On Thursday morning, the 60th Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) Country Ham Breakfast and Charity Auction set a new high.
The astounding $10.5 million was paid for the 18-pound ham!
The purchasers of the costly cut of meat were Joe and Kelly Craft, who had purchased the winning ham from the previous year.
Craft claimed that she and her spouse intend to use the funds to support home construction in Eastern Kentucky following the devastating floods that struck the area in 2022, as well as to donate to the Boys and Girls Club.
The morning concluded with a ham auction that raised a lot of money after speakers talked about the difficulties that farmers in the state confront. The loss of agriculture was one of the major issues.
According to Kentucky Farm Bureau President Eddie Melton, the state lost 6,500 farmers and more than 500,000 acres of farmland between 2017 and 2022. According to him, the group is launching programs to facilitate the transfer of that land and assist farmers in keeping some of it.
Farmers’ voices need to be heard here. I’ll say it one more. Melton said that farmers needed to be heard in this project. “They need to be in on the discussions that impact farmland retention.”
Jonathan Shell, the commissioner of agriculture for Kentucky, shared that opinion while addressing other issues. He underlined that farmers have an obligation to leave a lasting legacy.
“Whether you have a big smile on your face this morning or a tiny smile on it depends on where you are in the state and what commodity you deal in. In agriculture, however, we just keep going. For the benefit of the upcoming generation, we move on. We make every effort to tackle such obstacles,” Shell stated.
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