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Wednesday, 08 April 2009 09:36 |
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Kansas cattlemen support safety measures that provide enhancement and promotion of food safety in the United States. Kansas Cattlemen's Association encourages increased controls and inspections of food sources and livestock at US borders and supports measures that prevent diseases and pathogens from entering the US rather than the current system of reacting to outbreaks. KCA supports testing of all imported agricultural products to insure food safety, not just broadened testing of products after an outbreak, such as the US did in September 2008 of milk-derived products from China. |
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Friday, 03 April 2009 08:45 |
| As a result of mail-in ballots, producer members of the Kansas Cattlemen's Association voted to adopt a number of policies that directly affect them as producers. |
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Friday, 03 April 2009 08:07 |
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Checkoff-funded protein webinars reach dietitians and health professionals about the role of protein in a diet. Emerging research suggests high-quality protein plays an increasingly important role in muscle maintenance, weight management, and disease prevention such as sarcopenia (involuntary decline in muscle mass associated with aging), type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. With the overweight/obesity epidemic growing and baby boomer generation aging, the benefits of high-quality protein have never been more critical. |
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Monday, 30 March 2009 08:28 |
The March 1 inventory of hogs and pigs on Kansas farms totaled 1.81 million head, down 4 percent from March 1, 2008, but 5 percent above December 1, 2008, the Kansas Agriculture Statistics reported.
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