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Kansas Farmers Union: 2013 News Releases
December 2013
2014 Annual Winter Grazing Conference – “Grazing and Soil Health”
SALINA, KS – This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Kansas Graziers Association (KGA) along with the 2014 Annual Winter Grazing Conference. “Grazing and Soil Health” is the focus of this year’s winter conference, [...]
The Farm Crisis documentary to be screened in Topeka January 4th
TOPEKA, KS.- The public is invited to a screening of the documentary The Farm Crisis at 6:00 P.M. Saturday, January 4, 2014 in the Grand Ballroom of the Topeka Ramada, 420 SE 6th Ave. Narrated [...]
Kansas Farmers Union convention to kick off International Year of Family Farming
TOPEKA, KS.- Kansas Farmers Union, the state’s oldest active general farm organization, will hold its annual convention at the Ramada Hotel, downtown Topeka, Jan. 3-4, 2014. “This is going to be a great convention,” KFU [...]
September 2013
Fall Forage Tour: Carry More Cattle by Acquiring More Land OR Making the Land You Have More Productive?
McPherson, KS- Cattlemen and producers are invited to the Fall Forage Tour, Friday, November 1 and Saturday, November 2, 2013. The tour will begin at 1:00 p.m. on both days at the Dale Strickler Farm, [...]
Jim Gerrish Grazing Workshops to Focus on Improved Productivity, Profitability and Personal Satisfaction
McPherson, KS- Internationally known expert on forage livestock systems, Jim Gerrish of American GrazingLands Services LLC, is returning to Kansas for two 2-day workshops on grazing management as it applies to the livestock business from [...]
August 2013
Hays Tour to Focus on Short Grass Prairie Grazing Research for Cattle Producers
McPherson, KS- Kansas ranch managers and livestock producers are invited to the Short Grass Prairie Grazing Basics and Research Tour, September 17, 2013 at the K-State Western Kansas Agricultural Research Center, 1232 240th Ave. Hays, [...]
Livestock Water and Fencing Workshop Set for September 10
McPherson, KS – Mark Green, NRCS Specialist, from Missouri will return to Kansas to offer his popular workshop on electric fencing and livestock watering options September 10, 2013 in Abilene, KS. The workshop will be [...]
Workshop to Focus on Food Hubs
Lawrence, KS – 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 [...]
NFU Seeks to Intervene in COOL Lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Aug. 8, 2013) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson sent a letter today to leadership of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Agriculture emphasizing the importance of signing a [...]
Writing a Range Plan and a Ranch Drought Plan Workshops Set for August 26th and 27th
McPherson, KS – Has the stress and worry of the present drought caused you to question the way in which you make management decisions on the grazing lands you operate? If your grazing lands or [...]
July 2013
NFU Joins Suit to Support COOL
WASHINGTON (July 29, 2013) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued a statement after the NFU Board of Directors voted unanimously today to intervene in a recently-filed Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) lawsuit seeking an [...]
May 2013
Amazing Grazing Project Funded
Kansas Farmers Union is pleased to announce it has received a grant from the North Central Risk Management Education Center. KFU will use these funds to support Kansas livestock producers challenged by rising input costs, [...]
April 2013
Food Co-op Workshop addresses local food production
Part one of Food Hubs and Co-ops: How local family farms can feed our communities, Establishing an Online Food Cooperative, was held April 6 in Hiawatha. The workshop provided a look at food co-ops and [...]