The Kansas Department of Commerce and the western Kansas Rural Economic Development Alliance (wKREDA) hosted a day-long bus tour, designed to showcase Kansas as an ideal location for dairy farmers. About 25 dairy producers attended the tour and came from a variety of locations, including Kansas, Tennessee, Virginia and Saudi Arabia.
Participants visited Royal Farms Dairy and Plymell Dairy in Garden City and Forget-Me-Not Farms in Cimarron. All three operations are large-scale but have unique management models.
Throughout the day, producers learned about incentives, regulations, and labor, water and feed availability affecting Kansas' dairy industry. They also heard from a panel of southwest Kansas residents who provided information about education, health care and other topics relating to quality of Kansas life.
The tour was part of the Kansas Dairy Initative, which was created to promote Kansas as an ideal location for dairy farming. For more information about the initiative, visit www.DairyInKansas.com .
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RIGHT: Producers discuss the benefits of dairying in Kansas during the Southwest Kansas Dairy Tour.
LEFT: Participants were able to visit Forget-Me-Not Farms in Cimarron, Kansas.
Photos provided by High Plains Journal .
Information about the tour provided by Joe Monaco and J.J. Jones of the Kansas Department of Commerce
