,
but
there's
a
lot
more
interest
in
in
other
states
looking
at
trying
to
create
some
type
of
lending
program,
and
we've
done
several
with
with
individual
states
to
talk
about
our
program
and
looking
at
what
they
do.
This
was
a
chance
to
to
visit
with
with
a
number
of
professionals
across
the
across
the
country
and
talk
about
again
what
we
do.
G
The
the
AG
Finance
program
is
one
that
just
again
it's
it's
success
speaks
for
itself,
with
100
1315
million
in
Assets
Now
and
continue
to
grow
and
you'll.
Look
at
the
demand
we've
seen
in
the
next
or
the
last
two
months.
G
So
we
see
the
continued
interest
in
it
and
we
hope
we
can
be
Inspirations
to
other
states
or
where
they
can
help
our
produce
or
help
their
producers,
and
especially
beginning
producers,
I
followed
into
June,
and
then
I,
headed
out
on
a
10-day
trip
to
Ireland
with
two
FFA
groups:
Woodford
County,
my
home
county.
My
sons
involved
in
Jessamine
County
and
it
was
a
an
eye-opening
experience.
It
was
very
agriculture,
focused
tour
and
the
Highlight
on
that.
G
For
for
a
Kentucky
boy,
landlocked
by
seven
states,
I
was
an
oyster
Farm,
350
Acres
of
Shoreline
and
Bay
and
I
Now
understand
why
oysters
are
as
expensive
as
they
are.
It
takes
three
years
to
to
harvest
an
oyster
and
it's
a
lot
like
tobacco.
It's
very
labor
intensive,
so
a
lot
of
manual
labor,
but
the
real
highlight
for
me.
Besides
getting
to
eat
some
of
those
oysters,
freshly
shucked
right
on
the
shoreline,
was
traveling
with
32
of
our
Future
Leaders.
G
With
these
FFA
students
from
both
these
counties,
they
were
true
ambassadors
of
the
Commonwealth
and
represent
us
very
well
and
every
time
I'm
with
one
of
our
youth
programs
I
get
inspired
about
this
generation.
That's
coming
behind
us
I
have
made
it
back
in
time
for
our
AG
Finance
meeting
in
July
and
then
Missing
Senator
Webb
this
morning,
because
we
always
would
talk
about
our
Greenup
County
Farm
to
Table.
This
is
the
state's
largest
farm
to
table
event.
G
To
recap,
for
you
and
I
always
talk
about
the
challenge
of
that
third
week,
because
there
is
the
Greenup
County
Farm
to
Table
event
on
the
far
East
Side,
and
then
the
waves
AG
day,
which
is
our
four
River
counties
and
Far
Western
Kentucky,
have
their
their
annual
AG
event
at
the
same
time.
So
a
group
of
the
office
back
policy
folks
headed
across
the
state
to
to
make
that
event,
and
this
one
was-
was
challenged.
G
We
had
some
of
that
heavy
rain
in
West
Kentucky,
where
they
they
suffered,
some
of
their
flooding
and
the
event
was
moved
inside
which
it's
always
been
been
an
outside
event.
But
it
was
still
a
great
turnout
and
I
shared
the
stage
with
commissioner
Quarles,
but
also
Tom
Womack.
Who
is
the
senior
advisor
for
the
AG
launch
program
in
Tennessee,
and
that
is
a
program.
G
That's
analogous
to
the
pro
project
we
talked
about
with
the
Bluegrass
AG
Tech
that
was
funded
earlier
this
year,
which
is
an
incubator
for
different
AG
Tech
projects
and
they're
they're,
just
a
little
bit
ahead
of
us.
G
So
it
was
great
to
hear
what
they're
doing
and
to
see
that
we're
we're
going
to
have
these
same
opportunities
in
Kentucky
and
they're
utilizing
some
of
their
Master
settlement
funds
for
for
this
program
as
well,
while
we're
always
on
the
road,
there's
always
site
visits
to
to
tour
and
to
check
on
and
check
on
our
projects.
We
stopped
their
chairman
in
Hopkinsville
at
Hampton,
Meats
and
I'm
sure
you've
been
by
there
many
times
and
seeing
the
changes.
G
What
that's
doing
now
under
under
new
ownership,
but
the
that
that
organization
continues
to
expand,
increasing
the
retail
and
their
their
capacity.
We're
planning
on
taking
our
both
both
boards
to
tour
that,
in
in
November,
at
our
joint
board,
meeting
stopped
at
the
Katies
Farmers
Market
to
look
at
the
site
for
where
that's
going
to
be
it's
it's
a
project
underway
and
then
Palmer's
meet
is
another
fun
story.
G
This
is
a
great
example
these
these
folks,
Mike
and
Stacy
Palmer,
were
tobacco
Farmers
up
until
21.,
and
they
bought
this
existing
business
that
used
to
be
layered
meat
there
in
Benton
Marshall
County,
and
they
stopped
stopped
raising
tobacco
transitioned
in
this,
this
business
supplies
a
lot
of
the
Lamb
going
into
the
Owensboro
Barbecue
market
and
and
when
they
bought
the
business,
the
majority
of
these
lands
were
coming
from
out
of
state.
They
were
purchasing
on
processing
them
selling
this
well,
with
doing
that,
they
were
getting
an
inconsistent
product.
G
They
were
seeing
that
the
weights
were
not
coming
in
the
size.
They
thought
they
were
not
in
in
the
same
condition,
bought
a
condition
for
what
they
wanted.
So
they've
now
started
raising
their
own
and
have
converted
a
lot
of
their
tobacco
infrastructure,
their
tobacco
barns
to
feeding
facilities,
so
they're
actually
able
now
to
be
putting
Kentucky
Lambs
through
this
facility
and
and
again
a
transition
from
tobacco.
What
we're
here
for
now,
I
always
like
to
find
the
the
fun
story
at
at
every
place.
G
G
So
that's
I,
don't
know
if
she
was
entertaining
or
that
filled
up
her
freezer,
but
either
way
I
just
thought
that
was
one
I
had
to
had
to
share
with
you
you
all
for
for
for
today,
while
we're
here,
we
got
back
in
time
for
our
July
board.
Meeting
Dr
pomper
with
Kentucky
state
was
a
great
host.
G
We
headed
at
Kentucky
State
this
year,
so
it
was
a
good
chance
for
him
to
introduce
his
colleagues
and
for
us
to
see
the
the
facility
and
have
some
of
their
special
Paw
Paw
ice
cream
and
in
between
all
the
the
running
I
just
shared
with
you.
We
found
time
to
move
from
Ann
Street
and
are
now
located
at
the
Department
of
Agriculture.
G
So
that
was
an
a
a
main
goal
of
the
commissioner
when
we
were
moved
to
the
office
or
to
the
con
under
the
Department
of
Agriculture
was
to
get
the
the
entire
agency
co-located
at
one
location
and
two
and
a
half
years
later.
We
we
were
able
to
do
it
so
Bill
and
I,
and
our
team
is
taking
up
the
second
floor
of
building
107.
So
stop
in
and
see
us
anytime
time
you
would
like,
and
with
that
we'll
get
into
funding
some
of
our
or
talking
about
what
was
approved.
G
And
I'm,
the
first
page,
okay,
sorry
I
was
I
forgot
about
our
loans.
Here,
told
you.
We,
we
had
a
a
big
Big
Year
with
the
increased
interest
rates
more
and
more
interest
in
our
Loan
program,
June
loans.
We
had
3.1
million
in
total
request
out
of
15.7
million
in
total
projects.
We
had
four
of
our
AG
infrastructure
loans,
two
AG
processing,
one
there
Russell
County
was
a
feed
mill
and
the
one
in
Bath
County
was
a
meat
processor
and
then
12
of
our
beginning
farmer.
G
H
All
right,
we'll
give
you
a
report
on
programs
that
approved
by
the
AG
development
board,
so
we're
looking
on
page
three
you'll
see.
There's
13
counties
were
approved
under
the
cape
program,
County
Agriculture
investment
program,
Three
Counties,
approved
under
deceased
farm
animal
removal
program
and
give
you
a
little
it
details
on
how
they
each
count.
Each
County
takes
approach
on
managing
their
dead
animal
removal
so
for
Washington
County,
it's
picking
the
dead
animals
up
and
and
taking
them
to
a
land.
Landfill,
Franklin,
County
right
here
in
our
home
county,
is
composting
their
animals.
H
So
representative
Dawson,
if
you're
looking
for
another
field
trip
right
here
in
Franklin
County
is
a
composting
operation
working
with
a
Fiscal
Court,
then
Boyle
County
Conservation
District
works
with
a
fiscal
court
on
the
on
a
Contracting
with
a
for-profit
business.
It's
a
it's
a
family
farm
that
actually
picks
up
and
contracts
with
local
counties
in
Casey
County
to
do
composting
on
the
farm.
So
that's
an
interesting
visit
as
well
and
then
under
shared
use.
H
We've
got
two
counties:
Powell
County
and
Garrett
County
were
both
approved
to
purchased
under
the
shared
use,
equipment,
program,
post
drivers.
So
those
post
drivers
are
then
available
to
rent
out
to
the
county
producers
and
then
under
the
youth,
AG
incentives
program,
two
counties
and
for
a
total
of
programs
approved
at
the
June
AG
development
board,
meeting
2
million
53
619
dollars
and
then
moving
on
to
page
five.
There's
three
amendments
for
you
to
consider
so:
Johnson
County,
Agriculture
advancement,
Council,
initially
approved
for
eighty
thousand
dollars.
H
They're
now
request
an
additional
36
000
in
County
money
to
bring
that
to
a
total
of
116
000
under
the
cape
program.
The
next
two
are
regarding
Washington
County,
Conservation
districts,
so
the
youth
program,
initially
nineteen
thousand
dollars,
they've
requested
an
additional
20
in
County
money
to
bring
that
to
thirty
nine
thousand
dollars
and
then
the
Washington
County
Conservation
District
regarding
the
cape,
was
initially
approved
for
120
000
and
now
requesting
106
600
to
add
to
their
Cape
program,
to
bring
it
to
226,
000
and
600.
So
those
were
approved.
H
Okay.
Next
moving
on
to
page
six,
to
give
you
an
update
on
our
on-farm
energy
and
Senate
program.
So
we
take
three
applications:
three
application
deadlines
per
per
year.
So
recently
we
had
applications
of
submitted,
so
here's
six
application
and
under
the
energy
program
they
are
eligible
for
State
funds,
up
to
half
the
cost
up
to
ten
thousand
dollars
and
then
additional
150
dollar
reimbursement
on
the
cost
of
the
energy
evaluation
or
or
assessment,
and
that
has
to
be
performed
by
a
professional
engineer
or
certified
energy
manager.
H
University
of
Kentucky
does
a
lot
of
these
energy
assessments,
a
specifically
a
doctor,
Doug
Overholt
that
operates
out
of
the
Princeton
UK
location,
so
the
first
one
sustainable
Harvest.
It
was
approved
for
a
wood
burning
fire,
stove,
usually
and
lumber
or
Timber
off
the
farm
for
a
heating
system
to
replace
electric
a
heating
system
there.
The
next
one
is
on
Farm
energy
grain,
so
that
would
be
for
a
grain
dryer
most
likely
that's
a
very
small
percent
of
the
total
grain
dryer
and
they
can.
H
Farmers
can
also
apply
to
the
USDA
reap
program
in
in
the
past
has
been
25
percent
of
the
total
cost
of
the
project.
I
think
they've
recently
increased
that
as
much
as
50
percent.
So
this
will
complement
that
program.
The
next
one
is
a
Marion
County
Dairy
producer,
be
installing
fans
on
their
as
part
of
their
Dairy
operation,
as
well
as
the
Pulaski
county
is
going
to
be
installing
a
hot
water
on.
D
H
G
All
right,
thank
you,
Bill
our
first
project
to
talk
about
from
the
June
board
meeting
was
the
organic
Association
of
Kentucky
Oak
as
their
abbreviation
and
acronym
is.
This
was
300
and
ninety
six
thousand
dollars
for
State
funds
over
a
two-year
period
to
support
three
program
positions
within
Oaks,
core
programs.
You
can
see
the
the
matching
funds,
the
diverse
group
that
they
pulled
together
for
for
this
and
I
was
worth
pointing
out.
The
organic
industry
in
Kentucky
is
currently
a
75
million
dollar
industry.
G
Now,
that's
out
of
our
our
8
billion
in
total
lag
receipts,
but
it's
probably
the
fastest
growing.
It
experienced
a
97
percent
increase
just
since
2019.,
and
the
current
administration
at
the
federal
level
has
made
this
a
priority
and
are
offering
a
lot
of
Grants
Oak's
been
very
successful
in
bringing
these
to
Kentucky
I.
Think
last
year
was
awarded
over
over
4
million
and
as
as
this
is
a
growing
industry,
a
lot
of
the
technical
expertise
is
not
there.
G
You
think
with
tobacco
chairman
Dawson,
you
think
about
some
of
our
friends
back
home
that
are
on
five
six
generations
of
raising
tobacco.
There
was
a
lot
of
transfer
of
knowledge
that
came
down
through
through
this
within
tobacco
within
an
organic
industry.
There's
maybe
first
generation
doing
this.
G
Okay,
that
I
saw
that
as
soon
as
I
read
it
the
369
at
the
top
and
the
396
and
the
paragraph
the
request
was
actually
396.
when
it
got
approved
by
the
board.
There
was
a
an
inversion
of
the
numbers,
so
the
69,
and
so
this
was
modified
at
the
at
the
July
board
meeting
to
correct.
So
the
correct
funding
is
the
396.
it
just.
It
just
took
us
two
board
meetings
to
get
there
chairman.
So
thank
good
catch
and
sorry
I.
G
Thank
you
well
very
good,
and
the
last
comment
I
want
to
make
about
Oak.
Is
we
talk
a
lot
and
you'll
hear
it
in
future
projects
today
that
we're
going
to
talk
about
talk
about
creation
of
of
markets
and
value
added
and
trying
to
transform
that
that
generic
commodity
into
something
else?
But
one
thing
you
can
look
at
with
with
with
the
Organics-
is
we're
adding
value
by
just
changing
a
production
practice.
So
I
think
that's
worth
noting
that
this
is
what
they're
doing
creating
a
premium
on
that
product.
G
All
right,
a
flipping
over
page
page,
eight
now
Warner
fertilizer
company
out
of
their
home
county
of
Pulaski
County,
was
awarded.
They
requested
124
284
dollars
in
multi-county
funds
for
the
startup
of
services,
using
aerial
drones
and
chairman
I
thought
I
grabbed
this
one
today,
because
I
know
you
and
I
both
share
AG
retail
experience
and
you
think
about
where
we've
come
from
some
of
the
spreader
trucks
that
we
were
using
to
now
we're
utilizing
drones
for
aerial
application
of
of
herbicides
and
pesticides.
G
This
was
All
County
money
in
a
regional
area
and
there
were
no
State
funds
allocated
to
this,
and
this
is
kind
of
the
current
philosophy
of
the
the
board
and
their
consistency.
If
we
are
creating
markets
or
adding
value
for
for
these
producers,
then
in
a
regional
project,
the
board's
regularly
matching
these
County
funds
with
State
funds.
In
a
case
like
this,
where
you're
looking
at
a
for-profit
business,
they
have
limited
this
to
just
County
funds.
G
H
All
right,
moving
on
to
page
nine
you've
got
the
reclaimed
Ranch
Fiber
mill
LLC,
so
they
requested
127
626,
which
is
half
the
cost
of
establish
this
microprocessing
service
in
many
mill
in
Northern
Kentucky
and
as
Brian
mentioned
when
the
AG
development
board
looks
at
a
project
they're
looking
at
it
when
considering
State
funds,
is
it
creating
a
market
or
is
there
some
value-added
processing?
So
the
the
project
Brian
just
presented?
Obviously
there's
not
much
Market,
or
maybe
a
pricing
processing
going
on
more
of
a
service
type
of
and
for-profit
business.
H
This
application,
as
it
was
presented
to
the
board,
it
is
going
to
be
purchasing
fiber
from
fiber
producing
producers,
so
they
looked
at
it
as
a
as
a
again
creating
a
market
where
they'd
be
willing
to
board
the
chat
to
challenge
them
into
in
that
they
go
to
the
county
councils
right.
Each
county
has
a
County
Council
made
up
of
nine
individuals
just
to
refresh
your
memory.
It's
it's
two
they're
appointed
by
the
Conservation
District
Two
from
the
Farm
Service
Agency,
two
from
the
extension
District
boards.
H
That
gives
you
six
and
those
six
a
point
three
at
large,
which
are
those
three
two
have
to
be
under
40
and
then
one
has
to
be
a
gender
or
minor
minority.
So
there's
your
nine
County
council
members
and
the
reason
the
board
likes
to
send
applicants
to
the
county
councils
they
get
to
present
their
project
to
to
their
peers
and
obviously
the
County
Council
is
going
to
have
a
better
understanding
of
the
local
landscape
and
how
this
project
might
impact
producers
in
their
in
their
County.
H
So
this
was
again
the
approved
with
County
encourage
them
to
pursue
County
money
to
be
matched
by
state
money
up
to
half
the
cost
of
the
project.
So
the
the
at
the
Family,
Farm
or
applicants
here
have
been
already
been
to
17
counties
and
the
AG
development
board
will
usually
set
a
time
frame
of
six
months
to
12
months,
depending
on
when
we
received
the
master
of
settlement
agreement
payments
that
comes
in,
we
close,
we
cross
our
fingers,
we
get
the
payment
April
the
15th,
and
then
we
allocate
and
notify
the
counties.
H
The
monies
is
has
come
in
and
allocated
the
counties,
and
then
applicants
like
this
can
start
going
out
and
and
presenting
their
application
requesting
for
fun.
So
so
far,
17
counties,
Seven
Counties,
have
committed
twenty
thousand
and
five
hundred
dollars,
which
means
they
would
be
eligible
for
the
difference
up
to
half,
as
Brian
mentioned
through
our
Kentucky
agricultural
Finance
Corporation.
So
in
fact
we
were
on
a
zoom
yesterday
with
one
of
the
lenders
that
they're
they're
talking
to
in
Northern
Kentucky
about
possibly
doing
a
participation
loan
between
Kentucky,
AG
finance
and
local
lender.
A
Bill
we
have
a
couple
of
questions.
Please
Senator
Webb.
I
Thank
you
sounds
like
a
good
project,
but
I
think
we
need
to
be
very
careful
when
we're
given
diversification
money
and
we
traditionally
promote
animal
Agriculture
and
the
Lord's
intended
use
of
those
animals.
When
we
start
giving
money
to
sanctuaries
and
rescues
this
little
research,
you
know
and
I'm
sure
they're
good
people
I'm
sure
it's
a
noble
endeavor,
but
this
is
a
rescue
which
is
the
antithesis
of
animal
utilization
that
I
had
to
set
with
three
kids,
the
other
night
crying
over
there.
I
Livestock
going
to
Market,
okay
after
the
fair
I
think
you
all
know,
I
talk
about
this
too
much,
but
I
think
we
have
to
be
very,
very
careful
when
we
start
encouraging
promoting
and
financing
those
entities
that
work
against
animal
agriculture
as
producers,
meat
producers,
utilization
producers,
so
yeah.
This
gives
me
a
little
indigestion,
even
though
I'm
sure
it's
a
you
know,
I
have
no
problem
with
the
project
I'm
all
about
rescuing
animals
in
bad
situations
and
animal
welfare,
and
all
that.
I
G
Well,
thank
you.
Senator
Webb
and
I
appreciate
you
giving
that
direction.
Obviously,
that
is
not
the
intent
and
not
the
spirit
of
what
these
were
funded.
It
was
for
the
the
processing
of
the
wool
and,
and
there
is
we
did
the
Edwards
woolwork
project
I.
Think
two
years
ago
it's
in
production
and
their
excess
capacity
they're
actually
referring
some
of
their
customers
up
there
to
to
provide
it,
but
your
your
comments
are
are
well
received
and
I
will
share
them
with.
I
Appreciate
that
and
all
the
utilization
of
an
animal
every
bit
of
it,
you
know
we
can
use
we
can
use,
but
when
we're
dealing
with
folks
that,
apparently
don't
believe
in
you
know
that
a
site
that
production
for
market
meat
market
and
other
you
know
that
kind
of
troubles
me
as
a
producer,
but
I
just
want
to
bring
that
thereby's
attention.
Thank
you.
J
Thank
you,
Mr
chair.
Thank
you
all
so
much
for
being
here
again
today,
I
look
forward
to
catching
up
on
two
months
worth
of
projects.
My
my
question
about
this
project
is:
who,
who
is
the
who
is
their
customer?
Are
they
going
to
be
wholesaling
these
fibers
to
people
that
are
making
scarves
and
sweaters,
or
do
they
have
someone
on
site?
I
didn't
really
see
that
I
see
where
they're,
probably
going
to
utilize
some
retired
equipment
from
Oklahoma
I,
understand,
I.
J
E
G
The
the
wool
they
will
just
be
taking
the
the
wool
and
turning
it
into
the
the
final
product
to
where
they
can
sell
that
as
far
as
other
customers
directly
for
them
Bill.
Do
you.
H
No
I
think
they're
still
developing
that
part
of
it,
but
I
think
it's
mostly
a
service
to
fiber
producers
in
Kentucky
that
have
limited
marketing
opportunities
for
their
Fiverr.
This
may
be
something
that
they're
they're
not
able
to
utilize,
and
this
gives
an
opportunity
to
add
value
to
any
fiber.
They
would
be
producing
off
their
livestock.
So
in
the
equipment
the
funds
are
earmarked,
Senator
Webb
to
processing
equipment.
So
it's
part
of
the.
If.
I
I
may
respond,
that's
all
well
and
good
we're
you
know
they
Market
themselves
on
Facebook,
except
donations.
I,
don't
know
who
gives
to
them.
Maybe
the
hsus
Peter
I,
don't
know,
but
I'm
not
going
to
be
I,
don't
like
being
partners
with
entities
that
are
anti
production,
oriented
and
I.
Think
when
we
look
at
AG
diversification,
it's
Agriculture
and
you
know
fiber
is
part
of
that,
but
I
mean
it
just
kind
of
gives
me
indigestion
on
that
level.
If
we
were
gonna,
if
we're
going
to
start
funding,
rescues
and
sanctuaries.
Thank
you.
J
You
Mr
chair
I
know
this
is
just
a
snapshot
and
a
summary
of
their
application,
but
so
if,
if
the
processed
fiber
is
going
back
to
the
original
farmer
or
producer,
so
in
their
application,
do
they
have
like
a
a
charging
schedule?
How
how
are
they
gonna,
I,
guess
I'm,
trying
to
figure
out?
How
is
this
all
going
to
end
up
being
paid
for
and
be
a
good
business
entity?
I
just
need.
G
A
I
think
these
are
very
important
questions,
of
course,
as
Senator
Webb
mentioned,
and
whenever
we
look
at
home,
especially
in
a
heavy
agriculture
area,
a
heavy
producer
of
livestock,
we
too
want
to
make
sure
that
someone,
that's
that
that
we're
using
these
funds
that
won't
be
detrimental
to
those
Growers
in
some
ways,
so
I
think
it's
very
interesting.
Thank
you
for
bringing
your
point
of
view
up.
Senator
Webb.
G
All
right,
thank
you,
and
we
will
follow
up
with
that
on
page
10,
Loretto
grain.
This
was
a
request
for
300
000
in
multi-county
funds
and
2.199
million
in
state
funds,
part
of
a
5.1
million
dollar
project
Aid
in
building
a
grain,
elevator
bins
and
all
all
equipment,
specializing
in
storage,
cleaning
and
conditioning
of
corn,
wheat
and
non-GMO
soybeans.
This
was
for
a
640
000
of
640
000,
bushel
bin
and,
again,
all
the
supporting
equipment
to
create
a
market
for
grain.
G
Here
in
Central
kentucky
there
will
be
cleaning
conditioning
for
distillers
and
Millers
the
requests
they
were
awarded.
State
funds,
matched
by
County
up
to
a
million
dollars
and
any
difference
that
they
did
not
get
from
from
the
county
funds
would
be
made
up
in
a
participation
loan
from
AG
Finance.
So
the
the
total
amount
will
be
determined
based
on
the
number
of
counties
that
that
choose
to
support
this,
and
they
are
looking
to
service
farmers
in
11
different
counties.
H
All
right
next,
on
page
11,
you've
got
an
update
on
McLean
County,
Cooperative
Extension
was
approved
for
two
thousand
dollars
and
he
used
a
sport
cost
of
hosting
a
poultry
ventilation
specialist
from
the
University
of
Georgia.
This
ongoing
relationship
that
this
McLean
County
poultry
producers
post
producers
in
that
area
have
had,
with
the
University
of
Georgia,
so
they're
supporting
his
his
presentations
with
the
two
thousand
dollars
in
County
money.
H
Okay,
next
we're
on
page
12,
it's
the
Circle
T
ranch
summer
horse
camp,
so
they're
requesting
51
500
nine
dollars,
so
the
AG
development
board
to
bring
up
our
earlier
comments
again.
This
is
not
a
project.
That's
going
to
be
looking
at
adding
any
value
added
processing
or
any
Market
opportunities
for
Farmers.
So
it's
going
to
be
limited
to
just
County
money
from
the
AG
development
board's
perspective.
To
date,
they've
had
one
County
commit
twelve
thousand
dollars
towards
the
project.
A
D
A
H
All
right
next,
on
page
13,
we've
got
the
Anderson
County
Farm
Service
Inc,
so
the
this
is
a
second
generation,
maybe
a
third
generation
operation
in
Anderson
County.
So
the
most
recent
generation
graduated
from
Western
Kentucky,
has
come
back
into
the
Family
Farm
And,
also
the
agribusiness
there
in
Anderson,
County
or
Lawrenceburg.
So
he's
got
some
ideas
on
how
to
make
some
improvement
to
the
operation
made.
It
made
a
request
to
the
AG
development
board
again
back
to
early
comments
as
this
adding
values,
it's
Market
opportunities.
H
G
Right
on
page
14,
Pike,
Veterinary,
Services
LLC
this
this
application
I'm
going
to
remind
everyone
about
our
new
program
we
rolled
out
at
the
beginning
of
23
for
our
large
and
food
animal
veterinarians.
So
this
has
been
identified
as
a
major
need
in
Kentucky.
The
commissioner
Quarles
has
has
made
this
an
initiative
and
has
created
a
task
force
to
work
on
trying
to
to
address
this
and
see
what
we
can
do.
We've
had
a
long-standing
one
of
our
participation.
G
Loan
programs
has
been
available
for
our
veterinarians
up
to
250
000,
to
build
a
practice
to
supply
with
equipment
by
specialized
equipment
or
even
to
buy
into
a
going
concern.
The
thought
behind
this
if
you've
got
a
veterinarian
returning
to
it
to
a
community
and
they're,
given
a
chance
to
have
an
equity
stake
in
the
practice
that
might
tie
them
the
community
and
keep
them
invested
in
practicing
there.
Well,
we've
learned
throughout
a
lot
of
these
stakeholder
meetings,
just
just
the
investment
that
these
professionals
are
making
in
their
education.
G
Thanks
to
the
work
by
you
all
and
your
colleagues
that
we
have
the
reciprocity
agreement
with
our
our
two
two
Veterinary
Schools,
we
still
are
seeing
that
our
our
state,
our
students
that
are
going
you
know
with
the
in-state
rate,
are
still
leaving
with
an
average
of
a
quarter,
a
million
dollars
in
in
student
loans.
G
So
again,
when
you
you've
got
this
The
Loan
program
is
great,
but
maybe
the
last
thing
you
need
right
now
is
some
more
loans.
G
So
we
create
a
grant
program
that
can
be
utilized
alongside
the
the
utilized
and
then
used
in
conjunction
with
our
AG
Finance
program,
to
do
up
to
75
percent
of
a
a
project
up
to
a
hundred
thousand
dollar
limit
on
on
our
side
for
again
the
same
purposes
to
for
for
equipment,
for
expansion
for
buying
into
a
practice
and
to
give
an
incentive
for
for
the
counties
to
make
an
investment.
The
board
wanted
the
the
local
counties
to
be
to
be
the
gatekeeper
they
know.
G
You
know,
is
this
a
person
offering
this
service,
because
we
don't
have
a
set
amount
that
you
have
to
have
in
your
practice
to
be
large?
Animal
you
just
have
to
offer
that
service
to
producers
in
in
the
area,
so
we
want
the
the
local
County
councils
to
tell
us.
These
are
great
things,
but
we
want
to
leverage
those
funds
every
every
dollar
you're
investing
in
counties
going
away
from
another
project,
so
we're
matching
those
at
five
to
one.
G
So
you
get
a
really
good
investment
with
the
the
the
the
county
funds
for
doing
this
and
the
producer
or
the
veterinarians
are
able
to
access
this
program
this.
This
is
exactly
what
this
is
intended
to
do
this.
This
practice
here
in
Hart
County
was
Dr
Vance's
and
he
passed
away,
leaving
a
a
void
now
in
this
market,
where
there
was
no
large
animal
vet
covering
this
area,
and
so
Dr
Pike
utilized
our
program,
both
the
grant
program
along
with
the
The
Loan
program
and
was
able
to
to
to
secure
this.
G
So
we,
this
was
a
a
great
example
and
we've
got
five
total
projects.
Since
we
we
launched
this
in
January
that
have
either
been
funded
or
currently
in
the
the
the
approval
process.
So
we'll
report
on
the
others
as
they
come.
J
Thank
you,
I
know.
The
farm
bill
at
the
national
level
is
under
negotiation
right.
There
is
food,
animal
veterinarian
services
and
the
need
is
that
part
of
the
federal
conversation
with
the
farm
bill
or
are.
G
We
on
their
radar,
I
can't
speak
to
where
the
discussions
are
I
know
it's
a
national
issue
that
we're
seeing
this,
and
there
are
some
USDA
programs
that
offer
debt
forgiveness
and
we've
had
some
Kentucky
veterinarians
be
able
to
participate
in
that
that's
an
existing
program
but
I
I'm.
H
The
page
project
for
June
University
of
Kentucky,
so
they
were
approved
for
158
thousand
ten
dollars
in
state
funds
to
support
educational
Outreach
and
continued
research
of
Kentucky
Kentucky
hay
production
using
the
equine
industry.
So
this
this
project
Senator,
will
be
working
with
producers
to
do
a
better
job
of
producing
quality.
Alfalfa
hay.
H
You
know
specifically
targeted
to
the
equine
industry,
so
there's
some
interesting
information
and
Trends
out
there,
where
a
lot
of
equine
producers
or
owners
purchase,
hay
out
of
the
Midwest
and
so
there's
opportunity,
if
Kentucky
producers
and
specifically
transitioning
from
tobacco,
into
Alfalfa
production
and
being
able
to
meet
the
the
standards
that
the
equine
producers
have.
When
you
consider
their
their
horses
worth
up
to
millions
of
dollars.
You
know
they
have
to
have
quality
alfalfa
hay.
H
That
may
be
okay
for
for
cattle,
but
it's
got
to
have
a
higher
standard
and
interest
in
talking
to
a
Nicholas,
County
farmer.
That's
in
the
alfalfa
hay
production,
where
he's
transitioned
out
of
tobacco
into
Alfalfa
production
and
selling
hay
to
equine
producers
here
in
Kentucky
and
south
of
Kentucky.
But
he
has
an
app
where
he's
got
he's
got
access
to
weather
information
for
cost
of
this
service.
I
think
it's
about
a
thousand
dollars
he's
got
a
meteorologist
online
there.
H
If
he's,
trying
to
determine
what
the
weather
is
going
to
do
as
far
as
being
able
to
cut
and
cure
his
Alfalfa,
he
can
get
a
response
from
the
meteorologist
within
minutes
telling
them.
Okay,
here's
what's
going
to
happen
in
Nicholas
County,
because
he's
waiting
for
the
perfect
conditions
he
said
for
his
is
high
valued
hay.
H
Sometimes
those
conditions
aren't
until
three
or
four
o'clock
in
the
morning,
so
he's
waiting
for
the
exact
conditions
that
he
knows
that
that
to
produce
the
quality
hay
for
the
e-cline
producers
that
he's
got
to
be
able
to
to
meet
so
obviously
they're
going
to
be
work
in
the
UK
with
producers
like
this
on
how
we
can
improve
the
value
of
alfalfa,
H
or
equine
producers.
Here.
I
Sent
your
web
I'm,
so
sorry,
I
think
you
can
call
me
that
till
I
die
that's
the
protocol,
so
I've
been
both,
but
the
important
thing
about
this
is
you
know:
I
got
a
lot
of
friends
in
the
midwest,
I
mean
they're,
weather
patterns
and
I
have
been
just
kind
of
crazy
sort
of
like
ours
and
it
but
depend
not
having
to
depend
on
that
area
for
consistent
production,
because
you
know
the
number
one
in
representative
King
knows
this
number
one
national
issue
we
have,
as
is
hay,
Fields
disappearing,
especially
here
in
the
Bluegrass.
I
So
the
most
we
can
maximize.
What
we
have
is
important
because
I
mean
just
like
one
of
the
old
men
at
the
cattle
sale.
The
other
day
said
you
know,
what's
up
with
those
horses
they're
just
looking
for
a
way
to
die.
Well,
the
number
one
way
to
die
if
your
horses
get
a
hold
of
some
bad
bad,
hay
or
feed.
So
this
this
project
and
projects
like
this
are
very
urgent,
along
with
conservation
of
our
land
to
produce
the
feed
source.
H
Okay,
so
that
finishes
up
in
June,
so
ready
to
transition
into
the
July
board
book,
or
both
boards
and
I
need
to
check
and
make
sure
on
the
the
report
for
AG
Finance.
You
may
have
the
June
report
the
time
we
do
have
an
update
Kelly
for
the
July
AG
Finance.
If
you
want
to
hand
that
out
as
as
well
as
Senator
Webb
our
International
slide
here.
So
we
were
really
excited
when
a
group
from
India
was
coming
to
visit,
Kentucky
and
reached
out
and
wanted
to
learn
more
about
what
we're
doing
in
Kentucky
Agriculture.
H
D
H
Were
certainly
happy
to
share
with
that
information
and
when
we
got
to
the
question
and
answer
part
of
the
part
of
the
program
they
zeroed
in
representative
Reed
on
the
Kentucky
AG
Finance
Corporation,
we
want
to
learn
more
about
that
because
they
looked
at
that.
That's
going
to
be
something
that's
sustainable!
The
way
the
Kentucky
AG
Finance
program
is
structured.
So
we've
we've
been
thinking
about
you
Robin
Senator,
Webb,
ever
since
we
got
to
meet
with
them.
G
And
while
it's
going
around
I'll
remind
you,
I
think
I've
told
this
story
a
few
times
here,
but
for
the
first
18
months,
I
believe
I
was
here
you
we
were
seeing
about
a
million
dollars
of
new
requests
coming
in
each
month
from
for
our
AG
Finance.
The
portfolio
is
large
enough
now,
where
we're
about
at
115
million
in
in
total
assets
that
it's
generating
with
interest
and
return
of
principle
we're
having
about
a
million
coming
back
in
each
month.
G
So
we
were
largely
able
to
fund
a
lot
of
what
was
coming
in
with
the
the
change
in
market
conditions.
We
have
seen
a
tremendous
Demand
with
this
program
and,
as
you
can
see
in
July
that
we
had
over
3
million
in
loans
approved
for
total
project
cost
out
of
12.7
million
dollars.
Again
we
had
loans
from
all
three
of
our
Farm
Credit
members
and
then
five
different
Community,
Banks
so
and
Spread
spread
across
the
across
the
state
and
all
all
this
time
we're
either
beginning
farmer,
loans
or
AG.
F
G
Yeah,
our
our
loans
Are
all
loaned
out
at
2.75
percent,
fixed
up
to
15
years.
We
can
do
up
to
a
25-year
amortization
if
it's
real
estate
of
the
2.75,
we
pay
the
participating
lender
three
quarters
of
a
percent
for
servicing
the
loan,
so
we're
getting
two
percent
back.
H
Moving
on
to
page
five,
we've
got
three
Amendment
so
start
with
Grayson
County
Cattlemen's
Association
were
approved
to
add
a
hundred
thousand
dollars,
bringing
the
total
amount
for
the
cape
program
in
Grayson
County
250,
000,
Clark,
County
Conservation
District
request
an
additional
twenty
thousand
dollars
to
bring
total
Cape
award
to
170
000
and
then
Marion
County
Conservation
District
requests
an
additional
38
904
dollars.
That
would
be
a
total
of
163
904
dollars
to
administer
for
a
cape
in
Marion
County
next,
we'll
get
into
the
project.
H
So
we'll
start
on
page
six,
the
city
of
Morgantown
was
approved
for
250
000
240
in
state
money
and
ten
thousand
County
County
money
to
build
a
permanent
structure
for
a
farmer's
market
in
Morgan
County
city
of
Morgantown
is
the
applicant.
That's
in
Butler
County,
so
we've
updated
in
the
past.
You
know
we're
over
70
farmers
markets
have
been
funded
with
ag
development
funds.
This
is
a
priority
of
the
AG
development
board.
Typically,
a
project
like
this
is
just
going
to
impact.
H
County
producers
is
going
to
be
limited
to
County
money,
but
because
this
is
a
priority
of
the
AG
development
board.
They're
willing
to
provide
State
funds
to
support
farmers
markets
so
hence
the
240
thousand
dollars
and
several
years
ago
they
were
also
able
to
support
Pike
County,
which
for
years
or
at
least
up
until
2019,
they
weren't
receiving
any
money
Pike
and
not
with
the
two
counties:
no
Burly
tobacco,
no
allocation.
H
So
because
of
this
program,
they've
got
a
nice
over
six
hundred
thousand
dollar
Farmers
Market
permanent
structure,
obviously
in
Pike
County
because
of
this
program,
and
it
continues
to
be
a
priority
of
the
AG
development
board,
given
any
County
the
opportunity,
if
they
can
come
up
with
the
matching
dollars
to
have
a
permanent
structure
for
their
for
their
farmers.
Beautiful.
G
But
this
ultimately
just
improved
the
infrastructure
of
an
existing
Stockyard
I
actually
was
at
this
County
Council
a
meeting
when
it
was
approved,
and
the
producers
were
very
excited
about
seeing
this
because
I
think
any
time
when
we
look
in
our
AG
businesses
when
when
they
become
more
efficient,
the
the
farmer
wins.
H
All
right
next,
on
page
eight
we've
got
the
Halstead
Farms
LLC
was
requesting
sixty
thousand
dollars
to
support
their
on-farm
retail
business.
The
AG
development
board
approved
County
money
match
by
state
money,
so
they've
started
the
process
of
presenting
their
application
to
the
counties
to
support
this
on-farm
retail
Market.
G
Page
nine
was
the
Kentucky
young
farmer
Association
twenty
one
thousand
eight
hundred
and
fourteen
dollars
awarded
to
this.
This
group
to
purchase
welders,
helmets,
electrodes
and
gloves
for
25
Farmers
to
complete
the
requirements
of
a
pilot
program
for
welding
training
on
a
very
necessary
skill
on
the
farm
is
welding,
and
this
is
working
through
our
community
college
community
colleges,
Workforce
Solutions,
to
begin
this
pilot
program
and
the
participants
will
will
be
able
to
to
keep
this
this
equipment
and
be
able
to
use
it
in
their
operations.
H
Okay,
for
our
last
project,
to
present
to
you
today,
is
on
page
10,
so
it's
local
food,
Hub
and
Pizza
Pub
LLC,
so
they're
requesting
County
and
state
money,
total
200
000,
which
is
approximately
half
the
project,
cost
purchase
kitchen
equipment
necessary
to
create
a
large-scale
value
processing
program,
be
their
second
location
in
Louisville,
so
their
first
location
is
right
here
in
front
of
Representative,
Rorke
I
think
you've
patronized
this
business.
Maybe
you
can
give
a
testimonial
on
it,
but
what's
impressive
about
this
project
in
the
the
family?
H
H
A
Bill
we
have
a
question
from
representative
rocks.
Please
thank.
C
You
chair
I,
wanted
to
say
that
I
had
the
opportunity
this
summer
to
attend
the
Louisville
agriculture
club
and
then
also
our
agricultural
accounting
council
meeting
and
the
Jefferson
County
Farm
Bureau
meeting.
So
with
all
of
that
on
the
night
of
the
County
council
meeting
got
to
hear
the
presentation
from
Mr
Bragg
about
locals
food
Hub
and
Pizza
Pub,
and
one
of
the
things
that
had
impressed
me.
The
most
was
of
course,
learning
about
their
successful
model
here
in
Frankfurt,
which
all
members
are
invited
to
attend.
C
A
tour
today
at
2PM
of
locals
food
Hub
at
their
location,
I'll
buy
us
pizza.
C
Thank
you,
representative
King
has
agreed
to
go
as
well,
so
I'm
excited
to
get
to
tour
it,
but
I
think
the
exciting
thing
about
it
coming
to
Louisville
for
me
is
knowing
that
it's
going
to
be
in
a
certified
food,
a
usda's
food
desert,
as
well
as
again
the
emphasis
on
buying
all
local
products
and
supporting
farmers
and
making
that
make
Financial
sense,
especially
in
Louisville.
We
have
a
lot
of
food
deserts
and
grocery
store
needs.
C
So
I'm
really
excited
to
see
this
model
in
action,
but
I'm
really
excited
to
see
it
coming
to
Louisville.
H
J
J
My
request
is:
when
we
talk
about
the
approved
project,
I
understand
what's
going
on,
but
then
with
the
Amendments
I
I,
don't
really
see
where
it's
documented
for
us.
What
do
they
need
the
additional
money
for?
Is
it
inflation
cost
overrun?
Something
came
up.
J
G
Well,
let
me
address
just
the
majority
of
what
you
all
will
see
will
be
amendments
to
Cape
applications,
oftentimes
and
I,
and
I'm
actually
I'm
very
proud
of
the
counties
that
do
this.
G
It
is
more
work
on
the
County
council
members,
it's
more
work
on
on
staff,
but
when
that
allocation
of
funds
come
like
Bill
was
talking
about
when
April
15th
gets
here
and
we
have
it,
I
I
worry
sometimes
when,
when
you
see
a
county
allocate
every
penny
that
they
have
to
to
any
one
program,
because
you
don't
know
what
other
great
opportunities
are
going
to
come
through
the
door
in
the
next
364
days
that
that
may
happen
so
a
lot
of
times
they
will.
G
They
will
request
a
smaller
portion
of
the
the
county
funds
to
run
their
Cape
program
and
then
go
back
and
do
an
amendment
if
there
is
a
large
demand
or
you
get
later
in
the
the
year
and
there's
not
been
any
requests
on
these
funds,
so
they
can
fund
more
far
armor
so
that
that
would
be
probably
the
biggest
percentage
of
what
you
will
see.
But
but
we'll
do
that.
We
welcome
feedback.
We
want
these
reports
to
be
meaningful
to
you
all
so
when
if
we
can
add
something
to
it,
we'll
gladly
do
it.
F
Thank
you,
Mr
chairman
I
just
had
a
couple
questions
we'll
talk
a
lot
about
farmers
markets
today
and-
and
it
sounds
like
a
pretty
good
idea,
but
what.
F
H
Well,
you
know,
typically,
we
we
like
to
see.
We
encourage
that
the
because
Farmers
Market
associations
I
think
where
you're
going
Center
Boswell
don't
have
a
lot
of
resources.
H
So
we
like
for
the
local
government
either
it's
a
city,
in
this
case
the
city
of
Morgantown
or
Fiscal,
Court
being
the
applicant,
because
we
like
the
landowner
to
be
the
applicant
because
a
lot
easier
to
enforce
a
legal
agreement,
and
we
also
know
that
City
and
our
local
governments-
well,
the
city
or
Fiscal
Court-
have
the
resources
to
maintain
liability
insurance
and
also
maintain
the
facility.
So
that's
why
you'll
see
these
Farmers
Market
applicants?
F
If
it's
okay,
Mr
chairman,
so
we
have
a
list
here
about
of
approved
projects,
but
sometimes
we
get
lists
I.
Think
of
sometimes
there's
mentions
of
unapproved
projects.
I
understand,
there's
a
large
project,
that's
kind
of
making
this
way
through
the
circles
of
the
legislature
about
a
Cattleman's
project.
That's
a
large
project
involved
in
the
University
of
Kentucky
and
I
understand
that.
Maybe
this
is
a
project
that
maybe
have
come
before
the
board.
At
some
point,
I
will
come,
and
maybe
it's
been
unapproved
is
that
right.
G
That
that
is
correct
it.
It
was
an
application
last
year
and
it
was
not
approved
at
the
January
board
meeting.
F
Because
I
wasn't
at
that
meeting
was
that
was
that
it
can
you
give
me
an
idea
about?
Was
there
a
certain
amount
of
support,
or
was
it
pretty
much
a
unanimous
decision
not
to
support
that?
Or
can
you
give
just
a
little
bit
of
details
about
that,
because
I
think,
what's
going
to
happen,
is
we're
going
to
start
getting
requests
as
part
of
the
legislation
maybe
to
support
this
project,
and
it
seems
like
maybe
that
might
have
been
something
that
could
have
been
addressed
at
that
level?
Okay,.
G
Well,
thank
you
for
the
for
the
question
and
we
talked
about
it
at
the
the
I
guess.
The
the
first
meeting
we
we
had
after
you
all
were
back
out
of
session
and
the
the
reason
for
denial
was
I
believe
it
was
outside
the
scope
of
the
AG
development
funds
and
undeveloped
application.
Oftentimes
we'll
see
applications
that
come
back
and
are
referred
oftentimes.
G
We
send
them
to
to
K
card
for
working
on
a
business
plan
and
coming
back
this
one
was
a
very
big
project,
received
a
lot
of
attention
and
was
worked
on
literally
from
from
Spring
till
January
I
believe
May
was
the
first
time
they
talked
to
the
AG
development
board
and
went
through
the
committee
process.
It
went
through
some
Evolutions.
It
changed
in
in
size
of
ask
and
ultimately
was
was
turned
down
by
rather
decidedly
it
had
support
on
both
sides.
G
We
had
board
members
that
supported
it
and
others
that
were
against
it,
but
we
did
not
call
for
for
division
and
count
the
votes,
but
it
was.
There
were
some
votes
that
were
for
it,
but
the
majority
nay.
I
Just
to
follow
up
on
Senator
Boswell
I've
been
involved
on
that
from
the
interpretive
side,
even
with
board
members
and
y'all
and
and
I
respect
the
views
of
all
the
members,
because
you
know
the
mission,
the
language
is
interpretive
and
and
in
anything
you
do,
but
this
particular
project,
whether
or
not
the
board
is
involved
or
those
monies
are
expended.
I
I
stand
by
the
project,
I
think
it's
it's
very
necessary
and
if
the
general
assembly
needs
to
make
a
budget
request,
I
know
you
know
by
preaching
to
the
choir
here
for
the
most
part,
but
I
think
it's
important
to
note
for
the
the
other
members
and
the
members
that
are
aren't
that
familiar
with
it.
You
know,
we've
got
an
opportunity
to
have
an
education
center
in
in
the
middle
of
the
State
and
with
our
Flagship
University
in
agriculture
and
I.
I
Just
think
the
time
we
can't
wait
any
longer
for
a
lot
of
reasons
on
the
education
side
and
the
ability
to
educate
and
enable
and
I
think
that
will
enable
projects
that
will
be
utilized
out
of
the
AG
money.
So
I
think
we
all
need
to
look
into
this
project
find
out
about
it
because
it's
going
to
serve
the
entire
Commonwealth.
I
There's
no
question
about
that,
and
and
whether
or
not
the
the
board
participates
and
I
lean
into
participation,
but
also
notwithstanding,
knowing
that
our
monies
are
somewhat
limited
and
the
mission
statement
you
know
whether
or
not
you
evolve
or
change
is,
can
be
a
slippery
slope
to
use
a
legal
cliche
but
I
think.
Certainly
it's
a
project
that's
worthy
and
that
we
it's
Timely
and
a
lot
of
work's
being
done
on
this
I'm.
I
A
Well,
I
am
of
the
understanding
whenever
what
was
just
discussed
about
coming
through
the
university
seeking
approval
for
funds
from
the
tobacco
settlement
dollars.
As
Senator
Webb
mentioned,
our
funds
are
limited.
We
have
to
be
cautious
not
to
open
doors
up.
A
Sometimes,
whenever
you
open
the
door
up
to
one
one
entity,
then
there's
going
to
be
many
entities
across
the
Commonwealth
that
would
want
into
this,
and
this
money
is
intended
to
benefit
Agriculture
and
those
Growers
that
were
impacted
when
the
tobacco
settlement
agreement
was
first
reached
and
to
move
those
Farmers
away
from
being
dependent
on
that
tobacco
dollars,
and
it
has
done
just
that
when
we
look
at
what
we've
done
funding
livestock,
as
was
mentioned
earlier
there
with
Hampton
Meats
I,
have
seen
the
new
facility
and
the
improvements
that
have
been
made
and
I
know
they
had
a
4-H
group
that
actually
took
a
tour
there
a
couple
of
weeks
ago
and
to
hear
the
discussion
from
those
young
people
of
what
they
were
seeing
of
the
improvements
where
the
the
livestock
are
brought
in
the
holding
pins
and
things
like
that.
A
But
it
has
made
for
a
better
market
for
our
Growers
there,
not
only
in
Christian
County,
but
covering
many
counties.
Todd
Trigg,
Hopkins
County
many
counties
that
come
in
there
actually
from
across
the
state
line.
So
these
dollars
have
done
a
tremendous
benefit
for
agriculture
and
for
those
who
were
impacted
when
the
tobacco
settlement,
as
we've
seen,
tobacco
production
go
away.
But
I
want
to
thank
you
both
for
your
presentation.
A
Next,
we
have
a
presentation
from
the
division
of
conservation.
This
will
be
Jonah,
McHugh
who's,
the
acting
director
from
the
Department
of
Natural
Resources.
A
A
Oh
and
please
turn
your
mic
on.
K
Our
allocation
in
FY
23
was
3.4
million
dollars
of
that
2.5
million
we
use
for
State
cost
share
and
then
the
remaining
nine
hundred
thousand
dollars.
We
use
that
for
direct
Aid
to
the
conservation
districts.
You
can
see
the
chart
there
of
how
our
state
cost
share.
Appropriation
has
changed
over
the
years.
I'm
going
to
talk
about
State
cost
share
more
in
just
a
minute,
but
I'm
going
to
start
with
the
direct
Aid.
K
So
we
received
nine
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
help
the
districts
specifically
approximately
200
of
that
goes
to
a
contracted
auditor
and
those
that
auditor
does
all
of
the
required
audits
that
the
conservation
districts
have
to
do
according
to
krs-65a
and
then
the
other
700
000
of
that
are
in
direct
payments
to
the
districts.
I'm
I
have
the
FY
22
numbers
here
instead
of
the
23
numbers,
because
we
do
that
allocation
in
September.
So
we
have
not
allocated
the
FY
23
numbers,
yet
the
payments
to
the
districts.
K
So
State
cost
share.
It
was
originally
established
in
1994
and
at
that
point
in
time
it
was
funded
with
General
funds
and
with
product
registration
fees
from
pesticides
and
then
starting
in
2000.
It
was
started
to
be
funded
through
the
tobacco
Master
settlement
agreement
and
what
these
funds
do
is
they
provide
a
financial
incentive
or
a
financial
assistance
to
Farmers
producers
across
the
state
where
we
give
a
75
percent
reimbursement
rate
for
projects.
K
K
So
we
have
two
fiscal
years
of
projects
that
are
still
active.
The
FY
22
amount
was
approved
in
January
of
2022.
We
received
requests
from
2016
individuals,
and
that
was
for
12.7
million
dollars.
We
were
able
to
approve
387
of
those
individuals
for
4.3
million
dollars,
so
it
has
been
18
months.
18
of
those
projects
have
been
canceled,
44
of
them
have
been
paid
and
we
have
1.6
million
dollars
that
are
is
still
obligated
but
have
not
yet
been
paid
to
those
producers.
K
Here's
a
map
showing
the
FY
22
funds
so
that
you
can
see
the
dollar
amounts
that
were
approved
across
the
state.
You
can
see
all
across
the
state
does
get
approved.
It's
not
just
in
one
area
of
the
state
and
then
this
current
fiscal
year
is
of
the
FY
23
funds.
Those
were
approved
in
February
of
2023.
We
received
requests
from
960
individuals
for
11.6
million
dollars.
We
were
able
to
approve
345
of
those
for
4.2
million.
It's
only
been
six
months
so
a
lot
of
these
projects.
K
They
have
not
even
thought
about
yet
because
they
do
have
two
years
to
get
those
done,
but
we've
had
three
percent
that
have
canceled
five
percent
that
have
been
paid
and
we
have
3.8
million
dollars.
That
is
still
obligated.
That
is
already
obligated
waiting
to
go
to
those
producers,
and
then
there
is
the
map
of
the
23
funds
that
you
can
still
see.
It
is
going
all
the
way
across
the
state
over
time.
This
is
the
num
total
number
of
applications
approved
over
time.
K
You
can
see
every
single
county
has
had
at
least
one
application
approved.
Some
have
we've
had
up
to
862
in
in
an
individual
County,
but
this
is
the
number
of
County
number
of
applications
approved
over
time
since
the
beginning
of
the
program,
and
then
this
is
the
total
dollars
approved
since
the
beginning
of
the
program.
K
So
we
have
been
able
to
help
landowners
across
the
state.
The
total
dollars
approved
you'll
see
that
that
map
is
slightly
different
than
the
number
of
applications
approved
and
that's
because
some
practices
do
fund
at
a
higher
rate
than
others.
It
costs
more
money
to
put
some
animal
practices
in
then
it
then
it
maybe
takes
to
reseed
some
other
areas.
That
kind
of
thing,
so
it
depends
on
what
the
practice
is,
obviously
how
much
in
funding
they
receive.
K
K
Once
again,
approximately
200
000
of
that
goes
to
the
Auditors
and
then
the
remaining
seven
hundred
thousand
will
be
obligated
and
distributed
to
the
conservation
districts
next
month
from
the
FY
22
practices.
We
still
have
one
million
six
hundred
and
fifty
four
thousand
nine
hundred
and
eighty
seven
dollars
and
eighteen
cents
that
is
obligated
and
from
the
FY
23
practices
we
have
three
million
eight
hundred
and
fifty
nine
thousand
three
hundred
and
thirty
four
dollars
and
eighty
eight
cents
that
is
currently
obligated.
K
It's
all
still
a
Net
10
million
dollars.
We
also
have
a
contingency
fund
set
aside
of
three
hundred
and
forty
thousand
dollars,
and
that
set
aside
is
specifically
for
landowners
who
have
received
notices
of
violation
or
letters
of
warning
from
the
division
of
water.
So
when
they
get
a
notice
of
violation,
they
are
referred
to
their
local
Conservation
District.
They
can
go
in.
We
can
see
if
we
can
do
anything
within
the
state
cost
share
program
to
help
them
fix.
K
Whatever
problem
it
is
that
they
have
that
they
are
getting
that
notice
of
violation,
for
we
currently
have
20
000
of
that
obligated
the
practices
that
is
a
Warren
County
practice.
It
should
be
finished
any
day
now,
so
we
should
be
receiving
the
receipts
on
that
one
to
be
able
to
pay
that
out
very
soon.
So
when
you
take
all
those
obligations
out
of
that
10
million
dollars,
we're
going
to
have
4
million
one
hundred
and
two
thousand
five
hundred
and
twenty
three
dollars
and
13
cents
available
for
award
in
January
of
2024..
K
K
But
roughly
four
million
dollars
is
what
we
will
be
able
to
obligate
when
the
commission
meets
at
the
beginning
of
the
year,
so
demonstration
of
need,
we
receive
way
more
requests
in
funding
than
we
are
able
to
help
every
single
year,
as
we've
talked
as
I've
already
shown
you
in
22
we
had
12
million
dollars
asked
for
and
we
were
only
able
to
obligate
4.3
million
and
then
in
23
we
had
11.6
million
dollars
that
was
asked
for,
but
we
were
only
able
to
approve
4.2
million.
K
All
our
conservation
districts
are
currently
taking
applications
for
the
state
cost
share
program.
The
cutoff
for
this
year
is
November
15th,
and
then
we
will
get
those
applications
ready
for
the
commission's
approval
in
January
of
2024
and
once
again,
the
amount
that
we're
going
to
have
available
is
4.1
million,
enabled
to
be
able
to
be
obligated
for
the
2024
practices
and
here's
my
contact
information
here,
my
email
address.
K
A
You
Miss
McHugh,
we
do
have
a
question
representative
Keane.
Please.
J
J
K
So
if
they
have
decided
that
equip
the
federal
program
is
better
for
them.
Just
because
of
timing
or
whatever
then
they'll
cancel
hours
and
do
the
equip
program.
Also
there'll
be
some
where
maybe
the
landowner
passes
and
his
or
her
children
do
not
want
to
farm.
So
they're
not
going
to
do
the
practice
or
someone
who
Farms
part-time
and
has
a
full-time
job
might
have
lost
their
full-time
job,
and
so
they
know
they're
not
going
to
have
the
money
to
do
it.
K
Other
applicants
miss
out
for
that
year,
but
then
we
are
able
to
approve
more
every
year
than
we
receive
because
we
are
receiving
2.5
million,
but
we're
able
to
approve
4.3
million
because
there's
always
some
that
get
canceled
or
that
they
had
a
huge
plan
and
they
were
planning
on
spending
lots
of
money
and
then
some
things
changed
and
they
maybe
didn't
weren't
able
to
complete
all
of
it,
so
they
spent
less
than
they
were
obligated
and
that
money
is
then
available
in
the
future.
Thank.
F
Thank
you,
Mr
chairman
I
had
a
couple
questions.
Sure
you
said
that
960
approximately
applicants
in
it
was
345
approved.
You.
D
F
As
as
with
any
program,
you
know
people
who
are
knowledgeable
and
become
educated
about
the
program,
so
the
ones
the
most
likely
to
succeed
year
in
and
year
out,
so
my
question
is:
when
you
apply
for
one
of
these
loans
and
you're
accepted.
How
can
you
continue
to
do
this
or
is
an
individual
limited
to
like
one
so
many
years?
How
can
you
do
it
every
year?
Are
the
same
people
getting
approved
for
these,
or
is
it?
Is
there
limit
on
how
many
times
you
can
be
approved?
There's.
K
Not
a
limit
on
how
many
times
you
can
be
approved
by
regulation,
I
had
to
think
regulation
or
statute
by
regulation.
A
person
can
only
receive
twenty
thousand
dollars
in
any
given
year,
so
they
can't
apply
for
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
worth.
They
can
only
receive
twenty
thousand
dollars
in
any
given
year.
K
They
are
able
to
apply
in
subsequent
years,
but
people
who
have
not
applied
for
a
while
get
a
better
ranking
than
because
you
have
to
put
in
how
many
times
you've
applied
whether
you've
canceled,
whether
you
completed
the
project
as
it
was,
as
it
was
approved
that
sort
of
thing,
and
so
the
ones
that
are
coming
back
year
after
year.
They
don't
receive
as
many
points
as
people
who
are
applying
for
the
first
time
or
the
first
time
in
a
long
time.
So.
K
F
D
F
K
Right
so
the
900
000
is
the
amount
that
is
set
aside
in
the
budget
for
us
to
help
conservation
districts
to
set
aside
in
the
in
the
legislative
budget.
The
audit
costs
are
dependent
upon
each
conservation,
District's
finances
so
districts
that
have
that
either
receive
or
expend
over
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
any
given
year.
They
have
to
be
audited
every
year
and
then
districts
that
don't
have
as
much
money.
K
They
only
have
to
be
audited
every
four
years
so
that
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
is
the
payment
for
the
auditor
that
is
auditing
one-fourth
of
all
the
conservation
districts,
so
approximately
30-ish
of
the
conservation
districts
and
then
also
a
third
or
a
fourth
of
the
Watershed
Conservancy
districts.
So
that
is
covering
a
40
to
50
audits.
Each
year.
I
You
and
I'm
I'm
sitting
here
representing
a
district
that
didn't
get
any
approved
and
when
we
started
this
gig
several
decades
ago,
we
were
some
of
the
high
most
highly
impacted
counties
on
the
tobacco
side
per
capita.
E
I
And
like
I
have
to
set
I
said
they
didn't
mention
it,
but
like
same
thing
with
the
AG
projects,
East
I-75
few
and
far
between
now
here
we're
looking
at
historical
tobacco
producers.
We're
funding
this
thing
with
that
money
and
I-
don't
have
one
project
awarded
in
22..
So
my
question
is:
where
is
the
breakdown
I'd
be
interested
in
knowing
where
the
applications
are
from
those
960
on
a
map
and
I'd
be
interested
in
knowing
where
the
ones
approved
were
on
a
map.
D
I
If
there's
a
breakdown
in
communication
or
we
or
we
need
to
have
a
more
aggressive
board
locally,
you
know
we
need
to
know
that
our
Farmers
need
to
know
that
our
policy
makers
need
to
know
that,
because
I
represent
East
Kentucky
and,
like
I,
said
my
district
Carter
Louis
Greenup
historical
tobacco
production,
some
of
the
highest
per
capita
when
we
when
the
production
went
out
when
we
started
this
fund,
that's
why
I
was
so
involved
in
it
and
I
I
really
want
to
know
how
I
can
bring
back
the
money
that
you
know
they're
entitled
to,
because
we
still
have
a
lot
of
bee
production,
goats,
Lambs,
you
know
we're
doing
it
and
if
we
need
to
know
how
to
we
have
a
good
Federal
presence,
there
too.
I
K
A
Your
presentation,
it's
greatly
appreciated,
and
at
this
time
now
one
of
the
all
of
our
members
know
our
next
meeting
will
be
scheduled
for
September,
the
14th
at
10
30.
and
with
no
further
business,
have
a
motion
to
adjourn,
don't
move,
we
are
adjourned.
Thank
you.