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20 Jun

Posted at 09:05h in Industry News
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The federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) is providing historic investments in United States infrastructure. With BIL, Kansas will receive $3.8 billion in infrastructure funding over the next five years with additional grant opportunities as well. Kansas Dept. of Transportation's summit will be held July 13 - 14, 2022 inside the Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex (5015) E. 29th Street N., Wichita, KS. The Kansas Infrastructure Hub was created as Kansas’ coordinated approach for deploying funds and maximizing Kansas’ BIL opportunities in transportation, water and sewer, energy, broadband technology and resiliency. Cities, counties and...

20 Jun

Posted at 08:45h in Industry News, Regulatory
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The Agricultural Retailers Association provided the update below: All tolerances for chlorpyrifos expired on Feb. 28, 2022. These tolerances were established in 40 CFR §180.342 (“Chlorpyrifos; tolerances for residues” ) as required by 21 U.S.C. § 346a (“Tolerances and exemptions for pesticide chemical residues”). Since the chlorpyrifos tolerances have expired, chlorpyrifos products with food uses (including products with both food uses and non-food uses) are currently misbranded, and it is a violation of FIFRA to sell and distribute misbranded pesticides. Transport: To transport products for the purposes of facilitating relabeling constitutes distribution, and thus may not occur unless...

25 May

Posted at 09:48h in Advocacy
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2022 Legislative Session, Sine Die The 2022 Kansas Legislature returned on Monday, May 23 for Sine Die - the final day of session. The House and Senate continued work on a few bills and took action on a few bills attempting to override Governor Laura Kelly’s veto. The most anticipated issue of the day, however, was set aside following a ruling last week by the Kansas Supreme Court upholding the Legislature’s new map of Kansas’ four Congressional districts. The legislature finished its work for the year early on Monday afternoon. Please find,...

17 May

Posted at 18:18h in Industry News
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Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association is saddened to learn of the untimely and unexpected passing of Fairbank Equipment's President Steve Taylor on May 14, 2022. Steve worked for Fairbank Equipment for 35 years and was a steadfast supporter of Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association, the association's scholarship program and the Kansas Agri Business Expo. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or the Kansas Agricultural Education Foundation which awards nearly $10,000 to Kansas high school and college students pursuing careers in agribusiness. KARA President and CEO Ron Seeber, retired KARA employee Shari...

16 May

Posted at 08:12h in Industry News
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Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association’s (KARA) scholarship committee reviewed more than 50 applications and awarded nearly $10,000 in financial aid to six of the state’s high school graduating seniors and current college students for the 2022-23 academic year. “We are proud each year to assist local students in pursuing their academic aspirations,” KARA’s president and CEO Ron Seeber said. “Our board of directors, scholarship committee and overall membership congratulate and wish nothing but the best for this year’s recipients as we collectively look forward to their future contributions to our industry.” Each year,...

02 May

Posted at 06:24h in Advocacy
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2022 Legislative Session, Veto Session The 2022 Kansas Legislature returned on Monday, April 25 to begin its Veto Session. Legislators continued work on unfinished legislation and took action to attempt to override vetoes of various bills by Governor Laura Kelly. The legislature finished its work late on Thursday, with the Senate finally adjourning around 2:20 am early Friday morning. The Legislature passed a resolution to adjourn until May 23, 2022, at which time it will return and take any action necessary to pass a new Congressional redistricting map following a review by...

22 Apr

Posted at 13:29h in Advocacy
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2022 Legislative Session, First Adjournment Update The 2022 Kansas legislature will return on Monday, April 25 to begin the Veto Session where it will continue work on unfinished legislation and reconsider bills vetoed by Governor Laura Kelly. Please find, below, an update on bills reviewed by the Governor during the interim, and legislation yet to be completed this year. Kansas Seed Law House Bill 2563 was introduced at the request of the Kansas Dept. of Agriculture (KDA) to make comprehensive changes to the Kansas Seed law, including authorizing the agency civil penalty authority...

04 Apr

Posted at 14:05h in Advocacy
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2022 Legislative Session, Week 12 Last week was the final week of regular session for the 2022 Kansas legislature. Both chambers deliberated for hours, with final action on Friday concluding about 1:30 am. Legislators will take off most of the month of April before returning on Monday, April 25 for a, likely brief, veto session to consider bills vetoed by Governor Laura Kelly. In addition, multiple bills of significant interest that failed to be passed Friday evening could still be addressed during the veto session.   Kansas Seed Law House Bill 2563 was introduced...

30 Mar

Posted at 06:55h in Advocacy, Industry News, Regulatory
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Following the United States Environmental Protection Agency's updated product label restricting application of Enlist One® and Enlist Duo® in 10 southeastern Kansas counties in January of 2022, Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association submitted a letter to EPA requesting the agency lift the ban for the 2022 growing season. Late Tuesday evening (March 29) EPA issued a press release stating, "Enlist One and Enlist Duo, two herbicides used to control weeds in conventional and genetically modified corn, cotton, and soybean crops, can now be used in all counties of Arkansas, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri,...

28 Mar

Posted at 11:08h in Industry News
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KDOT’s strategy for pursuing competitive grants under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) is focused on maximizing Kansas’ likelihood of success. About 40% of BIL funding will be through competitive grants. U.S. DOT has indicated grant applications which benefit multiple communities/states and those that connect and build toward long-term priorities across the state will be the most competitive. With this in mind, KDOT’s strategy for pursuing and supporting federal BIL grants for highway modernization and expansion projects is focused projects in the development/construction pipeline. KDOT will support highway modernization and expansion projects in the...

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