Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture and Republican candidate for governor Ryan Quarles made a stop Tuesday morning at the Christian County Courthouse as he promotes the Ag-Tag program.
It allows Kentuckians who have a farm tag on their truck to donate $10 and Quarles says most of the money benefits youth and half of the money goes to the local county 4H and FFA programs.
Regarding his campaign, Quarles says he’s going to visit all 120 counties at least twice and he’s running on the promise of unifying Kentucky.
Poultry has been a growing Ag. industry in Kentucky and while the commonwealth will have a role in bringing down egg prices during the ongoing shortage, Quarles says the issue originated with the Avian flu outbreak and it will take some time to return production to normal levels.
Commissioner Quarles is one of a very large field of Republicans seeking the nomination for governor and the others include Attorney General Daniel Cameron, Auditor Mike Harmon and former U.N. Ambassador Kelly Craft.