May 26, 2023
Supreme Court Decision In WOTUS Case Major Win For Producers
Supreme Court Decision In WOTUS Case Major Win For Producers The Supreme Court this week issued its long-awaited opinion in the Sackett v. EPA case, the court’s most recent decision about which features are subject to federal Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction. In its unanimou...
May 25, 2023
KDHE Reports On 2023 Prescribed Burning
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) recently reported about 1.07 million acres of Flint Hills grasslands in 17 Kansas counties were burned this spring, compared to 1.87 million acres in 2022. An additional 128,683 acres of tallgrass prairie were burned in fo...
May 24, 2023
Latest Beef Quality Audit Shows Improvements
The National Beef Quality Audit (NBQA) delivers a set of guidelines and measurements for producers and other stakeholders to help determine the quality conformance of the beef supply. Results from the 2022 audit indicate the industry is producing a high-quality product consume...
May 23, 2023
GoBob, Hampel Oil Scholarships Awarded
Saul Vargas Rojas of Goodland has been awarded the GoBob Pipe and Steel Cattlemen’s $1,000 Scholarship through the Kansas Livestock Foundation (KLF). Vargas Rojas will be a sophomore at Northwest Kansas Technical College and is the son of Manuel Vargas and Ofelia Rojas. Fundin...
May 22, 2023
KLA, NCBA Support Legislation To Protect Against Foreign Animal Disease
The Foreign Animal Disease Prevention, Surveillance and Rapid Response Act of 2023 was introduced in the U.S. Senate last week. This bipartisan and bicameral legislation would continue making critical investments in foreign animal disease response programs currently overseen b...