Greater Louisville Agribusiness
of the Year Award
35th Annual | Presented at the
Farm City Celebration Luncheon
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2026 Agribusiness of the Year Award Nominations Now Open
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The Agribusiness Industry Network, Inc. is accepting nominations for the 2026 Agribusiness of the Year Award, scheduled to be presented on Friday, November 13th, at the Annual Farm City Luncheon in Louisville.
This award, seeks to recognize an agribusiness located in or serving the counties of the GLI Greater Louisville Region for Economic Development. In Kentucky those counties include: Bullitt, Hardin, Henry, Jefferson, Meade, Nelson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer and Trimble; and in Indiana include: Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Washington, and Scott.
Judging consideration is based on financial growth, overall contribution to our community, employee relations, and creation of better farm-city understanding.
We are asking members of the Agribusiness Industry Network to nominate a deserving agribusiness for consideration in this year’s judging process. Your input is critical to ensure that our committee does not overlook worthy nominees.
Please notify either me or Laura Berry with any nominations by July 14th. We will need the name of the company, a contact name if you have one and a phone number.
Information on this year’s Farm City Luncheon is available on our website . If you have any questions, please contact me at 502-493-4855 or by email at Natalie.Mudd@kyfb.com. Laura Berry can be reached at 502-367-5196 or laura.berry@kyvenues.com. Thank you for your assistance with this nominating process.
Sincerely,
Natalie Mudd
Chairperson of the Agribusiness of the Year Award
Ashbourne Farms
2025 Agribusiness of the Year
Ashbourne Farms traces its roots to 1937 when W.L. Lyons Brown and Sally Brown purchased 150 acres in Oldham County, and began producing Shorthorn cattle, tobacco and grain crops on the property. Ten years later the Browns opened the Ashbourne Inn, a pioneering farm-to-table destination.
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Today Ashbourne Farms has expanded to comprise 2,250 acres where vegetables are produced in field plots and greenhouses, and cattle and poultry continue as important parts of their agricultural portfolio.
In addition, the 3rd generation owners, Austin and Janie Musselman, have opened a popular and stylish on-farm catering and event venue in a renovated cattle sales barn. And they have established extensive retail and food processing operations in neighboring Jefferson County.
The diversification of Ashbourne Farms agribusiness outreach has been driven by the Musselmans’ vision to expand production of fresh, organic vegetables and market them to an urban customer base in search of fresh, healthful and top-quality foods.