HODGENVILLE, Ky. — A warm winter in LaRue County has left henbit flowers to flourish, spattering empty crop fields with a purple harbinger of spring. From the front seat of his pickup, Ryan Bivens ...

The U.S. trade war with China could spell trouble for Kentucky soybean farmers, as lost exports threaten to further depress crop prices. Trade conditions add to historic economic pressures on Kentucky ...

And as the industry loses ground, it’s also losing more than a thousand family farms in Kentucky every year, according to the 2017-22 data. Thin margins and economies of scale have forced mid-sized ...