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23 Jan

Posted at 07:57h in Advocacy
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2023 Legislative Session Continues This week, the legislature introduced many new bills and even began to hold hearings. There was discussion around the capitol on the recent listing of the Lesser Prairie Chicken as a threatened species in Kansas, and the negative impacts this would have on various industries in our state, which culminated in the introduction of a Senate Resolution pushing back on the listing. Here are some of the other highlights from this week. Reduced Penalties for Failing to File Personal Property Tax Renditions Senate Bill 8 was introduced which would reduce penalties for the late filing, or failure to...

18 Jan

Posted at 12:54h in Industry News, Regulatory
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The Kansas Dept. of Revenue has released its 2023 Grain Elevator Guide and Addendum, a revised guide worksheet and a draft taxpayer letter for reference by members of the Kansas Grain and Feed Association. In 2022, the Kansas Court of Appeals released a decision in Dodge City Coop v. Gray County which clarified the grain elevator machinery and equipment is to be classified as personal property for property tax purposes, rather than as fixtures to the realty. This stands as a major, and positive, change in how our industry assets were...

18 Jan

Posted at 12:53h in Industry News
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Henry Joseph “Junior” Strecker, age 86, peacefully passed away on Jan 14, 2023, at his home in Wichita, KS. He was born on October 3, 1936, in Spearville, KS, the son of Henry Joseph and Josephine Lutz Strecker. Junior was raised in Hodgeman County, ultimately settling in Scott City in 1975. He was General Manager of the Scott Co-op until he retired in 2000.  Vigil services will be held on Sunday, January 22, 2023, at 7:00 PM at the St Joseph Catholic Church in Scott City, KS. Memorial Funeral services...

18 Jan

Posted at 12:52h in Industry News
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Stephen Dwayne Coney of Watonga, Oklahoma, passed away at the age of 55 on January 16, 2023 after a 2 year long battle with pancreatic cancer. Steve was born on December 4, 1967 in Louisville, Kentucky to Billy and Dorothy Coney. After Steve graduated from Hobart High School, he went on to study Agriculture at Oklahoma State University. After graduating with a degree in Agronomy with a specialization in marketing, along with a fierce loyal and true mentality for OSU, he kickstarted a 32 year career that ended with...

13 Jan

Posted at 10:28h in Advocacy
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2023 Legislative Session Commences The Kansas legislature gaveled in on Monday, January 9, 2023, on the first day of the 90-day session of the two-year biennium. Kansas Grain and Feed Association’s (KGFA) government affairs staff was at the capitol to greet new members and welcome back returning legislators. House and Senate Leadership released their shared vision for this session. Governor Laura Kelly’s was sworn in, but her State of the State address was postponed while she recovered from symptoms of what was initially thought to be COVID-19, but later turned out not to be the case. Key issues anticipated this...

03 Jan

Posted at 09:54h in Industry News, Regulatory
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Late last week, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the prepublication availability of the final "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States'" rule, which will be effective 60 days after its publication in the Federal Register. The rule is slated to replace the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule with the pre-2015 regulation, including a few additional clarifications. Last October, the United States Supreme Court received arguments on a matter, referred to as Sackett v. EPA, which centers on the extent of the U.S. EPA’s jurisdiction to enforce the Clean Water Act. The high court’s decision in...

30 Dec

Posted at 14:06h in Industry News
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Duane Boyd, 76, died Friday, December 30, 2022, at St. Catherine Hospital, Garden City, after a long battle with pulmonary fibrosis. Vigil service will be at 7:00 pm Tuesday January 3, 2023, at Ziegler Funeral Chapel, Dodge City. Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 am Wednesday at Sacred Heart Cathedral, 901 Central Ave., Dodge City, with Fr. Wesley Schawe presiding. Burial will follow in Greencrest Memorial Gardens, Dodge City. Visitation will be from noon to 7:00 pm Tuesday at Ziegler Funeral Chapel. The family suggests memorials to the Sacred Heart School Endowment in care of Ziegler Funeral Chapel, 1901 N. 14th Ave., Dodge...

27 Dec

Posted at 09:05h in Industry News
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Kansas Grain and Feed Association (KGFA) is offering 19 scholarships to graduating Kansas-based high school seniors in 2023. The deadline to submit applications is 5:00 p.m., on Friday, February 24, 2023. Since 1976, the KGFA scholarship program has awarded countless deserving students funds necessary to pursue agriculture-related fields of study. "Thank you so much for the generous scholarship," 2022 recipient Kate Ferguson said. "I am very honored to be selected as one of the recipients. I'm excited to begin my education in agribusiness with a minor in agronomy. Because of...

14 Dec

Posted at 09:18h 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 25th class of agribusiness’ premier leadership development course. The selection committee of TAL alumni chose: Andrew Breese (Kansas Grain Inspection Service); Todd Dingler (ProValue Insurance); Jeff Ellis (Syngenta); Brandi Hartley (Farmers Coop Equity at Isabel); Blake Malcolm (AgMark LLC); Jed Miller (Ag Partners Cooperative Inc.); Kent Nichols (MKC); Todd Schultz (Producer Ag, LLC); Jack Vincent (The Scoular Company); and Ed Zahn (Heartland Ag...

13 Dec

Posted at 10:10h in Industry News
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Materials, including the video recording and slide presentation, are now available from Kansas Grain and Feed Association's co-hosted virtual meeting with the Kansas Cooperative Council featuring Jarrod Kieffer of Stinson LLP discussing strategies to reduce your property taxes. VIEW SLIDES WATCH WEBINAR Jarrod Kieffer can be reached through the information below: Jarrod Kieffer PartnerSTINSON LLP1625 N. Waterfront Parkway, Suite 300Wichita, KS 67206-6620Direct: 316.268.7946 \ Bio LEARN MORE ABOUT JARROD KIEFFER Representing both taxpayers and taxing jurisdictions, Jarrod guides his clients through every step of the property tax process. He focuses on issues relating to real and personal property valuation and classification, value equalization,...

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