Kansas Farm Subsidies Stir Debate Over Rural Growth
Kansas Farm Bureau President Steve Baccus argues subsidies boost rural economies even as a Federal Reserve study finds limited growth and notes shifts of payments to regional centers. The report cites urban payments in Phoenix and warns of consolidation in farm regions, while lawmakers weigh policy overhauls to cap subsidies.
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Kansas
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Kansas Farm Bureau
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America
Baccus
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act
Drabenstatt
Ron Wilson
Huck Boyd National Institute For Rural Development
Kansas State University
Wilson
Federal Reserve
Federal
Pening
Midwest
Plains
Delta
California
Indiana
Phoenix
Lawmakers weigh tribal casino compact for Kansas budget gap
The Joint State Tribal Relations Committee discusses a pact with two northeast Kansas tribes to build a large resort casino in Wyandotte County. They would share up to 125 million annually with the state in exchange for limiting gambling expansion elsewhere. A broader five-casino plan in Kansas City, Junction City, Dodge City, Wichita, and southeast Kansas could be raised in the Senate as lawmakers return.
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Kansas
Brungardt
Kansas City
Junction City
Dodge City
Wichita
Senate
Robin Jennison
Boot Hill Gaming Inc
Dodge
Iraqi wheat officials attend Kansas State program for U S market
US Wheat Associates hosted Iraqi grain officials in Kansas for education on the U S marketing system and hard red winter wheat. Khalil Assi and four board members joined a course as Iraq seeks to re enter a market long closed to U S wheat. Kansas producers noted their role and past sales to Iraq while trade officials pursue a return visit from Iraqi counterparts.
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U.S
Wheat
Wheat Associates
Amman
Jordan
Cairo
Egypt
Kansas
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The
Grain Board of
Iraq
Dusti Fritz
Kansas Wheat Commission
Fritz
Kansas State University
Australia
Barney theme teaches kids to recycle at Felipe Goitia event
Victor Ornelas Elementary School fourth grader Felipe Goitia called the Barney segment his favorite, praising its humor and recycling lessons. Zoo volunteer Eddie Rojas stressed that children must understand ecology and that concerted effort by everyone can reduce pollution.
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Victor Ornelas
Felipe Goitia
Barney
Goitia
Zoo
Eddie Rojas
Rojas
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