Kansas lawmakers weigh tax cuts to ease farm crisis
Kansas legislators on agriculture panels plan to consider tax credits and loan guarantees to aid farmers amid record low hog and cattle prices and weak grain markets. They urge Congress to ease foreign sanctions on farm exports and push for export enhancements while exploring property tax relief and storage/rail funding as part of the session focus.
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Kansas
Sharon Schwartz
Washington County
House Agriculture Committee
Schwartz
Kansas Agriculture
Steve Morris
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congress
Morris
State Department
U.S
Jennison
Hugoton
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Board of Trade
Hays
Dan Johnson
Johnson
Lucy the cow may set international milk record
Lucy the Holstein at La Foster Farm in Rowan County produced 75,275 pounds of milk in 365 days, according to data collected last week. Dairy farmer Terry Foster and his wife, Sarah, say the eight year old cow’s yearly output is nearly three times the normal rate.
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Cleveland
N.C
Lucy
la Foster Farm
Rowan County
Terry Foster
Sarah
Greeley Man Joins Kansas Certified Crop Advisor Program
Dan Morgan of Greeley recently gained entry to the Kansas Certified Crop Advisor program. The CCA certifies crop advisers, requiring exams, two years’ experience and a bachelor’s in agriculture or four years’ related work. Morgan works for H & M Angus Farms Inc. Kansas has about 350 CCAs with nationwide numbers over 10,000.
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Greeley
CCA
Dan Morgan
Kansas
Morgan
H & M Angus Farms Inc
Monitoring part of farm pact between U S and Canada
The new U S Canada farm trade pact tightens monitoring of Canadian wheat sales and lowers some barriers for U S grain and livestock moving northward. It requires quarterly wheat shipment forecasts, stops short of restricting Canadian exports, and expands price and regulatory standards cooperation.
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Ashington
Canada
U.S
Charlene Barshefsky
United States
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