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Straight Rows

Articles in the Kansas Soybean Association newsletter, Straight Rows, provide current information about the Association’s programs, services and activities and how it serves the soybean industry. It is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall and winter) and mails to more than 500 addresses. KSA also distributes copies at industry events and archives every issue in its entirety here for at least three years. To protect the members’ benefit, an issue does not appear online until the next one is ready for the printer. Visit the membership page to join KSA.

Summer 2021

  • Industry celebrates Johannes’ retirement
  • Reser Report on Legislature
  • ASA Federal Legislative Report
  • KSA Board conducts corporate tour
  • SRE Saga: Refiners win in Supreme Court
  • Kansas State University Op-Ed from Ernie Minton
  • KSA membership means representation in policy
  • Meet KSA board member Mike Musselman

Spring 2021

  • Commodity Classic delivers sessions to 4,000+ farms
  • Meet KSA board member Brandon Geiger
  • Committee work supports board goals, productivity
  • KSA dives right into first quarter’s business
  • American Soybean Association sets 2021 resolutions
  • Eye on Kansas legislature
  • ASA/WISHH, KSU partner on Cambodian field day
  • Winsor joins ASA directors
  • EPA decision shows biofuel support

Winter 2020

  • ASA D.C. team anticipates government’s transition
  • Meet KSA board member Jared Nash
  • Meet the seventh ELA class
  • Q&A with Kaleb Little

Fall 2020

  • KSA requests multi-year dicamba registration
  • Meet KSA board member Michel Ransom
  • Contests call for farmers to compete in yield, value
  • USMCA takes effect
  • Biofuel advocates applaud EPA decision on SREs
  • ASA announces soy scholarship
  • Committee progresses on KS Soybean CEO search

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Gray’s Harbor Investment

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May 11-17: Mike Bellar, STC representative, explains the value of KSC's investment in expanding the Gray's Harbor port in the PNW.

Mental Health & Ag Stress

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May 4-11: May is Mental Health Month. Bradley Dirks with KSRE discusses mental health on farming operations.

CommonGround KS Update

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April 27- May 3: Melissa Hildebrand Reed teases the June 4 Yoga on the Farm event and more CommonGround activities.

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