Elspeth Curtis

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Caudill Seed Company announces its 75th consecutive year of operations as of August 1, 2022. The company was founded by Forrest Caudill, who began Caudill Seed Company after returning from service in the Navy and Marines. When Forrest was asked why he didn’t return to farm life after being discharged from the Marine base at … Read more

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Caudill Seed Company, which purchased the former Agro Fertilizer plant in 2010, recently set up a pelletized lime operation. The plant, located at 303 Hill Street, Winchester, Kentucky, operates under Caudill Seed subsidiary Kentucky Fertilizer, LLC. They provide a complete line of fertilizers and pelletized products. The pelletized products consist of pelletized lime, gypsum, and … Read more

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Caudill Seed Company is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Caudill Sprouting LLC, has been approved for the sale of sprouting seeds to Europe. The approval was granted by the USDA Specialty Crops Inspection Division in incorporation with DG SANTE, the European Commission’s unit for food safety and health. The program will be overseen … Read more

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Caudill Seed Company announces the purchase of the former Sheldon Seed plant, owned by Sam Hostetler of Sheldon, Missouri. This plant will serve as a new grass and forage seed processor, as well as a buying station for Caudill Seed. In addition to several other buying stations owned and operated by Caudill, this plant ensures … Read more

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Caudill Seed owner hopes Beshear will sign hemp bill Dan Caudill, co-owner of Louisville’s Caudill Seed Co., praised the Kentucky General Assembly’s passage of a bill to regulate industrial hemp production by Kentucky farmers. “It looks like we’re getting down the road with hemp,” he said of the legislation. “We are staunchly behind the hemp … Read more

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Caudill Seed Company is proud to announce we now have Barenbrug Turf Seeds. Barenbrug is one of the oldest and largest grass seed companies in the world. This new association will allow Caudill Seed Company to bring the latest and greatest turf grass genetics from all over the world to our customers in the Ohio … Read more

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Caudill Seed Co. was highlighted on the Kentucky Farm Bureau’s daily radio program, “Across Kentucky,” on April 13. Host Mike Feldhaus took listeners on a three-minute audio tour of Caudill’s Louisville plant, interviewing Chief Operating Officer Dan Caudill along the way. Heard on more than 125 stations, “Across Kentucky” delves into new farm technology and … Read more

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By Tim Thornberry, Kentucky Correspondent, Farm World LOUISVILLE, Ky. — State Agriculture Commissioner James Comer recently paid a visit to one of Kentucky’s most diversified agricultural businesses. Caudill Seed Co., founded by Forrest Caudill in 1947, has grown to be one of the nation’s largest suppliers of seeds and related materials for planting purposes. Today, … Read more

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By Chris Aldridge, Kentucky Agricultural News LOUISVILLE, Ky. – When decorated military veteran Forrest Caudill returned to his native Shelby County dairy farm after World War II, he was glad to be back home in his native Kentucky. But he no longer felt at home in the milking shed. “He had one goal in life, … Read more

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Caudill Seed Co. will be keeping very busy with trade shows and conferences this coming fall. We’ll be manning a booth at the following special events: Beef Bash 2012, University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, Princeton, KY, September 27. We are sharing a booth with Crystalyx. This is the third time the Beef Bash … Read more