- NBAF funding next on the agenda
- December 4, 2008
- Now that the Department of Homeland Security has decided it wants to build its top-level biosecurity lab in Kansas, the next step is securing funding for the $450 million facility, state leaders said Thursday.
- Kansas leaders celebrate biosecurity lab recommendation as state’s ‘finest hour’
- 11:07 a.m., December 4, 2008 Updated 12:13 p.m.
- State leaders on Thursday said the proposed federal biosecurity lab would make Kansas the worldwide center of animal research and serve the nation as a high-level defense against terrorism.
- Kansas site top recommendation for NBAF site
- 10:10 a.m., December 3, 2008 Updated 03:03 p.m.
- A $450 million federal lab dedicated to protecting the United States from disease outbreaks and bioterrorist attacks should be built in Manhattan, Kan., according to the Department of Homeland Security.
- Uncertainties cloud cattlemen’s meeting
- November 25, 2008
- Hundreds of Kansas cattlemen will converge in Wichita next week amid fears of possible tighter industry regulations and uncertainty about President-elect Barack Obama’s plans for agriculture. The cattlemen will be gathering for the Kansas Livestock Association’s annual convention, scheduled for Dec. 4-5.
- Kansas feedlots see sharp decline
- November 25, 2008
- At a time when the consumer appetite for beef is waning amid the economic downturn, the number of cattle going into feedlots in Kansas and across the nation has also taken a steep dive. The latest cattle-on-feed statistics come at a time of high input costs for fattening the beef and deep losses for the nation’s cattle-feeding industry. Besides the high cost of grain, weather conditions also have affected cattle movement.
- Annual buffalo auction reflects growing market interest
- November 22, 2008
- Old No. 12, a 1,000-pound buffalo, made his way around the inner edge of a sale ring on a recent Wednesday. He seemed to stare out into the crowd of onlookers in wonderment — maybe pondering who the lucky guy would be who’d get to haul him home.
- Preserving farmland is seen as worthy goal
- November 13, 2008
- Douglas County commissioners reached a compromise Wednesday night on revisions to the Horizon 2020 long-range plan and preserving high-quality agricultural land. After a discussion when commissioners seemed unable to reach a consensus, they opted for a 3-0 vote that supported an earlier recommendation from the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission.
- State mulls limiting labels for milk
- November 13, 2008
- The Kansas Department of Agriculture is studying a proposal to limit labels advertising milk and dairy products as coming from cows not injected with artificial growth hormones. Recombinant bovine growth hormone, rbGH or rBST, is injected into cows to boost their milk production, typically by 5 to 15 percent.
- Commissioners amend agricultural document
- November 12, 2008
- County commissioners reached a compromise Wednesday on amending a major planning document of the area.
- Economic fear sends grain prices falling
- November 12, 2008
- The yield from fall harvest has been strong for area farmers. Unfortunately, like the stock market, prices paid for grain have crashed.
- Researchers begin harvesting soybeans in an effort to improve crop
- October 29, 2008
- Researchers with Pioneer Hi-Bred are busy hand-harvesting soybeans from a research plot at the northern edge of Lawrence, hoping to gain clues for commercializing the next generation of high-yield, high-quality, drought-tolerant and pest-resistant beans.
- Extension office’s work force dwindling with departure of 4-H agent
- October 23, 2008
- The work force is dwindling at Douglas County’s K-State Research & Extension office, which provides educational programs and information to the community.
- Kansas delegation meets with federal officials over biosecurity research lab
- October 21, 2008
- A delegation of state leaders traveled to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to meet with Department of Homeland Security officials about the proposed federal biosecurity research lab that Kansas is trying to get.
- Kansas 1 of 13 states on board in beef lawsuit
- October 20, 2008
- Kansas is 1 of 13 states on board in a lawsuit filed on Monday aimed at preventing the world’s largest beef producer from buying the nation’s 4th largest beef operation.
- Feds agree with Sebelius, reject Texas’ offer to boost incentives for National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
- October 10, 2008
- Federal officials say they have rebuffed an effort by Texas to increase incentives to lure a biosecurity lab that is also sought by Kansas.
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