FletcherCampaigningforRe-ElectionbyDolingOuttheMoney:$825,716ApprovedfortheKentuckyPoultryFederation

PressReleaseDate: 

Friday,June15,2007 

ContactInformation: 

AngelaG.Blank,DirectorofCommunications
(502)564-4627
[email protected] 

(Frankfort,KY).-TheKentuckyAgriculturalDevelopmentBoardapprovedtheKentuckyPoultryFederationfor$825,716instatefunds.Thisproposalwasoneoftheseventy-sixprojects,totaling$4,931,814approvedattheJuneKentuckyAgriculturalDevelopmentBoardMeeting.

TheKentuckyPoultryFederationwillusethesefundsforatwocomponentprojectincludingStatewideEducationalProgrammingandaPoultryHouseEvaluationProject.

Theeducationalneedsofproducersvarybylocationandintegrator;therefore,theeducationalcomponenthasbeendesignedaroundeachoftheintegrators.ThethreemechanismsthatmakeuptheeducationalcomponentsoftheproposalareStatewideEducationalProgramming,theformationofsixIntegratorEducationalAdvisoryCommittees,andthedevelopmentanddisseminationof800poultrymanagementmanuals.

PoultryHouseEvaluatorswillevaluatetheenergyuseofpoultrybuildingsforthePoultryHouseevaluationcomponentoftheproject.Thepoultryproducerwillultimatelyreceiveareportthatincludesrecommendationsonhowtoimproveenergyefficiencyandproductivity.

GovernorFletcherandtheKentuckyLegislaturecontinuetomakegreatstridestowardlessening

Kentucky’sdependenceontobaccoproductionwhilerevitalizingthefarmeconomybyinvesting50percentofKentucky'sMasterSettlementAgreementintotheKentuckyAgriculturalDevelopmentFund. Todate,Kentuckyhasinvestedmorethan$244milliontoanarrayofcounty,regionalandstateprojectsdesignedtoincreasenetfarmincomeandcreatesustainablenewfarm-basedbusinessenterprises.Thediversificationprogramsrepresentmorethan2,972projectsthathavebeenfundedthroughAgriculturalDevelopmentFund,sincetheinceptionoftheprograminJanuary2001.

FormoreinformationonthisprojectcontactMelissaMillerwiththeKentuckyPoultryFederation,at(859)373-0761.Tolearnmoreaboutcost-sharegrantandloanprogramsavailablethoughtheAgriculturalDevelopmentFundcontacttheGovernor’sOfficeofAgriculturalPolicyat(502)564-4627