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17 Jan

Posted at 14:48h in Advocacy
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As your eyes and ears at the capitol, we were in attendance to welcome legislators into the new biennium on your behalf on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. Following the election in November, where all 125 House of Representatives seats and 40 Senate seats were open, more than 30 new lawmakers were sworn in to represent their districts’ interests. Governor Laura Kelly delivered the annual State of the State address on Wednesday where she focused on economic development initiatives, a new strategic plan to conserve water and her disagreement toward republican leadership’s plans to cut corporate income and property taxes. Quickly...

06 Jan

Posted at 08:26h in Industry News
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The selection committee for the Tomorrow’s Agribusiness Leaders (TAL) program met in early-December to review applications and select five members of the Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association and five members of the Kansas Grain and Feed Association to comprise the 27th class of agribusiness’ premier leadership development course. The selection committee of TAL alumni chose: Justin Aude (Frontier Farm Credit); Byron Bina (MKC); Bryant Blank (Lockton Companies); Jordan Burris (Cornerstone Ag, LLC); Casey Carlson (Producer Ag, LLC); Courtney Crawford (ProValue Insurance); Jeff Krehbiel (Kanza Cooperative Association); John O'Leary (Pride Ag Resources); Sarah Shepherd (ADM) and Rilee Spresser (Hi-Plains Cooperative Association) to complete the 27th class. “I want to offer my sincerest congratulations to...

30 Dec

Posted at 09:33h in Advocacy
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Kansas Grain and Feed Association (KGFA) has joined a letter of support addressed to the United States Senate Agriculture Committee leadership supporting Brooke Rollins nomination as the 33rd Secretary of Agriculture. The letter, signed by more than 20 national and state agribusiness organizations, urged the committee and United States senate in its entirety to promptly confirm Rollins as the next United States Dept. of Agriculture secretary due to the many difficulties facing the country's farmers and rural America. The organizations representing farmers, ranchers, hunters, forest owners, conservationists, cooperatives, state departments of...

18 Dec

Posted at 12:52h in Advocacy
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Under the newly-restructured Rail Service Improvement Fund Program Kansas Grain and Feed Association (KGFA) introduced and led the charge on passing legislatively in 2023, Governor Laura Kelly announced $13 million toward 14 rail expansion and rehabilitation projects on Dec. 18, 2024. As it has the since the program's inception, KGFA will immediately send the application information for 2026 to its membership when Kansas Dept. of Transportation opens the application window. “We are incredibly pleased to see our state legislature and administration authorize $13 million in support of our members and their need for reliable, safe and enhanced rail transportation,” KGFA President and CEO...

06 Nov

Posted at 09:33h in Advocacy
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2024 Election Report The 2024 election was full of surprises. Below is an initial overview. Mail in ballots will continue to be counted until Friday, meaning a couple of close races may still change. The final votes will be certified sometime next week. All unofficial election results can be found on the Kansas Secretary of State’s website. President of the United States Former president Donald Trump won 57 percent of the vote in Kansas, roughly the same as in 2016 and 2020. United States Congress District 1: Incumbent Republican Tracey Mann won reelection in the...

25 Oct

Posted at 09:56h in Industry News, Regulatory
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Last year, Kansas Grain and Feed Association (KGFA) worked with the Property Valuation Division (PVD) of the Kansas Dept. of Revenue to make certain changes to PVD’s grain elevator valuation guide. The updated guide for 2025 will be released by the end of the year. Below are some of the notable updates, which include a few important items that were requested by KGFA and our industry partners: 2025 Grain Elevator Guide: The 2025 guide will include new sales data and updated cost tables from Marshall and Swift. Going forward, these cost tables will be...

10 Oct

Posted at 07:27h in Industry News
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Harold L. “Duff” Deardoff, 90, of Hutchinson, peacefully passed away Friday, October 4, 2024, surrounded by his family. He was born November 13, 1933, in Omaha, NE, to Loyal Kenneth and Ester Katherine (Jensen) Deardoff.  In 1951, Harold graduated from high school in Omaha, NE, and attended Hastings College, Hastings, NE. On May 17, 1953, he married Sharon McCormick, who passed away July 30, 1968, after a short illness. Harold married Dorothy (Klein) Krehbiel, in 1973, and they celebrated 51 years of marriage. He has three sons, one stepdaughter, four grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. Harold retired...

25 Sep

Posted at 07:14h in Advocacy
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Kansas Grain and Feed Association joined a coalition of agribusiness organizations in sending a letter to President Joe Biden regarding imminent supply chain and shipping disruptions. The letter pointed to rail embargoes impacting trade with Mexico, potential labor strikes at East Coast ports and historically low water levels on the Mississippi River and requested the Biden Administration take action to mitigate the upcoming challenges. "The agriculture industry relies on a three-legged stool to get products to market: trucking, rail, and water, including barges and ocean-going vessels," the letter said. "A balanced and efficient operation of all three is...

16 Jul

Posted at 13:10h in Advocacy, Regulatory
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Kansas Grain and Feed Association (KGFA) joined nearly 200 organizations in sending a letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requesting the agency engage with stakeholders to discuss improvements to its Endangered Species Act risk assessment process for pesticides. The letter highlights why EPA has both a responsibility and would benefit from using more refined risk assessment processes, identifies potential improvements that could be used, and calls on the agency to expeditiously engage with stakeholders to improve its ESA risk assessment processes. Under the ESA, all federal agencies, including EPA,...

02 Jul

Posted at 12:17h in Regulatory
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today announced the publication of a heat standard proposal that would require employers to develop an injury and illness prevention plan to control heat hazards in workplaces affected by excessive heat. “The nation’s first-ever federal safety standard addressing excessive heat in the workplace,” would apply to all employers conducting outdoor and indoor work in all general industry, construction, maritime, and agriculture sectors where OSHA has jurisdiction. Excluded from the rule would be short-duration employee exposures to heat, emergency response activities, work at indoor sites kept below 80°F,...

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