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 ...

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 ...