Meeting Information
Quarterly Meetings
Quarterly Meetings are open to representatives of all KAC member organizations as well as the general public. Meetings are held at various locations around the state. To receive advance notification of our Quarterly Meetings, please email KeithL.Rogers@ky.gov. Information on prior meetings are listed below, including links to agendas and minutes from those meetings.
Prior Meetings
- Thursday, February 13, 2020
10:00 a.m. EST
Kentucky Exposition Center, South Wing C 106-107
Special Guest Speaker: The Honorable James Comer, Member of Congress (1st-KY)
Commissioner Ryan Quarles, Kentucky Department of Agriculture
Meeting minutes
Meeting attendance - June 10,2020
11:00 a.m. EDT
Zoom Conference Call
Special Guest Speaker: Secretary of State Michael Adams
Click to view minutes - September 8, 2020
2:00 p.m. EDT
Zoom Conference Call
Special Guest Speaker: Amabassador Gregg Doud,
Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the
Office of the United States Trade Representative
Click to view minutes
2020 KAC Members Meeting:
- Wednesday, June 12, 2019
1:00 p.m. EDT
Hyatt Regency/Lexington Center
Lexington, KY
Special Guest Speaker: Hubert Hamer, Administrator,
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
(This meeting is being held in conjunction with the KY FFA Convention) - Thursday, August 15
12:00 Noon EDT (Lunch prior to meeting)
Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center South Wing (Room TBD)
Special Guest Speaker: Governor Matt Bevin (Invited) - Thursday, February 14, 2019
10:00 a.m. EDT
KY State Fairgrounds/Farm Machinery
Room C106-107
Louisville, KY
Speaker: Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles - The agenda included:
What to consider before starting a farm
Resources available to beginning farmers
Business planning
Grant writing
Managing risk
Organization involvement and legislative issues
Tennessee’s Farmer Veteran Coalition
Click here to register.
2019 KAC Members Meeting:
- Wednesday, June 7, 2017
12:30 p.m. EDT
Convention Center
Lexington, KY
Agenda - Thursday, August 17, 2017
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (Lunch sponsored by Farm Credit Mid-America)
Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center (South Wing)
Louisville, KY - November 2017 (TBD)
North American International Livestock Exposition
Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center (South Wing)
Louisville, KY
2017 KAC Members Meeting:
- June 8, 2016 at 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. ET
Hyatt Regency Hotel Patterson Room A
Lexington, KY - Welcome and Agenda overview Sharon Furches, KAC Chair
- Minutes & Treasurer’s Report Jennifer Elwell, KAC Secretary/Treasurer
- Ag Industry & Legislative Update Warren Beeler, GOAP
- KDA Report TBD
- Leopold Award Update Sharon Furches on behalf of Steve Coleman
- KFB Water Management Update Pat Henderson
- Next Steps Discussion – Current Sharon Furches Strategic Plan Update from Member Organizations
- August Board and Kentucky State Fair Membership meetings August 18, 2016
2016 KAC Members Meeting:
- November 14, 2014
Kentucky Agricultural Council
The Kentucky Agricultural Council meeting was held on November 14, 2014 at 10:00 AM at the South Wing Convention Center in Louisville. Chair Dean Nancy Cox called meeting to order at 10:09 AM. - August 14, 2014
The Kentucky Agricultural Council met during the Kentucky State Fair on Thursday August 14, 2014, in South Wing C - Conference Center Room 105. - June 11, 2014
The Kentucky Agricultural Council meeting was held on June 11, 2014 at 1:30 PM ET at the Lexington Hyatt Regency. Will Snell called the meeting to order at 1:30 PM ET.
2014 Meeting Notes
- November 8, 2012
Kentucky Agricultural Summit 2012 Kentucky Exposition Center (coinciding with the North American International Livestock Exposition) Louisville, Kentucky - August 16, 2012
Kentucky Exposition Center (coinciding with the Kentucky State Fair) Louisville, Kentucky
- June 13, 2012
Lexington, Kentucky
- February 17, 2012
Kentucky Exposition Center (coinciding with the National Farm Machinery Show) Louisville, Kentucky