KFB Farmer of the Year Finalist: Brenda Paul of Bourbon County

Brenda Paul and her family raise cattle, alfalfa, hay, sorghum, and soybeans on her nearly six-thousand-acre farm. She is a graduate of Purdue University and she and her husband have been farming their land in Bourbon County for the past thirty years. 

Paul has been adopting more on-farm technology such as ultrasound equipment, precision pasture seeding, and spraying utilizing tractor guidance and section control. All cattle have an electronic identification tag in their ear for improved record keeping, health, and weight history. Individual weights are recorded each time an animal moves through the chute to better track growth throughout the year. With everchanging technological advances, she is always looking to improve her ability to make decisions using data analysis.

“As a first-generation farm operation, I hope my agricultural experiences offer encouragement to younger farmers building their own farm businesses,” said Paul. “I enjoy sharing my farming story with consumers and speak from the perspective of both a beef producer and a mother.”