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Ag Blogs -
Steve Baccus
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Friday, 12 April 2013 17:07 |
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Every
day, rural communities across Kansas benefit from a four-year-old law that
provides needed income, good jobs and steady investments in our state. This law,
the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, has helped Kansas become a national
leader in developing, generating and exporting renewable energy.
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Ag Blogs -
Steve Baccus
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Monday, 03 December 2012 09:15 |
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The election has passed and maybe surprisingly, not much has
changed in Washington, D.C.
We returned a strong Republican House, a Democrat Senate, and
Barack Obama to the White House. |
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Ag Blogs -
Steve Baccus
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 16:06 |
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Isolated CBS News piece one symptom of larger challenges ag faces
Kansas Farm Bureau president Steve Baccus, a grain farmer from Ottawa County, offered these remarks at KFB’s annual lobby day in Topeka, February 3, 2010. Right off the top, a couple of thank yous. |
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Ag Blogs -
Steve Baccus
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Wednesday, 26 August 2009 15:14 |
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This summer’s raucous town hall meetings on national health care reform have brought high drama, while illustrating the considerable uneasiness of many Americans on the subject. Less theatrical, but equally important, are the grassroots efforts of Farm Bureau members on the Waxman-Markey climate change bill passed by the House that awaits Senate action. |
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Ag Blogs -
Steve Baccus
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Friday, 12 June 2009 12:49 |
The talk on Capitol Hill is not to expect climate change legislation to become law this year, but do expect Congress to take action before the 2010 elections. Any delay in sweeping climate change legislation is welcome news for America’s farmers and ranchers because whatever action Congress takes could have a profound and permanent impact on production agriculture.
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Ag Blogs -
Steve Baccus
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Wednesday, 08 April 2009 08:41 |
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John Halick, a wise man who worked as a cereal chemist for Uncle Ben's Rice for a number of years, was instrumental in the formation of USDA's rice quality laboratory in Beaumont, Texas, in the 1950s. Dr. Halick is quoted as saying: "Man has many problems, but a hungry man just has one." |
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Ag Blogs -
Steve Baccus
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Thursday, 26 February 2009 14:40 |
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Schnitzel with noodles is one of Maria’s “favorite things” in the musical, The Sound of Music. Some of your favorite things might be sausage and eggs on a Sunday morning, or roast turkey with gravy and buttery mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving. Of course, there are people who have different tastes. They prefer not to eat meat, or they go even further and swear off eggs and dairy products as well. Hey, it’s a free country. Vegetarians and vegans have good intentions, and they give farmers another market segment to serve. |
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