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Lyons, Ellinwood Organizations Receive Tourism Grants

TOPEKA, Kan. — Today, Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland announced that more than $400,000 has been awarded for projects that will boost tourism throughout the state. Funding from the

Kansas to receive $9 million for drought mitigation projects

Kansas is receiving $9 million from the federal government to enhance a pair of drought mitigation projects. Gov. Laura Kelly says $7 million will support a state project to divert water from the Little Arkansas River into the Kansas Equus Beds Aquifer. The remaining...

Local meat processors receive USDA grants

The USDA is granting more than $35 million to independent meat processors to boost processing capacity and expand market opportunities. Independent meat processors in 12 states including Arkansas, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and Nebraska will receive funding from USDA. In Missouri, America’s Heartland Packing...

Nebraska’s largest feedlot to receive first shipment of cattle this month

A new feedlot with a 150,000 head capacity will soon be operational in southwest Nebraska. Eric Behlke, one of the owners of the Blackshirt Feeders project, tells Brownfield they expect the first shipment of cattle to arrive the last week of September. “It’s been a long time...