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How We Celebrated with an 8-Foot Loaf of Bread

When we opened up the Kansas Wheat Innovation Center to the public on April 26, we couldn’t just have an ordinary old ribbon cutting. No, the KWIC was christened the way wheat farmers would want it to be: with an 8-foot … Continue reading

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‘Mr. Secretary, We’ve Found Your Beef’

“Mr. Secretary, the beef from your state has found its destination.” – Jeong Min Park, U.S. Meat Export Federation That we found Kansas-processed beef in Han Jung, South Korea really wasn’t a surprise. But it took some searching; we actually … Continue reading

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Farm-to-Fork, Kindergarten Style

Julie Winsor, Director of Finance and Human Resources for Kansas Wheat, guest-blogs on her visit to Mrs. Martin’s Kindergarten class in Wamego, Kansas. I was honored when Mrs. Martin, my son’s kindergarten teacher, asked me to present to the classroom … Continue reading

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The Buzz

Airplanes and agriculture have been good to Kansas. So have Girl Scout cookies. Kansas is widely known for two major industries: agriculture and airplanes. Certainly, with Boeing’s announcement Jan. 3 that it would close its Wichita plant, our status as the … Continue reading

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