Ag Commissioner: KY policies must support cattle farmers facing ‘perfect storm of issues’

By: McKenna Horsley

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: September 14, 2026

Words: 741

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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While Kentucky cattle farmers are facing challenges like a loss of farmland and a move from the Trump administration to import more foreign beef, agriculture leaders are trying to boost the policies that will help them.

Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell told the Kentucky Lantern last week that he is hearing “a frustration from the industry right now,” but it comes from “a perfect storm of issues.” In the last couple of decades, …

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