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Dec 06, 2016
The Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Pet Animal Advisory Board will meet at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 16. This is a regularly scheduled board meeting.
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Dec 05, 2016
The Kansas Department of Agriculture will lead an emergency preparedness exercise, Afterburn, Dec. 19–22, 2016, in Manhattan, Kan., to practice the state’s response plan to a foreign animal disease event.
The four-day functional exercise, which will be based out of KDA headquarters in Manhattan, Kan., will enable KDA and its partners in other state agencies, federal and local government, industry, university and six other states to practice the state’s foreign animal disease response plan.
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Dec 02, 2016
The Kansas Local Food and Farm Task Force will meet at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13. This is a regularly scheduled meeting.
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Nov 24, 2016
The Kansas Division of Emergency Management is recommending feedlots, livestock owners and other large commercial water users in Labette, Montgomery and Wilson Counties advise their local emergency management office of their anticipated water needs during the current water shortage.
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Nov 21, 2016
The Kansas Department of Agriculture has funds available for a cost share to Kansas agricultural producers for egg candling units made possible by a U.S. Department of Agriculture Federal State Marketing Improvement Program grant. KDA will reimburse Kansas egg producers 50% of the cost of a single egg candling unit up to $100 per unit until funds are exhausted.
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Nov 10, 2016
The Kansas Department of Agriculture is seeking individuals to participate in an agricultural trade mission to AgroFarm Russia. AgroFarm is an international exhibition to be held Feb. 7–9, 2017, in Moscow, and will feature all major aspects of productive animal husbandry.
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Nov 02, 2016
The Kansas Local Food and Farm Task Force will meet at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 14. This is a regularly scheduled meeting.
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Nov 02, 2016
With a Jan. 1, 2017, deadline looming, veterinarians and producers now have more resources available to help them comply with the Veterinary Feed Directive being issued by the Food and Drug Administration. In response to increasing demand, the Beef Cattle Institute at Kansas State University developed additional free educational modules to complement its original set of modules released earlier this year. The new modules are pertinent to separate sectors of the beef industry.