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15 Dec

Posted at 07:28h in Industry News
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Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association President and CEO Ron Seeber was elected chairman of the Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City at the group’s annual meeting held December 14, 2023. Kristie Larson, Strategic Relationship Manager, The DeBruce Foundation, was elected vice chairman. Seeber assumed his current position with the three associations in 2017 after working for the groups since July 2008. An expert in state and federal legislative affairs, Seeber also worked for Senator Bob Dole in policy and political capacities.  He has spent his entire career in the regulatory arena. Kristie Larson...

29 Nov

Posted at 09:36h in Industry News
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During its annual conference, the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) honored Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association's (KARA) longtime member, Mid Kansas Cooperative (MKC), with its Retailer of the Year award in front of approximately 600 attendees. The Retailer of the Year award, sponsored by Bayer and supported by The Scoop magazine, annually honors an ARA member retailer company or individual that displays effective employee relations, environmental stewardship, customer reliability, industry leadership, and more. "We applaud the entire MKC team for earning this honor," KARA President and CEO Ron Seeber said. "Throughout my time working...

22 Nov

Posted at 08:56h in Industry News
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The Asmark Institute has released its 2024 Safety Data Sheets Manual. The manual is designed for use at agrichemical facilities. It contains safety data sheets for agricultural chemicals, fertilizers, fuels, paints and shop materials. It holds more than 1,800 pages of 800+ safety data sheets. PURCHASE A MANUAL...

22 Nov

Posted at 08:55h in Regulatory
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Due to a new seed statute requiring wholesales seed dealers to ensure the dealer to whom they are selling seed is registered with the state, Kansas Dept. of Agriculture has developed a new searchable database for currently active seed dealers registered in Kansas. The link to this database is on the KDA website at https://agriculture.ks.gov/Seed, or can be accessed directly through the link https://portal.kda.ks.gov/plant/public/lookup/dealers. The dealer search can be filtered by Dealer Name, License Number, County or Seed Type (Wholesale, Retail or Both). This database allows for the look up of both Live...

19 Oct

Posted at 06:48h in Advocacy, Industry News, Regulatory
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Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association co-signed a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) focusing on the importance of agricultural herbicide uses, while highlighting the concerns of the agency's proposed Endangered Species Act (ESA) Herbicide Strategy. On July 26, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its draft Herbicide Strategy aimed at protecting federally endangered and threatened (listed) species from conventional agricultural herbicides for public comment. The letter also commented on the strategy's lack of compliance options for producers/applicators; the financial cost of proposed conservation practices; the anticipated harm the proposal...

19 Oct

Posted at 06:45h in Advocacy, Industry News, Regulatory
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Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association (KARA) participated in a public comment session on Kansas Dept. of Agriculture's (KDA) proposed amendments to seed regulations. KDA's proposed amendments to its regulations under the Kansas seed law, K.S.A. 2-1415, et seq. include changes to: Labeling prohibitions; definitions of noxious weed seed; official analysis; restricted weed seed; prohibited weed seed and seed offered for sale. KARA's senior vice president of government affairs and general counsel Randy Stookey represented the association by testifying to KARA's position on restricted weed seed and seed offered for sale. KARA's full comment...

11 Oct

Posted at 15:00h in Industry News
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On Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) sent a letter to the Kansas Dept. of Agriculture (KDA) requesting, in lieu of KDA's Division of Water Resources issuing administration orders at this time for 2024, the state formulate a working group to develop a solution involving the federal government, groundwater management districts and other stakeholders to develop options to begin implementation in January 2025. Kansas United States Senator Jerry Moran and Governor Laura Kelly have been in frequent communication with USFWS on the negative impacts executing a...

21 Sep

Posted at 07:12h in Advocacy, Industry News, Regulatory
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Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association (KARA), in cooperation with the Agricultural Retailers Association and American Soybean Association, has signed a petition urging the United States Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw its draft herbicide strategy no later than 11:59 p.m., on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Due to the technicalities of the petition, KARA CEO Ron Seeber signed on behalf of the association. The organizations are encouraging others to SIGN THE PETITION. The EPA previously issued a Draft Herbicide Strategy proposal July 24, 2023. This is part of the EPA’s overall effort to address longstanding litigation related...

01 Sep

Posted at 07:29h in Industry News, Regulatory
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On August 29, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of the Army (the agencies) announced a final rule amending the 2023 definition of “waters of the United States” to conform with the recent Supreme Court decision in Sackett v. EPA. The agencies claim this action provides clarity, while moving forward with infrastructure projects, economic opportunities, and agricultural activities. “While I am disappointed by the Supreme Court’s decision in the Sackett case, EPA and Army have an obligation to apply this decision alongside our state co-regulators, Tribes, and...

24 Aug

Posted at 06:03h in Industry News
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Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association’s 20-plus member board of directors selected Kevin Dieckmann of BRANDT to serve a two-year term as chairman through August of 2025 during the association’s annual meeting held on August 22, 2023 in Manhattan, Kan. “I am honored our membership has selected me to serve as the leader of our association,” Dieckmann said. “It’s humbling to have the opportunity to help our staff guide the Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association toward continued success of experiencing agribusiness thrive in the state of Kansas.” Dieckmann is the 56th industry leader since 1960...

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