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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 every other month. 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.

January 2025

  • McClain’s break state yield record, credit teamwork
  • Kansans celebrate Midwest-Plains NIETC removal
  • KS ag committee leads offer ’25 legislative preview

November 2024 (digital)

  • Atkinson policy perspective and retiring message
  • U.S. Election Recap, Outlook
  • Endangered Species Act Update

July 2024

  • Bellar partnership balances strengths
  • Legislation push for UCO import clarification
  • Ag committees put forth differing Farm Bills
  • Water Resources Development Act set for two years

May 2024 (digital)

  • $16.5 million rail expansion aids ag supply chain
  • 2024 Kansas Legislative Session Report
  • KSA submits comments on CARB

March 2024

  • Association director broadens horizon south
  • Flickner receives prestigious conversation award
  • Kansas farmers travel to Washington, D.C.
  • Soybeans take off in the aviation industry

January 2024

  • Kansas Soybean Expo recap
  • Yield, value winners
  • Policy Q & A with ASA

November 2023 (digital)

  • Atkinson policy perspective
  • Soy growers regain access to chlorpyrifos
  • House shuts down anti-checkoff amendment

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November 2022 (digital)

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Jodi Oleen, CommonGround Kansas Coordinator

https://kansassoybeans.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/25-07-09-Ks-Soy-Update-Oleen-Final-Short.mp3

July 9 - 15: Jodi Oleen, Coordinator for CommonGround Kansas talks about the mission and purpose of CommonGround and highlights the recent Yoga on the Farm at Hildebrand Dairy.

Morgan Barba, K-State Ag Communications Master’s Student

https://kansassoybeans.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/25-07-02-Ks-Soy-Update-Barba-Final-Short.mp3

July 2-8: Morgan Barba, K-State Ag Communications master's student and former Kansas Soybean intern, talks about her experience on a Future Ag Leaders Delegation trip to China. There she saw technology, experienced the culture and gained a greater understanding of the need for collaboration.

Jake Renner, Kansas Department of Agriculture

https://kansassoybeans.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/25-06-25-Ks-Soy-Update-Renner-Final-Short.mp3

June 25-July 1: As June comes to a close, Jake Renner, Kansas Department of Agriculture Agribusiness Development Manager, discusses dairy cattle being the #1 consumer of soybean meal in the state and the growth of the industry, in both cattle number and value-added, it has brought tremendous value to the state.

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