KDA to Host Regional Agribusiness Development Workshops in March

The Kansas Department of Agriculture will host four Regional Agribusiness Development Workshops in March 2020 to provide Kansas rural communities with resources and current business development and organizational contacts to assist with recruiting, retaining, and growing ag businesses in their communities. Workshops will be held in the following locations:   Wednesday, March 4 — Colby Community College Student Union, ColbyWednesday, March 11 — Municipal Building, ParsonsWednesday, March 18 — Stockgrowers State Bank, AshlandWednesday,…

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Emerald Ash Borer Confirmed in Jackson County, Kansas

The Kansas Department of Agriculture, along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has confirmed the presence of emerald ash borer (EAB) in Jackson County, Kansas. On November 13, 2019,  EAB adults and larvae were recovered from a girdled tree trap near Denison by KDA in cooperation with local citizens, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Plant Protection and Quarantine (USDA-APHIS-PPQ), and the Kansas Forest Service. KDA sent the specimens to a laboratory with…

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KDA Confirms Vesicular Stomatitis in Horses in Sherman County

The Kansas Department of Agriculture has announced that vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) was confirmed in horses in Sherman County on October 23, 2019. Kansas becomes the eighth state in the U.S. to have confirmed cases of VSV this year. The infected horses all reside on the same premises, which is a private residence, and no animal movement has occurred on or off that premises for more than three weeks. KDA has quarantined the…

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K-State, KDA offer produce safety training

Growers can attend at one of three sites MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State Research and Extension and the Kansas Department of Agriculture have set dates for three upcoming workshops focused on food safety training for fresh produce growers. The training is designed to familiarize commercial fruit, vegetable and herb growers with compliance parameters under the Food Safety Modernization Act, signed into law in 2011. The workshops are Nov. 8 in Parsons, Kansas; Nov. 15…

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K-State, KDA Equip Law Enforcement with Knowledge About Industrial Hemp

Researchers offer up-close education at recent, standing-room only research center tour HAYSVILLE, Kan. – More than 60 law enforcement officials from across Kansas packed a small room at the John C. Pair Horticultural Center recently to prep themselves for questions they may soon be getting about industrial hemp in the state. Kansas State University researchers are growing and testing their first crops of industrial hemp at research centers in Haysville, Olathe and Colby.…

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