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11 Sep

Posted at 12:22h in Regulatory
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On Friday, September 11, 2020, the State Finance Council met to consider Governor Kelly’s request to extend her COVID-19 related disaster declaration which is set to expire on Tuesday, September 15th. On a vote of the members, the State Finance Council extended the Governor’s emergency disaster declaration for 30 days until October 15th, with additional language included stating that the Governor does not intend to close businesses. Without the extension of the emergency declaration, Kansas would lose access to federal CARES funding. Further extensions of the disaster declaration after October...

08 Sep

Posted at 07:41h in Advocacy
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The Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association (KARA) board of directors approved the association's 2021 legislative and regulatory policy guide on August 25. The KARA Policy Guide contains the policy and position statements of the Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association relating to state and federal legislative and regulatory issues. It is intended to serve as a general reference for Association members, legislators, and other state officials. The policy guide is reviewed and updated annually by the KARA Legislative Committee and approved by the KARA Board of Directors. VIEW POLICY GUIDE...

04 Sep

Posted at 06:50h in Advocacy, Regulatory
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Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association has joined other industry stakeholders and signed onto efforts of supporting the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and appearing in opposition for H.R. 7940 / S. 4406. The proposed legislation undermines 70 years of regulatory advancement of pesticides based on best-available science. The letter cites FIFRA has been amended by Congress on several occasions to strengthen the regulatory standard for safety – most recently by the Food Quality Protection Act that added specific protections for infants and children among other things. FIFRA provides for federal regulation...

02 Sep

Posted at 07:07h in Industry News
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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/xNuU_mzc37g"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] This message is to express our sincere gratitude for our 2020 Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association sponsors. This year in particular, our sponsors have been a buoy of support in lieu of canceled event income, reduced training revenue and other detrimental budgetary effects of the pandemic. As a small sign of gratitude, please view the video at right we produced expressing our thanks. As always, we are here to assist with anything our members may need. Please let us know how your association can continue...

02 Sep

Posted at 06:03h in Industry News
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Jeffery D. (Jeff) Christensen, age 57, passed away early Sunday morning, August 30, 2020, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas. Visitation will be Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 from noon to 7:00 p.m. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Sept. 5 at 11 a.m. Attendance at service will follow the guidelines set for social distancing to be maintained. This is for safety and the best interest of community health. The use of social media is encouraged in lieu of attending. For those that wish to take advantage of social media, please...

01 Sep

Posted at 06:45h in Industry News
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Due to ongoing efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the boards of directors for Kansas Grain and Feed Association (KGFA) and Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association (KARA) jointly made the decision to cancel the 2020 Kansas Agri Business Expo scheduled for Nov. 18 – 19 at the Century II Convention Center in Wichita. The Expo, a jointly-coordinated venture between KGFA and KARA, is annually the largest indoor agribusiness tradeshow in the Midwest, drawing more than 1,100 attendees and 150 exhibitors. “We wish to be as respectful as possible to our attendees, exhibitors,...

01 Sep

Posted at 06:33h in Advocacy, Industry News, Regulatory
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Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association (KARA) organized a coalition of crop production stakeholders and sent a letter to United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler regarding timely consideration and approval of registration of dicamba herbicide product labels yesterday afternoon. As new formulation dicamba products, when applied in accordance with the label directions and in conjunction with dicamba-tolerant trait crops, have been used effectively in the production of soybeans and cotton in Kansas, stakeholders in production agriculture wrote to the EPA urging expedited agency action on the issuance of new registrations. The groups...

27 Aug

Posted at 08:08h in Advocacy, Industry News, Regulatory
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public comment on a petition by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) requesting EPA to revoke all tolerances for residues of neonicotinoid pesticides (Imidacloprid, Clothianidin, Dinotefuran, Acetamiprid, and Thiamethoxam), on the alleged basis that the analysis supporting the tolerances is flawed and the tolerances are unsafe for the American population. This is published for comments by EPA as EPA Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0306, Petition to Revoke All Neonicotinoid Tolerances and Comments Regarding Dietary Exposure. Comments on the petition are due to EPA by Aug....

27 Aug

Posted at 06:48h in Industry News
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Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association is proud to announce plans for its 1A, ag plant and commercial application, recertification to be held in EITHER Salina or Lindsborg on Thursday, November 5, 2020. For the first time, attendees will have the option to recertify in-person or online via recorded Zoom sessions. Both in-person and online programs are slated to be FULL RECERTIFICATION programs, including the Core Hour, needed to recertify On-site attendance includes meals and handouts for $140. In-person attendees must practice social distancing, wear masks in all common/gathering areas and be seated six feet...

25 Aug

Posted at 07:23h in Industry News
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Due to cancellation of the in-person 2020 Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association (KARA) annual meeting over concerns with the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus), KARA held its 2020 annual meeting via Zoom on August 25 at 9:00 a.m. CST. Chairman Lance Nelson (Alliance Ag & Grain), and Second Vice Chairman Dustin Kuntz (Harveyville Seed Company Inc.) and President and CEO Ron Seeber administered the KARA annual business meeting obligations and provided KARA’s annual ‘State of the Association’ report. Minutes from the meeting are below. KARA Annual Meeting Minutes Tuesday, August 25, 2020 (via Zoom) Chairman Lance Nelson called...

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