tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613718.post829855138594656547..comments2023-09-27T05:12:57.044-05:00Comments on BoomtownUSA by Jack Schultz: Transforming Western KY AgricultureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613718.post-18589885139623561412008-04-27T16:24:00.000-05:002008-04-27T16:24:00.000-05:00Thanks for sharing this link. I'm certain that my...Thanks for sharing this link. I'm certain that my readers will want to read more about the transformation of KY wheat farming.<BR/><BR/>Private/public partnerships like this are a wave of the future and I hope that other states can learn from this example.<BR/><BR/>jackBoomtownUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05216077049800430531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613718.post-6243003631202693962008-04-27T15:42:00.000-05:002008-04-27T15:42:00.000-05:00The story of Billy Joe Miles and Western Kentucky ...The story of Billy Joe Miles and Western Kentucky wheat is more complicated and interesting than presented above. It is told in a story in the magazine of the university's College of Agriculture by Laura Skillman, who was an ag reporter in Owensboro before coming to UK. The URL is:<BR/>http://www.ca.uky.edu/AGC/Magazine/2007/FALL-2007/Articles/htmlfiles/index.htm <BR/><BR/>The dean of the college, Scott Smith, tells me, "At least in the context of production agriculture it is one of the best examples of university and private sector collaboration that I know of anywhere. The Wheat Science Group featured in the article has one multiple national awards."<BR/><BR/>Al Cross, Director<BR/>Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues<BR/>School of Journalism, College of Communications<BR/>University of Kentucky<BR/>al.cross@uky.edu<BR/>www.RuralJournalism.org<BR/>Read The Rural Blog at http://irjci.blogspot.comAl Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12359789093150390148noreply@blogger.com