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Kansas Farm Bureau is and will remain the Voice of Agriculture to the legislature, Congress and the general public. We will educate when needed, protect when challenged and fight for our members to strengthen the lives of rural Americans and to build strong, prosperous agricultural communities.

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Pinpointing Policy: The Impacts of Tariffs

10/3/2024

With the 2024 presidential campaign in full swing, tariffs have emerged as a hot topic. Are they the cure for what ails America, or just another tax on consumers? Mark Nelson, director of commodities at Kansas Farm Bureau, breaks down the basics of tariffs, explains their impact on prices and producers and explores how they could shape U.S. agriculture. As history shows, tariffs can drive domestic production but may come with steep costs – including retaliatory actions that hurt farmers and ranchers. Learn more about how this complex policy affects trade, prices, and the future of U.S. agriculture.

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Postharvest Pricing Decisions

9/6/2024

Overall, Kansas fall crops are looking good, but prices are another story. Since May, DEC Corn futures have dropped $1.12/bu. and NOV Soybeans $2.76/bu. So, how should farmers approach postharvest marketing? Like a good doctor—do no harm. If you can’t improve on harvest values, it might be best to sell at harvest and focus on 2025.

Pinpointing Policy: Balancing challenges and solutions related to carbon

7/11/2024

Carbon, the sixth most abundant element in the universe, plays a complex role in our environment, especially in agriculture. It forms carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas that contributes to both warming the Earth and supporting plant life through photosynthesis. As concerns over rising CO2 levels grow, agriculture is increasingly seen as both a contributor to and a solution for carbon management, highlighting the importance of carbon sequestration practices.

KFB’s VOTE FBF announces Kansas Senate, House endorsements

7/2/2024

Kansas Farm Bureau’s Voters Organized To Elect Farm Bureau Friends political action committee announced its endorsements for Kansas Senate and House elections.

Pinpointing Policy: Fertilizer Update April 2024

4/10/2024

Although trending slightly higher in early 2024, fertilizer prices have receded significantly from the highs seen in 2022. A time where increased world demand as the world emerged from the COVID-19 recession, global supply chain disruptions associated with the uneven recovery, fertilizer export restrictions by China, and the outbreak of war between Russia and Ukraine—all combined to generate price shocks. While many problems linger, and input cost inflation remains sticky, fertilizer prices have receded from the peak reached in April 2022. Through April, anhydrous is down 46 percent, and urea 41 percent from the 2022 annual average. Phosphorus is down 19-22 percent and potash is down 39 percent.

2024 Prospective Planting and Grain Stocks Reports

4/5/2024

On March 28, we got the double dose of the March Prospective Plantings and Grain Stocks reports, and while the overall acreage data was positive to prices, the stocks data was more negative. A notable aspect was that prospective plantings of principal crops in Kansas were down 1.268 million acres from 2023.