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Mar 18, 2022
The Kansas Department of Agriculture has now identified two new counties which have confirmed cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) as the disease outbreak continues in Kansas and nationwide. Samples from birds exhibiting HPAI symptoms in a non-commercial backyard mixed-species flock (poultry) in Dickinson County and also in a non-commercial backyard mixed-species flock (non-poultry) in rural Sedgwick County were confirmed today by the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa.
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Mar 12, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a non-commercial backyard mixed species flock (poultry) in Franklin County, Kansas.
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Mar 09, 2022
The Kansas Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild waterfowl in central Kansas. This is the state’s first confirmed case of HPAI since 2015.
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Mar 04, 2022
The Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Division of Animal Health encourages poultry owners, with both commercial and backyard flocks, to take steps to protect their flocks from avian influenza by monitoring their birds for symptoms and by implementing biosecurity practices.
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Mar 04, 2022
The Kansas State Board of Agriculture will meet for its regular quarterly board meeting on Friday, March 11, from 9:00 a.m. to noon at the Kansas Department of Agriculture, 1320 Research Park Dr. in Manhattan.
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Mar 02, 2022
The Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Pet Animal Advisory Board will hold its regular quarterly board meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 9, 2022.
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Feb 28, 2022
The Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Marketing and Promotions Advisory Board will meet at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, March 4. This is a regularly scheduled board meeting that will be held via virtual meeting or by utilizing a call-in option.
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Feb 23, 2022
The Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Board of Animal Health will meet at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 2.
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Feb 22, 2022
The Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Conservation is pleased to announce that Mid-States Materials received the Governor’s Mined Land Reclamation Award in January as part of the Kansas Aggregate Producers Association meeting in Olathe.
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Feb 21, 2022
The Kansas Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for the 2022 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. Funds for the program are awarded to the agency by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service.