Oil thefts rise as crude prices climb in rural oil fields
Security experts say higher crude oil prices boost theft incentives at rural drilling sites and pipelines. At a three day Kansas Bureau of Investigation seminar, officials report rising losses, with Kan motors and engines totaling over 80 000 dollars stolen in nine months.
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Foreign Holdings of Kansas Farmland Small By Percentage
Washington reports show at least 13.2 million dollars of Kansas farmland owned by foreign entities, mostly corporations, with another 4.5 million tied to two large tracts in Chautauqua County. Investigators cannot definitively confirm ownership of those tracts sold to German and Syrian interests. foreigners hold under one tenth of one percent of Kansas farmland, aided by anonymous offshore corporations and tax havens.
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Kansas bill to save Flint Hills sparks farm group backlash
Kansas Rep. Larry Winn’s proposal to preserve 374,000 acres in Kansas and Oklahoma as a prairie park draws strong opposition from the Kansas Farm Bureau, the Kansas Livestock Association, and the Kansas Grass Roots Association. Spokesmen call the plan insensitive to Kansans and agriculture. They warn the land purchase could reach one billion dollars and harm tax revenue and the state economy.
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