Animal Agriculture Summit

Governor Brownback recently announced that he's scheduled a summit meeting on the economy and animal agriculture, September 28th in Garden City. Part of a series of summits held around the state on improving the Kansas economy this meeting will focus on the retention and expansion of farms, ranches and agribusiness in the state as well as ways to encourage new agricultural entities to enter the state. Featured speaker at the summit will be Dr. Giovanni Gasperoni of Novus International.

Specific topics to be covered in the gathering will include growing animal agriculture including workforce, Kansas’ advantages and disadvantages for business, food safety, animal health and animal welfare.

Provided below are some links to resources on animal agriculture, animal health, food safety and the Summit:

Governor's Economic Summit on Animal Agriculture
http://ksagriculture.kda.ks.gov/Pages/Default.aspx
(September 28, 2011, St. Dominic Catholic School, Garden City)
-- Agenda
-- Registration Form
-- Location and Lodging
-- Background Information
-- Contact
-- Dr. Giovanni Gasperoni biography

"Brownback To Host Animal Ag Summit"
http://www.hutchnews.com/Latestlocalnews/Brownback-to-host-animal-ag-summit
(Hutchinson News, August 30, 2011)

ANIMAL AGRICULTURE
Kansas Department of Agriculture
--Meat and Poultry
--Dairy
--Statistics

National Institute for Animal Agriculture
http://www.animalagriculture.org/

Animal Production (US Department of Agriculture)
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navid=ANIMAL_PRODUCTION&navtype=RT&parentnav=PRODUCERS

AGRIBUSINESS
Kansas Department of Agriculture
--Marketing
--Statistics

Kansas Agri Business Expo
http://www.ksabe.org/mx/hm.asp?id=Home

Kansas Center for Sustainable Agriculture
http://www.kansassustainableag.org/valueadded.htm

USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/

FOOD SAFETY
Kansas Department of Agriculture
http://www.ksda.gov/food_safety/

Food Safety (US Government)
http://www.foodsafety.gov/

ANIMAL HEALTH
Kansas Animal Health Department
http://www.kansas.gov/kahd/index.shtml

Kansas Department of Agriculture Animal Health
http://www.ksda.gov/animal/

Kansas City Animal Health Corridor
http://www.kcanimalhealth.com/
("KC area companies account for nearly 32% of total sales in the $19 billion global animal health market")

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/

ANIMAL WELFARE

Farm Animals: Animal Welfare Information Center
http://awic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?tax_level=1&info_center=3&tax_subject=170

ASSOCIATIONS, COUNCILS
(An incomplete list of organizations involved with different aspects of animal agriculture in Kansas)
Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association
Kansas Ag.org
Kansas Beef Council
Kansas Livestock Association
Kansas Cattlemen's Association
National Cattlemen's Beef Association
Kansas Dairy Association
Kansas Sheep Association
Kansas Pork Association
Kansas Meat Goat Association
Kansas Honey Producers Association
Northeastern Kansas Beekeepers' Association
Kansas Emu Association
Midwest Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association
Kansas Agricultural Aviation Association
Kansas Graziers Association
Kansas Poultry Association
Dr. R. Scott Beyer
Department of AS&I, 130 City Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506-1600

RESEARCH, GENERAL INFORMATION
Kansas State University Animal Science and Industry
http://www.asi.ksu.edu/p.aspx

Kansas Bioscience Authority
http://www.kansasbioauthority.org/
("Created by the Kansas Economic Growth Act of 2004 with the sole purpose of advancing Kansas’ leadership in bioscience")

Kansas Farm Bureau
http://www.kfb.org/

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