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Election of Co-Chairs 00:01:45
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Report on the projects considered for funding by the Agricultural Development Board 00:10:04
A
B
Thank
you,
Mr
chair.
Please
join
me
under
God.
We
pause
for
a
moment
today
to
just
thank
you
for
taking
care
of
us.
Thank
you
for
being
in
charge
of
all
things.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
for
each
of
us
to
sit
on
this
committee
as
we
try
to
lead
Kentucky
forward
I'm
certain
everyone
on
this
committee
joins
me
and
thanking
you
for
our
law
enforcement
and
First
Responders,
and
please
just
continue
to
minister
to
our
friends
in
Louisville
and
all
of
us
Statewide.
A
C
A
President
now
we
have
some
business
that
will
have
to
take
care
of
here
with
the
committee
itself.
Before
we
begin,
the
meeting
of
the
tobacco
settlement
oversight
committee
is
called
to
order
and,
let's
see
we'll
go
down
here,
excuse
me
I'm
having
to
follow
the
script.
This
is
the
first
2020
2023
meeting
of
the
tobacco
settlement
oversight.
Committee
meeting
and
members
have
been
appointed
to
this
committee
under
the
provisions
of
KRS
248.723.
F
Is
there
a
motion
from
a
House
member
that
nomination
cease
and
that
representative
Myron
dossett
be
elected
by
acclimation,
a
motion
made
by
representative
Pratt?
Is
there
a
second
by
representative
King
motion
made
and
seconded
that
nomination
cease
and
that
representative
Myron
dossett
be
elected
house
co-chair
by
acclimation
without
objective,
without
objection
so
ordered
so
for
the
Senate?
Is
there
a
nomination
from
a
senate
member
for
the
position
of
Senate
co-chair
of
the
tobacco
oversight
agreement
fund
committee.
F
F
A
Thank
you
Hillary,
and
it's
always
as
we
begin.
Each
new
cycle
I
have
to
come
back
and
remember
the
process
and
that's
why
we're
blessed
to
have
our
staff
here.
Also
before
begin,
we
have
several
new
members
that
are
on
the
committee
with
us.
Today
we
have
Senator
Gary,
Boswell,
Senator,
Matthew,
denane,
Senator,
Denise,
Harper
angel,
of
course,
our
new
co-chair
and
on
the
house
side
we
have
representative
Rachel
roarks,
and
we
want
to
welcome
you
here
as
we
go
through
the
process
of
what
we
do
here
in
the
committee.
G
G
G
Projects
because
it
is
very
specific,
very
specific
and
that's
to
grow
Agriculture
and
related
incidental
Industries
in
Kentucky
adaptive
and
evolved
in
in
many
ways
to
to
Branch
out
for
education,
and
all
that
is
as
our
demographic
changes,
so
is.
We
have
new
members.
I
would
just
urge
everyone
there's
a
lot
of
historical
data
and
Analysis
and
and
debate
and
books
of
notes.
G
I
know
one
of
our
members
on
the
board
has
his
original
notebook
so,
and
we've
talked
about
that
often,
but
there's
a
reason
we
exist
and
we
take
some
chances
and
we're
not
always
100
successful.
But
no
business
is
so
I
just
want
to
remind
everyone
that
I
as
an
unofficial
historian
and
the
old
woman
on
the
committee
that
I'll
be
glad
to
assist
any
of
you
that
that
you
need,
and
but
just
we're
very
important
committee.
A
And
and
I
appreciate
you
all
service.
Thank
you,
Mr
chairman
for
listening
again.
Thank
you.
Senator,
Webb
and
I
will
ask
staff
I
think
it
would
be
important
that
we
actually
get
some
information
to
our
members
and
I
know.
In
the
past
we
have,
during
one
of
our
committee
meetings,
actually
discussed
the
history
of
this
Committee
of
what
we're
doing
here
and
I
know
with
each
committee
membership
when,
when,
when
we're
meeting,
there's
always
committee
chairs
Bragg
of
that
membership,
well
I'm
gonna
brag
on
this
committee.
A
Here,
as
I
said,
we
have
a
wonderful
staff,
the
relationships
that
each
of
the
members
are
going
to
build
here
and
I
go
back
and
think
of
Senator
Webb
at
our
time
serving
in
the
house
together
all
these
bonds.
It's
it's
it's
tremendous
asset
that
we
have
here
so
I
want
to.
Thank
you
senator
for
what
you've
done
being
a
part
of
this
right
here
and
with
that
I
Now.
We
move
to
approval
of
the
minutes
of
our
December
19
20
22
meeting
do
I,
have
a
motion.
A
I
That
is
not
true,
chairman
I
I
I.
We,
we
have
really
missed
this
group
and
and
exciting
to
see.
The
new
faces
first
off
want
to
congratulate
all
of
our
our
new
members
on
your
election
and
and
your
service
for
others.
That
are
first
time
on
the
committee.
We
thank
you
for
for
being
part
of
it.
I
I
truly
enjoy
this
from
a
bicameral
bipartisan
committee.
This.
This
is
absolutely
the
best
to
talk
about
agriculture
and
Chairman's
I.
I
Thank
you
for
your
comments
on
here.
You
know
we're
we
are
getting
fewer
and
fewer
that
that
tie
back
to
the
our
original
Inception
we've
got
I
count
on
for
my
my
sources
of
history
and
institutional
knowledge,
I
count
on
Cinder
Webb
Bill,
who
has
been
here
since
since
since
the
beginning-
and
we
have
one
board
member
that
that
has
been
here
since
the
beginning
and
that's
the
one
that
that
Senator
Webb
was
talking
about.
I
It's
actually
a
a
warped
version
of
his
Original
House
Bill
611,
because
he
tells
the
story
about
having
to
cover
his
head
in
the
rain
walking
to
the
Capitol
in
the
early
days.
I
want
to
introduce
one
other
team.
Member
that
we
we
have
with
us.
Hannah
Johnson
in
the
back
is
our
our
porn
of
contact.
She,
she
is
the
board.
Member
and
events
manager
coordinates
everything
we
have.
We
have
two
boards,
we
have
the
AG
development
board
and
then
the
AG
Finance,
Corporation
board
of
directors
and
between
the
two
boards.
I
It's
28
seats
and
27
board
members.
We
have
one
board
member
that
serves
as
the
AG
development
representative
on
AG
Finance.
So
if
you
can
imagine
coordinating
schedules
and
things
that
way,
which
is
why
we
have
a
standing
meeting,
the
the
as
Bill
will
tell
you
for
20
going
on
23
years
now.
He
has
known
where
he
is
the
third
Friday
of
every
month
and
that's
our
AG
development
board
meeting
and
then
our
AG
Finance
is
the
second
Friday
of
each
month.
I
I
invite
you
to
attend
any
meetings
that
your
schedule
attends
or
anything
you
see
on
the
agenda
that
you
have
interest
in
and
also
would
like
to
extend
an
invitation
to
each
and
every
one
of
you,
our
new
members
and
and
and
existing
members.
That
would
like
a
refresher
for
for
a
more
in-depth
orientation.
We
we
have
had
legislators,
come
to
our
office
and
sit
down.
I
The
process
of
everybody
has
a
boss
and-
and
that's
I,
think
a
good
way
to
look
at
this
I
I
was
appointed
by
commissioner
Quarles
when
Senate
Bill
3
moved
us
from
the
governor's
office
over
to
the
Department
of
Agriculture
spoke
to
the
commissioner
this
morning,
and
he
wanted
me
to
pass
along
greetings
to
each
and
every
one
of
you
and
and
thanks
for
for
your
work.
You
do
on
this
committee,
but
but
I
so
appointed
by
the
commissioner.
I
I've
told
you
about
my
board
of
directors,
but
then
also
I
view
you
all.
As
my
my
supervisors
as
we
come-
and
we
present
these
items
to
you
and
then
ultimately
your
boss
is
the
citizens
of
Kentucky,
so
I
feel
like
it's
a
very
good
check
and
balance
system
that
we
have
and
I'm
thankful
for
the
process.
I
do
hate.
I
We
have
to
go
four
months
without
seeing
you
during
session,
but
I
understand
you
all
are
taking
care
of
a
lot
of
important
things,
and
so
we
we
save
it
up
for
one
big
one
here
now
in
in
April
I
promise
the
the
May
meeting
won't
be
as
intense
as
we
go
through
everything
Senator
Webbie
did
a
great
job
going
through.
So
many
of
those
components
that
that
brought
us
here
and
I
thought
this
would
be
a
good
visual
to
start
off.
I
I
know
we
we
put
this
in
your
package,
you
got,
but
we
asked
the
the
team
and,
and
chairman
Dawson
said
you
did
a
did.
A
good
job
bragging
on
your
staff.
I
will
brag
on
them
as
well
tremendous
to
work
with.
We
were
slipping
these
slides
in
right
at
the
11th
hour
yesterday
when
I
thought
you,
you
all
need
to
see
these
blown
up
to
tell
the
picture
of
what
Kentucky
agriculture
looked
like
at
our
Inception
and
and
where
we
are
today
and
Senator.
I
Dean
you've
seen
some
of
these
before
they've
been
updated,
but
you
were
as
a
candidate.
You
were
there
in
Hardin
County
at
one
of
my
presentations
came
up
and
talked
to
me
afterwards
and
I
wanted
the
information,
and
that
is
what
I
loved
is
to
have
somebody
that's
already
engaged
before
they're,
even
in
the
office.
So
thank
you
for
doing
that
and
I.
I
Remember
the
conversation
and
hope
those
slides
helped
you
get
an
understanding
on
what
what
we
do,
but
this
is
one
that
I
show
in
most
presentations
that
I
do
because
I
think
it
illustrates
greatly
what
what
what
we've
seen
in
the
landscape
of
of
Kentucky
agriculture
in
the
last
20
20
20
to
25
years,
but
go
back
to
when
the
master
settlement
occurred.
When
we
had
all
the
the
states
were
suing
the
big
tobacco
companies
for
Health
Care
related
costs
that
were
associated
with
cigarette
consumption.
I
When
this
this
this
civil
litigation
happened,
it
was
the
biggest
in
our
country's
history.
46
of
the
state
settled
for
their
agreed
upon
payments
that
come
derived
from
National
cigarette
sales
based
on
population
and
inflation
component
as
well
to
the
calculation,
but
at
the
time
nearly
a
quarter
of
our
AG
receipts.
Three
and
a
half
billion
dollars
of
of
gross
AG
receipts
in
Kentucky,
20,
24
percent
of
those
were
related
to
tobacco
and,
more
importantly,
it
was
more
concentrated.
I
I
I
The
majority
of
our
projects,
as
you
you
see
and
will
learn,
involve
some
type
of
call
share.
We
try
to
use
these
funds
to
leverage
other
dollars,
whether
it's
federal
dollars
coming
in
whether
it's
private
investment,
whether
it's
a
an
individual
Investments
partnering
with
that
it's
well
over
a
billion
dollars,
have
come
out
of
investments.
From
this
out
of
the
700
million
that
that
have
been
invested,
and
last
year
we
set
a
record
in
Kentucky,
with
gross
receipts
being
over
eight
billion
dollars
and
tobacco.
I
Only
accounting
for
three
percent
48
50
000
Farmers
back
25
years
ago,
raising
tobacco
there'll
be
less
than
a
thousand
in
Kentucky.
Raising
tobacco,
the
the
the
industry
has
changed.
The
folks
that
have
chosen
to
stay
in
have
gotten
bigger.
Those
that
have
transitioned
out
have
picked
up
other
Enterprises.
So
I
love
this
illustration,
because
you
can
see
we
grew
the
pie
of
Kentucky
from
three
and
a
half
to
eight
billion
dollars
and
there's
a
lot
of
factors
that
go
into
that,
but
but
but
I
truly
believe.
I
But
we
we're
we're
seeing
the
the
amount
not
being
decreased
as
much
as
it
has
in
the
past
because
of
that
inflation
component,
because
inflation
is
real
that
has
been
calculated
in
so
129
came
in
and
then
there
is
funds
that
are
taken
off
from
the
to
Service
the
the
sewer
and
water
investments
across
the
across
the
state.
And
it's
my
understanding.
I
I've
learned
that
the
coal
Severance
pays
for
this
and
the
the
coal
counties
and
tobacco
settlement
in
the
the
other
counties
on
how
we're
servicing
that
so
huge
Improvement
to
Kentucky,
with
with
the
investment
of
this
infrastructure
and
then
400
000
comes
off
for
for
compliance
at
the
state
level.
So
that's
sent
to
you
all
100
and
your
colleagues,
102
million
that
went
to
the
general
assembly
budget
of
that
52
million
was
designated
to
Agriculture
and
the
other
portion
going
to
health
care
and
early
childhood
development.
I
Now
an
old
Banker
I'm
also
an
old
tax
person,
so
I
like
talking
about
above
the
line
and
below
the
line
deduction.
So
we
have
a
few
things
that
have
come
off
over
time
out
of
this
agriculture
allocation
before
it
becomes
allocated
to
the
office
of
AG
policy
and
the
first
is
a
farm
to
food
banks,
half
a
million
dollars
that
comes
off
and
that
is
buying
seconds
of
produce
that
doesn't
make
specs
for
for
selling.
I
So
it's
creating
a
market
for
our
farmers
and
then
using
the
the
that
produce
to
feed
the
the
hungry
and
the
needy.
Then
there's
another
portion
that
comes
off
3.4
million
that
goes
towards
the
division
of
conservation.
Nine
hundred
thousand
of
that
is
direct
Aid
that
is
allocated
out
to
our
different
conservation
districts,
and
then
the
remaining
portion
is
for
cost
share
programs,
so
that
again
is
going.
I
The
majority
of
that
is
going
directly
to
Farmers
in
some
type
of
cost
share
but
tied
to
conservation,
so
that
that's
sent
over
to
our
agency
48
million
dollars
and
of
that
60
stays
at
the
state
level,
and
then
40
percent
is
allocated
out
to
the
the
different
counties
based
on
their
historic
tobacco
dependency,
and
that
is
a
it's
formula
driven
and
it's
based
on
the
number
of
tobacco
bases
that
were
in
each
County.
This
is
when
we
had
a
quota
system.
I
The
amount
of
tobacco
total
amount
that
was
produced,
but
then
also
a
factor
to
tie
in
how
much
the
the
local
economy
was
dependent.
So
what
was
the
economic
impact
of
that?
So
there's
a
lot
of
variants
between
our
counties,
two
counties
not
in
Pike,
had
no
historic,
Burley
tobacco
production,
and
so
they
received
nothing.
Barron
County
is
our
highest
in
Kentucky.
Last
year,
their
allocation
was
approximately
four
hundred
thousand
dollars,
so
you
can
see
wide
variants
of
what
we
we
have
going
through
the
different
counties.
I
Now
some
counties
still
have
an
allocation,
but
it's
often
very
little.
Some
some
last
year,
I
believe
Martin
County
was
48
dollars,
I
believed
on
on
what
they
had.
So
in
2019,
the
state
board
made
a
decision
to
take
a
portion
of
State
funds
and
bring
every
County
in
Kentucky
up
to
at
least
thirty
thousand
dollars.
So
the
two
counties
I
mentioned
that
received
nothing
they're
now
getting
a
full
thirty
thousand
other
counties
may
have
been
twenty
eight
hundred
dollars
away
from
I.
I
Some
have
used
it
to
to
build
a
greenhouse
at
their
their
local
high
school,
do
shared
use
equipment
and
many
of
our
other
different
programs
that
can
be
done
at
the
county
level.
So
that's
that's
something
positive.
The
feedback
I've
got
from
producers
have
been
good
feedback.
I've
gotten
from
your
colleagues.
Other
legislators
been
very
positive.
I
With
this
with
the
state
fund,
we
we
do
a
lot
of
Statewide
promotional
programs
providing
technical
assistance
and
education
and
have
also
fund
a
loan
program
that
we
have
and
that's
the
the
AG
Finance
Corporation.
This
was
initially
funded
after
a
few
years
of
existence
with
our
our
agency
to
help
producers,
especially
beginning
Farmers,
have
access
to
Capital
now
beginning
farmer
is
often
a
young
farmer,
but
it's
not
necessarily
A
young
farmer.
It
can
be
somebody
that's
transitioning
from
another
business
somebody
who
is
retired.
We
see
often
a
lot
of
retired
military.
I
They
enjoy
spending
time
in
Kentucky
and
choose
to
stay,
and
farming
is
one
profession
they
they
go
into.
So
we
we
have
a
loan
program,
but
one
we
don't
do
is
Direct
Loans
and
I'm
very
thankful.
We
don't
again
I'm
an
old
banker,
and
this
is
actually
how
I
met
Bill,
McCloskey
I,
think
in
2006,
when
I
was
working.
There's
a
banker
in
in
Hopkinsville,
looking
at
trying
to
figure
out
programs
and
different
ways
to
help
my
customers
and
realize
there
was
this
program
out
here.
I
I
We
take
a
subordinate
position,
we're
taking
that
second
mortgage
or
that
second
lien
position,
so
it
helps
that
Banker
improve
the
the
credit
quality
of
the
loan
and
then
we
loan
our
our
funds
out
at
a
below
Market
interest
rate,
our
our
I'm,
an
old
banker
and
I,
used
to
live
and
die
by
the
10-year
Treasury
and
how
it
moved.
But
with
our
our
funds,
we
haven't
changed
the
interest
rate
since
our
Inception.
We
loan
our
funds
out
at
a
fixed
rate
of
2.75
percent.
I
We
we
we
pay
the
lender,
75
basis
points
for
servicing
the
loan,
and
then
we
we
received
back
two
percent
on
our
our
funds.
That
way,
we've
had
over
184
million
dollars
in
loans
that
have
gone
through
our
program
over
1300,
different
farms
and
and
businesses
impacted
with
this,
and
we
we've
grown
this
portfolio
from
an
initial
investment
of
20
million
dollars
and
then
annual
allocations
from
AG
develop
funds
going
out,
but
also
with
the
the
return
of
the
interest
to
to
over
109
million
dollars.
I
Our
first
one
was,
but
we
we
for
about
the
first
18
months.
While
I
was
here,
we
were
getting
about
a
million
dollars
in
a
new
request
each
month
and
we
were
getting
about
a
million
back
each
each
month
in
return
a
principal
and
interest.
So
we
were
still
funding
the
majority
of
new
requests
well
as
we're
going
to
walk
through
the
last
four
months
of
request,
you'll
see
with
this
increasing
interest
rate,
environment
and
other
pressure
on
on
agriculture,
we're
seeing
bigger
interest
in
our
our
program.
I
I
Very,
unlike
anything,
that
would
come
from
the
conservation
office
or
from
the
the
Farm
Service
Agency.
So
these
are
competitive
and
they
are
done
to
to
try
to
push
agriculture
forward
on
that
that
that
is
by
far
the
biggest
County
program.
But
as
Bill
will
walk
through
some
of
the
different
County
Investments
you'll
see,
we
also
participate
in
shared
use
equipment.
We
also
have
a
program
for
deceased
animal
removal.
We've
got
programs
for
energy
and
for
water
and
and
then
we
and
our
counties
are
application
taking
agencies.
I
So
we
see
a
lot
of
requests
that
come
in
and
are
vetted
on
their
Merit
on
again.
Looking
back
through
that
lens
that
Senator
Webb
mentioned
what
what
are
we
doing
to
grow
Kentucky
agriculture,
to
improve
our
net
farm
income?
So
that's
the
the
breakup
of
the
county
and
the
state
funds
I
usually
give
a
little
recap
on.
I
What's
going
on
at
the
office,
we've
been
taking
care
of
a
lot
of
stuff
you're
going
to
see
so
I'll
cut
that
short,
except
for
talking
about
three
Statewide
meetings
that
are
series
of
Statewide
meetings
that
that
I
and
the
staff
have
participated
in
the
first
was
with
our
USDA
Farm
Service
Agency.
We
had
our
guaranteed
lender
meetings
and
the
Farm
Service
Agency
is
always
great
to
include
us
as
part
of
these
programs,
but
it
gave
us
a
chance
to
have
six
meetings
literally
across
the
state.
I
With
our
participating
lenders,
we
had
over
200
and
20
different
lenders
that
we
met
with
and
talk
about
our
programs,
a
large
part
of
what
we
do
involve
either
the
farm
service
agencies
direct
or
guaranteed
loan
programs.
So
it's
a
great
partner
and
then
all
of
our
our
differing
partnering
lenders
match
with
that
just
wrapped
up
a
series
with
the
Kentucky
Association
of
conservation
districts
with
their
area
meeting
with
their
staff
half
in
their
Board
of
Supervisors,
literally
across
the
state.
With
these
over
600
attended
this
and
with
administering
our
County
fund
programs.
I
The
Conservation
District
is
our
biggest
partner
over
over
90
different
conservation
districts
in
the
state.
Have
we
partnered
with
either
through
administrating,
our
our
County
ag
investment
program
or
our
shared
use
equipment
and
then
we're
currently
in
the
middle
of
our
training
that
we
do
for
our
County
ag
investment
program
or
Cape
you'll
hear
us
use
that
acronym
quite
a
bit.
We're
training
our
administrators
on
all
the
new
changes
on
the
program.
That's
that's
going
on
and
we'll
we'll
have
eight
meetings
again,
all
across
the
state.
I
So
there's
places
everybody
can
attend
and
we'll
do
two
of
these
virtual.
If
there
is
just
an
issue
with
travel
for
what
they're
doing
so,
I
will
stop
with
that
for
for
a
report
and
we'll
we'll
start
going
through
the
the
different
months
of
of
activity
and
what
we've
approved
so
I.
Invite
you
to
turn
with
me
to
the
the
January
report.
That
was
the
December
report
is
one
we
would
have
normally
presented
in
in
January.
I
So
this
was
our
December
AG
finance
and
AG
development
board
meeting
we
we
put
in
and
we
we
don't
list
the
the
individuals
on
on
these.
We
just
list
the
counties
as
to
where
these
loans
took
place
and
I'm
not
going
to
read
every
loan
to
you
audit,
but
just
look
at
the
December
approved
loans.
Again.
This
was
one
of
the
first
months
where
we
were
seeing
going
from
a
million
and
new
new
requests
to
2
million,
and
you
can
see
we
had
12
total
loans
for
a
total
of
2
million.
I
So
I
I
really
like
to
illustrate
that
that
we
saw
two
million
dollars
of
of
State
funds
that
were
loaned
out,
we'll
be
coming
back
and
it
it
led
to
investment
in
Kentucky
of
over
17
million
dollars,
and
three
of
them
were
our
AG
infrastructure
loan
and,
as
I
mentioned,
one
I'll,
just
kind
of
tell
you
what
that
program
is.
That's
that's
what
it
sounds
like
it's
it's
buildings
or
or
facilities
on
a
property.
It
really
is
inclusive.
It's
it's
anything.
I
That
is
a
structure
that
is
not
the
land
but
a
structure
and
not
the
primary
residence
on
on
a
farm.
So
it
could
be
grain
bins,
it
could
be
storage,
it
could
be
Greenhouse,
it
could
be
Barnes
just
again,
it's
they're
about
as
diverse
as
many
different
applications
we'll
have
and
that's
a
program
we'll
loan
up
to
250,
000
or
50
of
the
project.
I
So
three
of
those
programs-
we
had
eight
in
our
beginning
farmer
program,
and
that
is
by
far
our
biggest
and
both
percentage
of
borrowers
and
total
dollars
invested
nearly
two-thirds
of
the
portfolio
ties
to
the
beginning
farmer
program
and
we
had
one
that
is
our
diversification
through
entrepreneurship
and
AG
business
program
where
we
abbreviated
the
deal
program,
but
that's
simply
for
AG
businesses,
and
that
was
a
a
fertilizer
equipment.
Building
there
and
point
out.
We
have
three
members
of
our
AG
credit
National
system
that
are
in
Kentucky.
I
We
have
a
River
Valley
Ag,
which
is
in
Far
Western
Kentucky,
and
then
we
have
Farm
Credit
Mid-America,
which
is
across
Kentucky
and
then
Central,
Kentucky,
AG
credit,
and
they
they
in
Farm
Credit
overlap
in
their
Market,
but
we're
blessed
to
have
three
great
AG
credit
organizations
Kentucky
and
we
work
with
all
three
of
them.
We
had
two
different
Community
Banks
and
had
one
area
development
District.
So
we
kind
of
hit
all
the
bases
there
of
our
our
participating
lenders.
J
All
right
so
now
we're
on
page
three
in
the
this
gives
you
an
update
on
the
programs
that
were
funded
with
County
money
when
Brian
mentioned
that
the
the
county
money
that
19
million
dollar
figure
there
about
85
percent
of
that
County
money
is
invested
in
the
cape
program.
County
Agriculture
investment
program
has
represented.
King
knows:
there's
11
different
investment
areas
in
their
genetics
program
program
infrastructure
program,
so
they've
got
the
opportunity
Farmers,
whatever
their
needs
or
improvements
they
may
have
for
that
year.
They
could
apply.
J
In
this
case,
you've
got
Todd
County
Conservation
District
is
that
entity
that's
going
to
administer
the
program
in
that
county.
You've
got
Northern
Kentucky,
Cattlemen's,
Association
and
Boone
County
approved
for
124,
400
and
15,
and
the
maximum
a
producer
can
receive
is
five
thousand
so
on
a
50
50
cost
share.
They
would
spend
10
to
get
five
now
the
county
councils
have
the
ability
to
lower
that
amount.
So
I
think
the
average
across
the
state
is
3.
400
dollars
again
is
the
County.
Council
is
working
with
the
administrative
entity.
J
County
Council,
as
Brian
mentioned,
there's
nine
members
that
make
up
the
county
councils
across
the
state
so
nine
times
120.
If
my
UK
math
is
Right
Senator
Dean
and
it's
1080
that
we
track
that
up
until
2010,
there
was
no
term
limits.
General
Assembly
then
update
upgraded
the
statute
or
amended
the
statute
where
you
now
have
term
limits.
So
no
County
council
member
can
can
sit
on
a
County
Council
longer
than
four
years
two
two-year
terms,
so
we've
got
them
revolving
around.
J
We
work
with
the
extension
agents
to
to
keep
track
of
the
like
those
nine
member
County
councils
that
entertain
these
applications
for
County
programs
or
projects
and
we'll
show
you
examples
of
a
project
as
as
well
so.
The
the
second
program
here
is
deceased
farm
animal
removal.
So
we're
going
to
encourage
good
conservation
practices
and
disposal
of
the
dead
animal.
So
you
can
see
three
counties
that
were
approved
there
under
the
shared
use
equipment.
Brian
mentioned
that
earlier
the
counties
have
the
ability
to
invest
their
County
money
in
an
equipment
that
can
be
used.
J
It's
usually
a
community
organization,
non-profit
Community
organization,
or
request
funding
to
buy
a
particular
piece
of
equipment.
The
most
the
most
popular
shared
use
of
equipment
is
the
no-till
drill
where
Farmers
may
not
want.
They
only
need
it
that
on
seasonal
basis,
it
can't
don't
justify
maybe
making
an
investment
in
buying
a
no-till
drill,
but
with
these
organizations
across
the
state
they
can
utilize
this
County
money
to
purchase
a
piece
of
equipment,
and
then
they
can
turn
around
and
rent
out
to
the
to
the
farmers
that
way
they
don't
have
to
purchase
equipment.
J
It's
particularly
beneficial
to
the
smaller
producers
that
again
may
not
have
the
resources
to
to
purchase
equipment
like
a
no-till
drill,
so
you
can
see
460
568
dollars
in
programs
improved
going
to
page
four.
Now
we
get
into
the
projects
that
can
apply
for
County
money
or
state
money.
So,
as
Brian
mentioned,
we're
going
to
talk
about
some
projects
that
are
getting
funded
out
of
the
state
funds.
29
million
159
719
are
State
funds
again
that
the
AG
development
board
has
the
ability
to
invest
in
projects
and
state
money
versus
County
money.
J
The
board
investment
philosophy
is
looking
at
projects
that
have
multi-county,
Regional
or
Statewide
benefit
to
be
eligible
for
for
State
money.
So
on
page
four,
we
have
the
Kentucky
Dairy
Development,
Council
and
organization
that
was
initiated
with
these
active
development
funds
in
the
2005-6
time
frame
and
really
didn't
have
a
active,
Statewide
Dairy
organization
representing
the
Dairy
Farmers.
So
this
is
a
request
for
a
two-year
funding,
one
million
891
560
dollars
in
state
funds.
J
Next,
moving
on
to
page
five
again,
another
Statewide
organization,
Kentucky
beef
Network,
which
is
a
division
of
the
Kentucky
Cattlemen's
Association
I,
think
the
significance
about
this
organization
as
Brian
talked
about
how
dependent
we
were
on
Tobacco
in
the
over
20
years
ago,
and
our
mission
as
as
brought
about
by
the
general
assembly
is
to
help
transition
tobacco
to
other
Enterprises.
I.
Think
we've
done
a
fairly
good
job
on
that.
When
you
look
at
the
the
PowerPoint
slides
most
of
your
tobacco
producers,
that's
why
we're
getting
back
to
the
significance
of
this
organization?
J
J
Kentucky,
beef,
Network
and
you'll
see
all
the
programs
that
are
listed
here
and
they're
working
with
the
University
of
Kentucky
representative
Brown
I
know
it's
your
employer,
every
University
of
Kentucky
and
their
their
extension
staff
work
with
the
producers
across
the
state
again
to
help
them
work
on
making
a
more
efficient
operation.
Probably
when
we
got
started
20
years
ago,
most
cattle
producers,
when
they're
working
on
hurt
Health,
would
have
the
vet
come
out.
The
cattle
will
be
in
the
barn
and
say:
okay,
there
you
go
lasso
them.
J
You
can
Senator
Boswell
work
on
your
cattle
in
the
barn.
I,
don't
think
a
large
animal
veterinarian
is,
is
I,
think,
there's
expectations
to
go
out
of
farm
now.
Is
they
all
have
cattle
handling
facilities,
representative
King,
to
work
that
work,
their
cattle
and
that's
a
result
of
the
Kentucky
beef
Network
working
with
Farmers,
but
also
cattle
handling
facilities,
are
a
cost
share
eligible
item
in
the
cape
program,
County
Agriculture
investment
program.
J
Moving
on
to
page
six
I
mentioned
earlier,
projects
that
are
just
going
to
benefit
the
county
are
probably
going
to
be
limited
to
County
money
over.
So
this
is
one
example:
Lincoln
County
Board
of
Education
was
approved
for
13
112,
which
is
approximately
half
the
cost
of
the
project
for
a
greenhouse
at
the
Lincoln
County
high
school.
So
we've
seen
numerous
County
greenhouse
projects
invested
or
supported
with
County
money
from
grade
school
to
Middle
School
to
high
school,
as
we
maybe
expose
our
youth
to
Horticulture
production
versus
years
ago.
J
J
Next
page
seven
Kentucky
agriculture,
environment
in
the
classroom,
I
know
Senator
Dean,
you
you've
got
an
education,
a
background
and
so
I'm
sure
you're
going
to
appreciate.
This
is
an
Outreach
and
awareness
program
funded
with
ag
development
funds.
This
was
approved
for
151
250,
and
you
can
see
here
all
the
state,
commodity
groups
and
organizations
that
are
supporting
it.
So
you
know
if
they're
behind
it,
they
see
benefit
in
this.
They
work
with
the
Department
of
Agriculture
in
locating
three
mobile
trailers.
J
Department
of
Agriculture
provides
the
demand
power
in
the
vehicle
to
move
these
three
mobile
trailers
around
the
state
and
then
the
the
staff
The
Limited
staff
at
the
Kentucky
agriculture
environment,
classroom.
They
go
out
and
again
provide
on
Hands-On
education
by
Kentucky
Agriculture
and
there's
a
lot
of
leaders
in
the
state
to
volunteer
their
time.
I'm
sure
you
all
are
familiar
with
Warren
Beeler,
our
former
executive
director
he's
very
involved
in
this
program
is
as
well.
J
Next,
we're
on
page
eight.
This
is
a
on
maybe
an
update
on
on
Farm
water,
small
scale
grant
program.
So
one
of
the
initiatives
of
the
AG
development
board
and
working
with
the
Kentucky
Farm
Bureau
was
to
develop
a
program
to
help
farmers
develop
on-farm,
Water
Resources,
to
be
less
dependent
on
municipalities,
so
farmers
can
apply
to
the
state
up
half
the
cost
for
a
project
up
to
ten
thousand
dollars.
J
So
this
is
a
project
in
Wolf
County
that
is
capturing
water
off
of
the
of
the
of
their
barn
and
then
water
harvested
and
captured
and
used
as
a
source
for
their
cattle.
We're
able
to
stay
so
again.
The
point
is
being
less
dependent
on
local
municipalities
and
that's
the
last
project
for
that
for
December
and
they're,
ready
to
move
into
the
January
AG
Finance
meeting
and
AG
development.
I
On
page
right,
next,
next
tab
we're
in
January
and
looking
at
our
AG
Finance
report
for
for
that
month,
another
month
over
two
million
dollars
in
request:
big
diversification
on
type
of
operations,
from
grain
to
Horticulture,
to
one
lamb
and
goat
and
a
poultry
loan.
We
had
11
total
loans,
three
that
were
in
the
AG
infrastructure
program
and
eight
that
were
beginning
Farmers.
J
So
next
is
Page
Three.
You
can
see
the
the
programs
that
were
approved
at
the
board
meeting
under
the
county
programs,
and
you
see
different
entities,
will
step
up
and
administer
the
program
so
for
the
cape
program
is
one
million
eight
hundred
forty
two
thousand
one
hundred
thirty
three
dollars
the
Next
Generation
farmer
program.
This
is
a
you
can
see.
This
is
Bracken.
County
was
approved
for
29
000.
If
you
go
up
to
the
cape
program,
you'll
see,
Bracken
County
also
committed
three
hundred
and
twelve
thousand
three.
J
Seventy
five,
three
hundred
seventy
five
dollars
to
the
cape
program.
The
Next
Generation
Farm,
gives
a
county
leadership
the
opportunity
if
they
want
to
Target,
beginning
Farmers
or
next
Generation
Farmers
from
the
18
to
40
range,
where
they
don't
have
to
compete
with
the
rest
of
the
farmers
in
account.
They
want
to
give
that
Senator
web
a
priority.
Then
they
have
a
program
again
to
Target
a
beginning,
beginning
farmers
in
the
18
to
40
range.
In
this
case
it
was
twenty
nine
thousand
four
hundred
dollars.
We
also
developed
a
structured
youth
program.
J
Counties
have
the
ability
to
invest
some
of
their
County
money
in
in
youth
9
to
18
years
old
to
can
purchase
a
breeding
livestock
and
Equipment
associated
with
showing
livestock.
So
you
can
see
Bracken
County
committed
twenty
six
thousand
two
dollars
in
Carroll
County,
fifteen
thousand
dollars,
so
you
can
see.
Bracken
County
gets
a
significant
amount
of
money,
as
Brian
mentioned
earlier.
It
goes
all
the
way
you
know
the
disbursement
or
allocation
is
based
on
Tobacco
dependency.
It
goes
all
the
way
from
zero.
J
Up
to
the
most
tobacco
dependent
county
is
Barron
County,
which
I
think
they
receive
four
hundred
thousand
dollars.
I
believe
there's
about
20
counties
that
received
over
three
hundred
thousand
dollars.
Let's
say:
Bracken
County
is
in
that
in
that
category.
Next,
moving
on
the
projects,
I
think
Brian
you're
going.
I
To
do
oh
yeah,
I'll
jump
in
on
on
this
one.
This
was
a
unique
project,
but
one
very
exciting.
The
Bluegrass
AG
Tech
Development
Corporation-
and
this
was
a
million
dollar
request
that
came
from
this.
This
new
entity
that
was
established
with
a
partnership
with
with
the
city
of
of
Lexington,
the
University
of
Kentucky
and
other
partners,
is
going
as
it's
going
to
be
developed,
but
talking
earlier
about
how
we
were
able
to
leverage
AG
development
dollars
and
and
bringing
in
federal
dollars
to
Kentucky.
I
This
was
some
funding
that
that
the
City
of
Lexington
had
that
tied
to
I
believe
the
arpa
federal
program
that
was
was
dollars
there
and
could
go
for
an
investment
into
this
type
project.
Now
again,
it
was
a
Fayette,
a
county
application
in
the
City
of
Lexington
matching
dollars,
but
why
why
State
dollars
were
put
to
it
is.
This
is
a
Statewide
program
and,
and
mayor
Gordon
was
very
clear
in
the
application
process,
as
well
as
the
other
applicants
that
that
this
is
going
to
be
to
Target
Innovation
across
the
whole
state.
I
So
with
this
entity,
it's
like
an
incubator
program
that
is
going
to
look
at
different
cash
Awards
and
cost
share
programs
to
fund
AG
technology
to
to
take
things
beyond
the
level
of
what
we're
working
with
to
go
to
to
driving
this.
This
AG
Tech
that
that
we
believe
Kentucky
has
the
future
future
in.
We
have
had
several
projects
that
have
come
into
as
applications
that
have
been
that
would
fit
perfect
in
this
model,
so
we're
excited
that
we're
partnering
with
it
as
well
and
having
funds
go
in
now.
I
The
AG
development
dollars
were
were
tied
not
to
operational
cost,
but
to
go
with
their
their
ChalleNGe
Program
and
their
investment
funds
for
what
they're
doing
so
they're
they're
still
and
their
infancy.
This
was
for
a
two-year
project
and
they're
working
to
get
executive
director
hired
and
then
further
bring
in
other
partners
and
stakeholders
with
this
and
and
the
additional
fundraising
will
come
with
it
on
doing
it.
But
this
was
a
I
think
this
is
a
an
investment
on
something
that
we
will
see
some
big
big
returns
and
investment
on
across
the
state.
H
H
As
you
can
imagine,
getting
a
million
dollars
to
to
match
was
always
contingent
upon
this
match
that
you
just
said
so
on
behalf
of
the
city
I'm,
very
thankful,
because
that
money
would
have
gone
someplace
else
without
it,
it
was
a.
It
was
a
big
ask
asking
especially
colleagues
to
support
an
initiative
that
was
going
to
have
statewide
implication
with
an
explicit
Fayette
County
City
dollars,
but
we
saw
the
value
in
that,
especially
regionally.
I
I
We
divide
the
board
into
thirds
and
have
three
different
application
review
committees,
and
that's
where
the
vetting
is
done
through
through
the
majority
of
of
the
process.
When,
if
you
attend
one
of
our
board
meetings,
you'll
see
they're,
usually
they're,
usually
pretty
efficient,
and
that's
because
the
the
work
has
gone
on
in
the
committee
meetings
and
getting
everything
to
a
position
of
of
approval.
So
this
this
project
came
in
initially
was
a
10
million.
I
Eighty
three
thousand
dollar
333
dollar:
request
of
State
funds
to
construct
an
agriculture
education
center
on
the
dean
little
farm
in
Woodford,
County
University
of
Kentucky's
farm.
That
would
be
focused
on
fostering
a
collaboration
and
research,
education
and
marketing.
Initially
I
was
part
of
a
90
million
dollar
project.
The
way
it
was
presented
to
us
in
the
initial
application
and
it
tied
to
a
Meats
lab
that
would
be
built
on
the
the
same
structure
and
be
part
of
this.
I
The
the
research
be
going
on
at
the
the
meats
lab
and
the
Outreach
and
education
and
Workforce
Development
to
be
going
on
at
the
the
second
facility,
and
that
was
going
to
be
contingent
upon
a
significant
amount
of
funding
that
would
be
appropriated
through
the
the
general
assembly
that
that
would
fund
that
it
was
75
million
dollars
of
the
the
funding
was.
It
was
a
project
that
was
discussed
initially
with
the
board
on.
Does
this
fit
our
our
model?
I
Does
this
what
what
we
do,
and
there
was
a
lot
of
division
on
the
board
on
whether
that
was
What,
what
it
was
for?
First
time
since
I've
been
here
in
two
years,
we
saw
a
committee
refer
one
back
to
the
board
and
work
through
on
whether
this
should
be
approved
or
not,
that
it
was
just
discussed
and
through
the
the
process
learned
through
through
your
colleague,
representative
Reed
and
and
and
several
others.
I
Again
this
this
continued
to
be
debated
within
the
board.
The
committee
made
the
recommendation
to
move
it
towards
a
a
vote
at
the
January
board
meeting.
This
project
was
was
denied,
it
did
not
did
not
pass
and
the
the
reasoning
varied
each
board
member
that
voted
against
it
had
had
their
their
concerns
and
their
reasons
with
it,
but
the
overall
I
guess
if
you
tried
to
boil
them
down
to
what
their
reasons
were
in
a
couple
of
statements,
there
were
several
that
believed.
I
It
was
an
undeveloped
business
plan
that
the
questions
had
not
been
answered
fully
for
the
the
purpose
and
how
this
would
be
used,
and
then
there
were
others
that
fully
believed
that
it
did
not
belong
within
the
scope
of
the
investment
principles
of
of
this
organization
and
I
regret
in
the
the
package.
You
got
that
that
had
not
been
updated
on
the
board
decision.
I
You
had
the
the
statement
at
the
bottom,
where
it
was
recommended
pending
until
the
application
and
the
applicant
could
respond
to
written
questions
that
was
part
of
the
problem.
This
this
or
part
of
the
process
was
there.
The
board
asked
a
series
of
questions
each
board
member
submitted
to
the
Cattleman
foundation
and
those
those
were
answered
and
provided
back
to
the
board
prior
to
to
the
vote.
I
D
Well,
as
I
look
at
all
this
money
that
were
that
was
that's
being
spent
on
these
programs,
I,
wonder
and
since
I'm
new
here
I'd
like
to
just
say.
Maybe
it's
two
simplest
to
give
a
question.
But
what
do
we
oversee
as
far
as
the
spending
decisions
or
these
decisions
all
made
before
we
come
here
and
then
what
do
we
do?
As
a
as
the
is
this
body?
Well,.
I
It's
it's
a
that's
a
great
question
and
I
welcome
your
colleagues
to
to
to
educate
this
I
I
understand
and
if
you
all
tell
us,
this
is
not
what
the
intent
of
these
funds
are.
We
take
that
to
heart.
We
we've
had
comments
in
the
past
that
have
been
relayed
back
to
our
board
and,
and
that
has
changed
some
of
the
the
Investments
to
what
they've
made.
A
And
Senator
I
will
add
with
this.
That
is.
The
purpose
of
the
committee
is
that
we
did
go
back
what
decisions
are
being
made
there
by
the
board
and
we
do
have
input
with
those
members
to
be
able
to
share
with
them.
If
we
see
concerns,
we
have
opportunity
to
speak
with
director
Lacefield
right
here
as
well,
so
it
gives
us
that
chance
to
see
where
the
dollars
are
going
and
actually
to
be
able
to
make
ask
questions
of,
and
if
we
have
suggestions
to
move
toward
them.
We
have
that
opportunity
and.
J
G
Well,
yeah
and
I'll
follow
up
a
little
on
that
I
mean
we're
a
true
oversight
committee
and
but
we,
you
know,
we
enabled
a
structure
here
to
be
somewhat
autonomous
and
take
politics.
If
you
will
out
of
the
distribution
and
and
then
you
know,
desire
parity
throughout
our
sectors
of
Agriculture
as
well.
As
you
know,
I've
got
a
big
problem
with
regional
parity
and
I
I've
got
in
a
region
where
we
don't
up.
We
have
a
problem
getting
people
to
apply,
even
though
my
tobacco
impacted
counties
were
one
of
the
top.
G
When
we
did
this,
you
know
with
the
structure
of
the
boards.
You
know
what
the
general
assembly
give
it.
The
general
assembly
take,
can
take
it
away
and
and
I
think
it's
very.
The
board
is
very
attentive
and
that's
why
it's
important
to
go
back
to
the
mission
of
this
committee
and
the
intent
of
the
original
structure
and
to
make
sure
that
that
they're
doing
what
we
intend
and
and
and
they're
very
communicative
and
and
been
very
responsive
and
and
will
come
to
your
counties
and
talk
to
your
board.
G
If
your
local
County
people
don't
really
follow
the
intent
of
what
we're
everybody's
trying
to
do,
you
know
it's
a
multi-leveled,
multi-faceted
structure
that
you
know
has
worked
pretty
well
all
these
years.
A
great
experiment
like
the
Constitution,
has
kind
of
worked
in
an
international
model
of
both
Canada
and
Mexico.
I.
Think
you
know
the
Commissioners
traveled
to
to
promote
it
so,
but
we're
truly
an
oversight
board.
G
But
that's
why
it's
important
to
go
back
to
the
mission
and
House
Bill
611
and
see
that
and
then
the
you
know,
the
tweaks
that
we've
made
through
the
years
we
have
adapted.
Like
you
know,
the
Woodford
County
project
is
something
that
you
know
has
been
a
topic
of
evolution
and
adaptation
in
in
your
markets
and
then,
like
I,
said
your
demographic
earlier,
where
you
know
education
is
going
to
be
more
key
as
Our
Generations
are
removed
from
the
farm.
I
All
right,
thank
you
all
and
thank
you
for
the
for
the
question
all
right.
Moving
now
to
our
February
board
meeting
the
AG
Finance
we
were,
we
were
down
under
2
million
for
this
month
we
had
eight
total
loans,
one
in
the
AG
processing
and
seven
beginning
farmer.
Loans
worked
with
four
of
Our
Community
Banks
and
two
two
of
our
AG
credits.
So
one
and
a
half
million
invested
for
right
under
six
million
in
total
project
cost.
J
Moving
on
to
page
three
give
you
an
update
on
programs
recommended
for
approval,
so
there's
four
Cape
applications,
one
deceased
farm,
animal
removal,
one
next
generation,
and
then
three
young
AG
incentive
programs,
our
youth
program
and
you
notice
the
asterisk
to
Harlan
County.
So
that's
one
of
those
counties
that
received
based
on
the
formula
that
Brian
mentioned
earlier
receives
less
than
a
thousand
dollars
a
year
and
they
might
have
to
save
up
over
10
years
to
have
enough
money
to
even
Implement
a
a
cost
share
program.
J
Now,
three
years
into
the
AG
development
board,
committing
up
to
thirty
thousand
dollars,
Harlan
County
can
now
do
a
cost
share
program
of
some
significance
here
with
the
with
the
cape
program
and
then
I
see
also
they
did
the
youth
program.
This
will
be
about
two
years
of
funding.
Obviously,
if
they're
getting
thirty
thousand,
they
do
commit
fifty
three
thousand
dollars.
J
That's
a
two
years
of
of
funding
from
the
the
state
fund,
so
you'll
see
you
know
going
forward
anytime,
there's
an
asterisk,
that's
a
county
that
was
allocated
State
money
to
bring
them
up
to
thirty
thousand
dollars
and
then
I'm.
On
page
four,
we
have
the
Wayne
County
Agriculture
Development
Council
Inc
was
amended
their
their
youth
program
for
fifteen
thousand
dollars
to
bring
it
up
to
30.,
so
originally
were
approved
for
fifteen
thousand
dollars
in
on
any
of
the
programs.
J
The
county
has
the
ability
to
come
back
if
they
have
money
in
their
account
and
amend
or
add
to
it.
So
in
this
case
they
started
out
fifteen
thousand
dollars
and
the
demand
was
more
than
what
they
expected.
So
they
came
back
to
the
County
Council
and
that
application
comes
to
Frankfurt.
We
generate
a
legal
agreement
between,
in
this
case,
be
in
any
programs
or
any
projects.
J
Legal
Agreements
are
generated
once
approved
by
the
board
between
the
active
development
board
and
the
applicant,
and
then
we
hold
them
accountable
for
the
terms
and
conditions
of
the
legal
agreement
based
on
what
the
board
approved
and
then
page
five.
We
mentioned
earlier
the
energy
program.
So
this
is
a
program
where
producer,
if
they're
investing
in
equipment
or
technology
that
will
result
result
in
Energy
savings,
they're
eligible
for
statement
of
money.
So
the
application
comes
through
the
office
and
we
process
it
and
present
it
to
the
board.
J
They
have
to
have
an
evaluation
of
the
project
by
a
professional
engineer
or
certified
energy
manager.
We
use
the
University
of
Kentucky
Dr
Doug
overholtz,
it's
in
the
Princeton
he's
normally
our
contact
on
any
type
of
a
project
reviewing
what
the
manufacturer
specs
and
determine
if
there's
going
to
be
an
energy
savings
less
than
25
years.
So
you
can
see,
we've
got
a
dairy
project,
a
Horticulture
project
and
I
believe
that
was
solar
panels,
as
well
as
the
graves
county
project,
as
well
as
the
Jessamine
County.
J
I
I'll
give
Bill
a
rest
for
just
a
second.
This
was
a
county
project
from
the
Metcalf
County
4-H
Council
for
fifteen
hundred
dollars
for
the
their
country
ham
pro
project
they
buy
the
hams
for
25
hams
for
their
4-H
members
that
participate
in
this
project,
and
this
this
is
a
special
project.
To
me
is
my.
I
They
were
able
to
get
plugged
in
really
quick
as
soon
as
we
moved
over
the
Christmas
break
into
to
the
project,
and
one
thing
I'm
really
proud
of
this:
not
only
are
they
learning
about
how
to
cure
a
ham
but
there's
also
a
communication
component
to
this.
They
give
speeches
as
they
enter
these
in
the
the
state
fair.
J
Next,
moving
on
the
page,
eight
for
Jefferson
County
legislators,
we
have
a
project
black
acre
Conservancy,
so
it's
a
280
acre
what
they
call
Open
Air
Museum,
so
they
were
approved
two
thousand
seven
hundred
eighty
five
dollars
to
build
a
32
by
48,
Hoop,
Bar
and
sober
28,
280
Acres.
They
do
grow
a
pasture
Harvest
hay
they've
got
some
cattle.
J
They
feed,
but
most
of
their
activities
are
centered
around
the
the
growing
plots
that
they
make
available
to
over
350
families
that
can
come
out
there
and
for
a
nominal
fee
they
can
have
a
a
plot
to
grow
a
garden,
probably
mostly
produce.
So
it's
on
on
3200
Tucker,
Station
Road.
If
anybody
has
an
interest
to
go
visit,
the
280
Acres
there
on
black
acre
Conservancy
next
on
page
nine,
we've
got
an
update
on
community
Farm
lights.
J
This
is
a
membership
driven
entity
that
has
gotten
more
involved
in
supporting
farmers
markets
and
made
a
requests
to
the
AG
development
board
for
678
450.
They
were
funded
or
approved
just
a
little
bit
less
than
that
at
621
717.
So
they're,
working
with
the
farmer
markets,
which
are
a
lot
of
volunteers
at
farm
management
by
overseas
by
volunteers,
at
local
farmers
markets,
the
AG
development
board
has
approved
in
the
neighborhood
of
70
farmers
markets
across
the
state.
I
know
Brian's
been
to
a
lot
of
the
ribbon
cuttings
and
farmers
markets.
J
Projects
I
think
we
have
one
here
in
the
in
the
to
report.
To
you
later
is
a
project
that
the
board
supports
with
State
money
I
mentioned
earlier.
If
it's
a
project
that
benefits
just
the
county,
it's
going
to
be
limited
to
County
money.
However,
one
exception
is
the
farmers
markets.
The
board
has
set
aside
or
commit
to
up
to
250
000
for
any
Farmers
Market
project
in
a
county.
J
So,
regardless
of
how
much
money
is
allocated
to
that
county,
for
example,
let's
take
Pike
County,
they
were
awarded
I,
think
240
000
in
state
money
when
they
did
not
have
any
County
money.
They
now
have
a
nice
farmer's
market,
very
active
vendors,
slash
producers
there
that
sell
on
a
Saturday
and
I
think
one
other
day
during
the
week.
But
again
the
board
wanted
to
have
Farmer's
Mark
every
County
have
opportunity
if
they
could
provide
matching
dollars
and
most
of
them
the
applicant
will
be
a
local
government.
J
Page,
nine,
all
right
now
to
page
10,
we've
got
some
entrepreneurs
here:
alveo
Cuban
meets
Mr,
alveolos
grew
up
in
young
man,
grew
up
in
Cuba
I'm
working
in
the
specialty
meets
business,
specifically
Cuban
Meats
business
they
they're
establishing
in
Louisville
they
presented
in
this
project
to
the
AG
development
board.
The
reason
the
AG
development
board
is
supporting
this
project
at
155.
403
dollars
is
because
their
plan
of
sourcing
low
Hogs
from
local
producers
that
would
then
be
processed
at
a
meat
processor.
J
The
dagment
board
is
supported
as
well
in
Henry
County
Trackside,
so
they
will
contract
with
the
with
the
farmers
process
their
Hogs,
and
then
they
take
the
the
meat
and
process
it
into
this
high-end
kind
of
specialty
products
indicated
here
in
the
summary.
This
was
structured
as
a
forgivable
loan,
so
the
monies
made
available-
and
it's
basically
alone
that
converts
into
grant.
Hence
forgivable
loan
terminology
we
use
and
how
they
reached
their
forgiveness,
is
they
provide
documentation
for
every
Kentucky
hog.
So
incentive
is
going
to
be
to
use
Kentucky
Hawks
every
Kentucky
hog.
J
They
can
document
document
that
they've
probably
been
processed
through
track
side.
They
will
give
a
credit
of
fifty
dollars,
so
they
have
seven
years
basically
to
process
over
3
000
represent
Kings,
going
to
do
the
calculation
there
for
me,
I
think
it's
3108
Hogs
and
fifty
dollars
a
hog
to
reach
their
forgiveness.
If
they
do
not
within
seven
years,
then
they
have
to
pay
the
money
back
and
how
do
we
get
the
leverage
to
get
that
money
back?
J
J
I
On
page
11
we're
back
another
local
County
project,
this
is
Davis
County
Cattlemen
Association.
They
had
a
project
11
549
total
requesting
5700
and
Davis
County
funds
to
purchase
a
mobile
beef
promotion.
Trailer
this.
This
trailer
will
be
utilized
to
to
to
demonstrate
establish
consumers
on
Safe
Handling
of
beef
to
show
how
to
prepare
special
recipes,
prepare
meals,
just
a
a
marketing
ability
of
what
they
can
do
to
promote
the
the
Cattlemen's
brand
in
Kentucky
beef.
This
was
County
money
only
and
was
approved.
I
So,
moving
now
to
our
last
month,
March
March
was
a
big
loan
month
to
flip
over
to
your
tab
and
see
our
approved
loans.
We
had
22
total
loans.
This
was,
and
we
also
had
had
an
employee
leave,
that
we
have
two
dedicated
employees
for
our
AG
Finance
program.
We
had
one
leave
and
our
other
loan
manager
had
just
barely
celebrated
a
year
anniversary
and
and
processed
all
these,
so
Olivia
Randolph
did
a
did
a
did
a
tremendous
job
this
month
with
22
loans
and
some
some
very
complex
projects.
I
We
worked
with
all
three
of
our
AG
credits
in
Kentucky,
three
different
Community
Banks.
We
had
six
different
AG
infrastructure,
two
and
AG
processing,
13,
beginning
farmers
and
one
of
our
AG
business
project
for
right
at
5
million
in
in
ag
finance
loans
for
a
total
of
23.7
million
dollars,
invested.
J
Next,
we'll
move
on
to
page
four
give
you
an
update
on
programs
recommended
for
approval,
so
we
had
seven
Cape
applications
for
a
million
and
12.39,
and
you
see
Bell
County
we've
got
asterisk
by
the
county,
so
this
is
State.
Money
was
allocated
to
the
the
county,
thirty
thousand
dollars,
so
this
would
be
their
allocation
of
last
year.
They
rolled
over
this
year.
J
It's
this
will
be
the
first
time
in
22
years
that
Bell
County
has
been
able
to
offer
a
cost
share
program
for
the
for
the
cape
program,
I
think
in
the
past,
they've
used
some
money,
they've
saved
up
and
bought,
bought
some
equipment
and
the
the
the
counties
that
are
administering
the
cape
programs
for
the
for
the
first
time
they're
what
piques
their
interest?
The
most
is:
the
ability
to
represent
King
before
that
boundary
fencing
if
they've
got
livestock
and
they
need
to
improve
their
boundary.
J
Fencing
I'm
not
aware
of
any
other
federal
or
state
program
on
a
consistent
basis
that
provides
cost
share
for
boundary,
fencing,
there's
a
lot
of
cost
share
programs
that
natural
resource
conservation
service
that
will
do
rotational
grazing
temporary
fencing,
maybe
cross
fencing
or
in
in
but
not
boundary
fencing.
So
a
lot
of
interest
in
in
Bell
County.
If
they're
looking
to
upgrade
their
cattle
operation,
then
they
can
apply
for
accounting
cost
share
money
to
help
with
that.
So
again,
deceased
farm,
animal,
shared
use
and
the
youth
program
a
little
over
a
million
dollars,
was
approved.
J
Next,
on
page
five,
we've
got
a
Amendment
for
a
Mason
County,
Conservation
District,
so
the
under
the
originally
approved
for
252
thousand
dollars
in
January
and
then
they've
come
back
for
an
additional
sixty
six
thousand
one
hundred
fifty
dollars
to
bring
it
up
to
318,
150
and
cost
money
they
can
offer
as
a
cost
share
program.
Through
the
cape
program,
the
entities
that
get
approved
to
administer
the
cape
program.
They
have
a
window
of
12
months
to
disperse
the
funds.
They
can
go
back
six
months,
retroactive
in
12
months
within
that
12
months.
J
If
they
have
a
more
demand
more
than
the
funds
they
have
available
and
they've
got
money
in
the
checking
account
in
Frankfurt,
then
they
can
amend
and
ask
for
more
money,
but
they
have
to
have
it
dispersed
and
closed
out
within
a
12
month
window,
and
then
they
can
start
the
cycle
over
in
the
Second
Amendment.
Here
is
Northern
Kentucky
Cattlemen's
Association
again,
relating
to
the
cape
program
originally
approved
for
124
450
they've
come
back
and
asked
for
additional
funds
to
bring
it
up
to
137
922
dollars.
J
Moving
on
to
page
six,
we've
got
the
Adair
County
Cattlemen's
Association
was
approved
for
sixteen
thousand
dollars
to
administer
the
youth
program.
So
they've
elected
not
to
use
the
structured
youth
program
we
have
at
the
state,
they
have
some
different,
the
nuances
to
the
program,
so
that
then
has
to
come
to
the
board
as
a
a
project.
The
County
Council
committed
The
Sixteen
thousand
dollars,
and
then
the
AG
development
board
approved
that
same
amount
in
County
money
only
moving
on
to
paid
seven,
so
Senator
Boswell.
J
This
is
a
project
in
in
your
area,
green
Terrace,
Market,
the
applicant
John
Harrelson,
an
individual
is
looking
to
expand
his
operation
to
a
direct
to
consumer
marketing
program.
So
a
lot
of
times
you'll
see,
producers
will
start
out,
maybe
producing
for
a
local
farmers
market
and
then
they'll
morph
into
their
own
operation,
where
they
have
their
own
facility
on
their
Farm
in
a
strategic
location
that
consumers
can
easily
get
to
and
have
their
own
project
the
county.
J
This
was
presented
to
the
County
Council
and
the
County
Council
committed
thirty,
three
thousand
fifty
dollars
and
consequently
the
AG
development
board
approved
it.
For
the
same
amount,
I
think
it's
right
off
the
turnabout
over
there
in
Western,
Davis
County.
You
probably
know
where
it
is
Senator
Boswell,
probably
know
the
family.
J
All
right,
moving
on
to
page
eight,
okay,
let's
talk
about
a
farmer's
market
project
I
referred
to
earlier,
so
Kenton,
County
physical
court
again
well,
normally
on
a
farmer's
market
project.
It's
going
to
be
local
government
city
government
fiscal
government.
Maybe
the
extension
service
will
be
willing
to
locate
there's,
usually
a
farmer's
market.
J
Association
doesn't
have
the
resources
to
buy
land
or
invest
in
a
building,
so
it
fits
well
to
go
with
a
local
local
government
because
the
facilities,
although
the
AG
development
board
for
their
250
000
investment,
they
want
Farmers
to
have
first
priority,
but
these
trucks.
So
that's,
maybe
one
two
three
days
a
week,
but
that
structure
can
be
used
for
other
other
activities
and
act.
Development
board
is
fine
with
it.
As
long
as
the
farmers
slash
vendors
have
the
first
option
on
you
utilizing
the
facilities.
So
in
this
case
it
was
a
fiscal
County.
J
Kenton
County
Fiscal
Court
made
a
request.
A
total
project
is
going
to
be
741
750
dollars,
they're
limited
to
a
maximum
of
two
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
the
combination
of
state
and
County
money.
The
AG
development
board
likes
to
see
some
commitment
of
the
county,
so
you
can
see
245
000
in
ag
development
funds,
5
000,
the
Kenton
County
fund.
So
that's
the
Kenny,
the
Kenton
County
County
Council
and
the
reason
the
board
wants
some
buy-in
from
the
County
Council.
J
J
We've
had
a
particular
situation
where
my
application
came
straight
to
Frankfurt
without
going
through
the
County
Council.
The
academic
board
sent
it
back
to
the
County
Council
and
requested
that
they
they
make
considerate
and
they
did
with
some
conditions
before
they
committed
some
money.
We
addressed
those
conditions,
I
reflected
in
the
legal
agreement
and
it's
a
it's
a
a
nice
farmer's
market
facility
in
southeast
Kentucky.
J
Foreign
page
nine,
our
last
reports,
so
the
Kentucky
Department
of
Agriculture,
made
a
request
and
was
consequently
approved
by
the
AG
development
board
for
two
hundred
and
ten
thousand
dollars
to
support
the
Kentucky
grape
and
wine
Council.
This
is
organization,
that's
established
by
the
the
general
assembly.
J
This
is
a
initiative
that
the
AG
development
board
has
supported
over
the
years.
At
the
end
of
the
projected
producer
impact,
it
mentions
200
Farm
families
will
be
impacted
so
based
on
the
the
application,
there
are
73
wineries
across
the
state
buying
some
grapes
from
Kentucky
Farmers
the
identified
125
growers
in
Kentucky,
that's
probably
less
than
300
acres
of
grapes.
A
lot
of
them
will
be
on
a
small
acreage
producing
Grapes
of
their
high
intensity
type
of
a
crop.
So
it
requires
a
lot
of
tension.
J
B
I
Does
I
want
to
mention
one
other
thing
in
your
package
that
you
all
received
prior
to
this,
we
have
a
compilation
of
all
projects
that
were
funded
in
your
your
districts.
You
represent
so
anytime.
You
want
to
ask
about
any
of
the
questions
on
that
to
let
us
know
and
appreciate
Bill
and
Hannah
working
on
that
last
week
to
make
sure
you
all
could
see
everything.
That's
happened
since
Inception
in
your
your
respective
counties.
D
One
question:
I'm:
a
farmer
I'm
really
involved
in
farming,
but
I'm
not
involved
in
the
in
the
beef,
cattle
or
any
type
of
cattle
operation.
So
what
is
the
rule
about
the
deceased?
Animal
I
mean?
Is
there
particular
laws
or
something
that
are
set
forth
by
the
environmental
cabinet,
or
something
that
doesn't
allow
you
to
bury
a
farmer
that
Berry's
cattle
cow
when
it
dies
or.
J
Something
I'm
not
aware
of
anything
I
think
that
in
some
cases
the
the
animals
are
buried.
Some
of
the
the
entities
that
get
funding
they
do
provide
services
to.
If
the
farmer
will
call
the
entity,
that's
administering
the
dead.
Animal
removal
program
in
some
case
might
be
the
Fiscal
Court
Road
Department,
though
or
they'll
contract,
with
somebody
to
come
out
and
bury
on
the
farm.
So
this
is
just
a
way
to
incentivize
Farmers
to
be
more
Environmental,
conscious
versus
you
know,
dragging
the
dead
animal
back
to
the
end
of
the
farm.
A
Yes,
I'll
share
with
you
Senator
Boswell
my
experience
serving
on
the
Christian
County
Fiscal
Court
there
within
our
communities
so
many
times
those
animals
would
be
dragged
back
to
the
back
of
the
farm
rather
than
being
buried.
There
may
be
a
situation
where
the
farmer,
the
cattle
grower,
did
not
have
a
backhoe
or
were
unable
to
bury,
and
then
you
had
to
worry
about
runoff
and
where
that
would
go,
and
so
you're
I
know
our
Fiscal
Court
these
dollars
have
come,
have
become
so
important
in
the
past.
A
B
You
Mr
chair,
Senator,
Bledsoe
and
I
had
a
session
update
earlier
this
week
and
a
constituent
asked
the
following
question
and
we
said
we'll
we'll
ask
on
Thursday.
When
we
see
you
all,
we
were
trying
to
explain
the
protein
processing
that
need
that
was
identified
during
covid
and
trying
to
get
them
up
to
speed
on
that
and
their
question
was:
does
Homeland
Security
at
the
federal
level
invest
in
any
of
these
projects?
This
person
said
Homeland
Security,
considers
protein
processing.
I
Not
aware
of
I
mean
have
there
been
some
federal
dollars,
but
those
came
through
stimulus
programs
that
were
utilized
I
believe
there
was
some
some
directed
that
we've
utilized
in
our
meat
processing,
but
they
were
not
specific
to
Homeland
Security
I
agree
with
the
sentiment.
I
mean
food
security
is
is
tied
to
Homeland,
Security
and
but
I'm
unaware
of
any
any
projects.
J
On
just
for
the
benefit
of
the
committee
members,
during
covert
we
did,
there
was
an
issue
of
consumers.
Buying
local
and
the
AG
development
board
did
see
an
opportunity
there
in
doing
a
course
for
the
last
three
years,
or
so,
we
identified
80
meat
processors
across
the
state
in
the
AG
development
board
has
improved
approved
between
our
grants
and
our
loans,
and
there
was
too
many
cares
money.
J
It
was
about
10
million
dollars,
invested
in
40
of
the
meat
processors
anywhere
from
you
know,
ten
to
twenty
thousand
dollars
to
improve
their
their
hamburger
grinding
equipment
up
to
two
million
dollar
meat
processors
in
the
state.
So
again
about
40
meat
processors
benefited
from
these
funds
that
you
all
allocate
to
us
to
help
expand
our
meat
processing
capacity
here
in
the
state.
A
A
Do
we
have
any
other
questions?
Well
before
we
end
and
I
know,
this
is
always
our
longest
meeting
for
our
committee
whenever
we
come
back
after
we've
been
in
session.
So
I
want
to
appreciate
so
much
I
do
want
to
encourage
the
members,
the
book
that
was
handed
out
right
here.
This
has
overview
of
how
the
dollars
where
the
dollars
come
from
how
they're
used
and
Brian
I
want
to.
A
I
know
I've
seen
a
couple
during
my
time
here
that
I've
taken
back
in
particular
to
Young
Farmers
I,
have
several
teenagers
that
are
members
of
the
4-H
that
are
in
projects
and
they
have
been
able
to
access
the
doing
the
grants
or
making
the
application.
So
I
want
to
thank
encourage
everyone
to
watch
these
closely.
Chairman.
J
G
Chairman
I'd
also
I'd
also
advise
that
you
get
to
know
who's
on
your
local
councils
and
your
boards
and
when
the
meeting
are,
and
just
you
know,
we're
not
there
to
micromanage
them.
But
every
now.
And
then,
if
you
stop
in
and
and
and
check
on
them
and
see
how
they're
conducting
meetings,
especially
because
they're
they're
having
new
members
too,
with
the
the
new
term
limit
implementation.
So
that
I
would
recommend
that
as
well.
A
Absolutely
very
important
and
Brian
before
we
end,
as
you
said
two
years
ago,
is
that
correct
that
I,
remember,
I
I,
pride
and
I
have
known
each
other
for
many
many
years
and
I
laughed
the
following
day.
He
called
me
I
think
you
got
plus
that
because
you
you
you
hit
called
me
by
my
first
name
and
I
never
took
offense
to
it,
but
it
was
against
decorum,
I
suppose,
but
know
that
you
can
call
me
by
my
first
name
anytime.
You
wish
to
my
friend
well.