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Kansas Ag Summit: Beef sector discusses packing capacity

The Kansas beef cattle sector generated $8.32 billion in cash receipts in 2020. That’s 47% of the state’s agricultural cash receipts in just that year. From ranches to backgrounders to feedyards to processing, the Kansas beef cattle industry covers every link in the beef chain.

The 2022 Kansas Governor’s Summit on Agricultural Growth Beef Sector preconference online breakout session took a look at the beef processing sector’s capacity, and what that might mean for the future of Kansas’ cattle industry.

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The Kansas Department of Agriculture’s IMPLAN (IMpact analysis…

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