Had quite a road trip last week. Took a carload of former AAM (American Ag Movement for the youngsters reading this) tractorcade participants down to the 35th reunion of the tractorcade to D.C. in Lubbock, Texas. It was hosted by Texas Tech’s Southwest collection. The intention was to get them together to hear their stories, [...]
Project Directors' Meeting Mercedes Taylor-Puckett and Mary Howell travelled to Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 8-10, 2013 to attend the North Central Risk Management Education Center Meeting for the project leaders of the 2013 grants. NCRMEC is funded by USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. This meeting was to train the project directors regarding the various [...]
Kansas Farmers Union hosted a tour of three Kansas City facilities that impact agriculture every day: USDA’s National Grain Center, Kansas City Board of Trade and Region 7 EPA Science and Technology Center. The day started off at USDA Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) National Grain Center, where they determine the standards for grain grading [...]
The KCC held a public hearing on July 11 in Topeka on Westar Energy’s proposed rate increases on residential (8.77 percent) and small business (6.18 percent) customers to the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC). At the same time they are proposing to cut rates to medium general service (6 percent) and industrial (8.3 percent) customers. Not [...]
The second workshop in the Food Hubs and Co-ops: How local family farms can feed our communities series will be offered August 29, 2013, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. in the Douglas County Fair’s Dreher Building, 2110 Harper St, Lawrence, KS. The workshop will provide farmers, community organizations, and local governmental entities with information on [...]
Kansas Farmers Union invites everyone to attend a day of tours in the Pawnee Rock, Great Bend, and Larned areas on Saturday, Aug. 10. The morning will start at 9 a.m. at the Pawnee Rock State Historic Site at Pawnee Rock. According to the Pawnee Rock website, many of the Plains tribes reportedly used it [...]
