KRS 246.120: State Board of Agriculture.

(1) The board shall consist of eighteen (18) members as follows:

(a) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee, who shall be a voting

member and serve as chairman;

(b) The dean of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and

Environment or the dean's designee, who shall be a voting member and

serve as vice chairman;

(c) Thirteen (13) citizens of the Commonwealth appointed by the

Commissioner who shall serve as voting members, specifically:

1. Four (4) members who are farmers with experience in crop

production, each of whom shall be selected from a list of at least

three (3) individuals nominated by the Kentucky Corn Growers

Association, the Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association, the

Kentucky Soybean Association, or other similar trade organizations

or commodity groups;

2. Four (4) members who are farmers with experience in animal

agriculture, each of whom shall be selected from a list of at least

three (3) individuals nominated by the Kentucky Cattlemen's

Association, the Kentucky Dairy Development Council, the Kentucky

Pork Producers Association, the Kentucky Poultry Federation, the

Kentucky Sheep and Goat Development Office, or other similar

trade organizations or commodity groups;

3. Three (3) members who shall be appointed from the state at large

who are farmers with due consideration to geographical distribution

throughout the state and industry representation;

4. One (1) member who shall be appointed from a list of at least three

(3) individuals nominated by the AgriBusiness Association of

Kentucky or other similar trade organizations representing

agribusiness; and

5. One (1) member who shall be appointed from a list of at least three

(3) individuals nominated by the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation;

(d) The state president of the Kentucky FFA Association who shall serve as a

nonvoting member for the duration of his or her term;

(e) The state president of the Kentucky Young Farmers Association who

shall serve as a nonvoting member for the duration of his or her term; and

(f) The state president of the Kentucky 4-H who shall serve as a nonvoting

member for the duration of his or her term.

(2) The members who serve on the board and were appointed by the

Commissioner shall serve four (4) year terms and shall serve until their

successors are duly appointed and qualified. No more than eight (8) of the

thirteen (13) shall belong to the same political party.

(3) Upon the expiration of the term of a member of the board, the Commissioner

shall appoint a successor. A board member whose term has expired shall

serve until a replacement has been appointed and qualified. No person shall

serve on the board for more than twelve (12) years.

(4) The board shall be a body corporate under the corporate name "State Board of

Agriculture" and shall have the usual corporate powers.