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22 Mar

Posted at 10:34h in Advocacy
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Presented by: KFSA Week Three Jan. 28 – Feb. 1, 2019 The third week of the 2019 Kansas Legislative Session started on Monday, Jan. 28. Things began to heat up at the Capitol, with lawmakers discussing a key tax bill. In addition to welcoming members to Topeka for our annual Legislative Action Day, your government affairs staff continued to monitor the happenings at the Statehouse affecting our industry. Legislative Action Day On Wednesday, Jan. 30, Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association welcomed nearly 100 of its members to Topeka over the lunch hour for its Legislative Action Day....

22 Mar

Posted at 10:24h in Advocacy
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Presented by: KFSA Week Two Jan. 21 – Jan. 25, 2019 The second week of the 2019 Kansas Legislative Session kicked off on Tuesday, Jan. 22, following the observation of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Lawmakers continued to ease back into the swing of things, with many informational briefings taking place in committee meetings throughout the shorter-than-usual week. Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association’s government affairs staff continued to monitor the happenings at the Statehouse affecting our industry. Agricultural Chemical Remediation Reimbursement Program and Fund On Wednesday, Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association testified before the House Committee on Agriculture in support of House Bill 2001, a bill...

22 Mar

Posted at 10:22h in Advocacy
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Presented by: KFSA It was a ceremonious first week for the 2019 Kansas Legislative Session as newly-elected Governor Laura Kelly was sworn in on Monday, beginning a new era of executive branch leadership. For the most part there were no heavy-hitting pieces of legislation proposed in the session’s first week as most lawmakers eased back into the swing of a six-month life in Topeka. Despite a rather slow week, Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association’s government affairs staff monitored the happenings at the Statehouse and produced a concise rundown of issues important to the...

22 Mar

Posted at 09:08h in Regulatory
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The Kansas Department of Transportation’s (KDOT) Division of Aviation will host a webinar, “Drones in Ag: Harvesting Drone Data to Improve Performance,” on Tuesday, March 26, at 10:30 a.m. The webinar is co-hosted by Kansas Farm Bureau and will feature two presentations – the first from Microsoft FarmBeats hardware researcher Zerina Kapetanovic detailing the FarmBeats system and the artificial intelligence challenges associated with agriculture, and the second from Kansas State University associate professor Ignacio Ciampitti on applications of UAVs in precision agriculture. It will also include a brief overview of the Kansas Unmanned...

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