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23 Jan

Posted at 07:58h 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.   House Water Committee Update This week, the House Water Committee received a briefing from the Kansas...

20 Jan

Posted at 12:41h in Advocacy, Industry News, Regulatory
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Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association (KARA) joined a coalition letter supporting requesting congress include in the 2023 Farm Bill reauthorization language under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) codifying state oversight of pesticides at the state level. 46 states have adopted some form of pesticide preemption and are working cooperatively with local officials to enforce robust oversight of state pesticide laws. Since the 1970s, State lead agencies have worked with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through cooperative agreements to administer and enforce FIFRA laws and support the development of scientifically...

16 Jan

Posted at 10:00h in Industry News
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The Asmark Institute has released its 2023 Applicator Manual. Published every February, this 1,800 page book contains over 150+ specimen labels of the most popular custom applied products. This manual has become the industry standard in helping comply with EPA's requirement to have current label information available for applicators while handling or applying pesticides. Place a copy in every piece of application equipment and nurse or tendering units. PURCHASE MANUAL  ...

16 Jan

Posted at 09:59h in Industry News
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With the spring season coming up and plans being made for weed management plans and associated training requirements, ARA is providing links to the training and label information sites for the three manufacturers of over-the-top (OTT) labeled dicamba products. Users of OTT dicamba are required to receive training in order to use these products and these training sessions will be starting soon. Product stewardship and label compliance is important with any pesticide, and the future availability of this technology depends on strong stewardship (and cooperative weather). Reference these links from Kansas Agribusiness...

13 Jan

Posted at 10:30h 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 Agribusiness Retailers Association’s (KARA) 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...

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...

27 Dec

Posted at 09:16h in Industry News
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Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association (KARA) is facilitating six scholarships to graduating Kansas-based high school seniors and current college students in 2023. The deadline to submit applications if 5:00 p.m., on Friday, February 24, 2023. Since its inception, the KARA scholarship program has awarded countless deserving students funds necessary to pursue agriculture-related fields of study. "Thank you for selecting my application as one of the winners of your scholarship," Timothy Pearce, a 2022 recipient said. "I look forward to spending time at Kansas State improving my knowledge and experience in agriculture. Scholarships such as...

14 Dec

Posted at 09:22h 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,...

09 Nov

Posted at 14:17h in Advocacy, Industry News
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With a potential rail strike still on the horizon, Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association signed a letter coordinated by GoRail to request congress take action averting a nationwide shutdown. On Nov. 9, two rail labor unions extended their "status quo" period to Dec. 4, pushing the potential for a strike back to Dec. 9 at the earliest. To date, seven labor unions have ratified agreements based on the recommendations of the Presidential Emergency Board appointed by President Biden, while three other ratification votes are pending....

07 Nov

Posted at 06:58h in Advocacy, Industry News, Regulatory
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Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association (KARA) filed comments to the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on the agency's proposed changes to Process Safety Management (PSM) regulations. The comment period closes on Nov. 14, 2022. PSM is a comprehensive set of performance-based standards that were established by OSHA in response to accidents and chemical releases at very large chemical manufacturing and processing facilities. The standard requires employers to implement safety programs that identify, evaluate, and control highly hazardous chemicals. OSHA is engaging stakeholders to provide comments on a list of...

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