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• Kansas Legislature Wraps Up 2025 Veto Session
  HB 2040, supported by KLA, will extend the timeline from 120 to 180 days in which the Kansas Corporation Commission can make a final order on a transmission line siting application. Extending the timeline could allow additional opportunities for public and landowner input and promote clarity in the process.
• Iowa Livestock Producers Concerned about Livestock Diseases, Uncertain about Level of Threat and Capacity to Manage
  “Farmers are on the front lines of managing livestock disease threats, and their capacity to identify and treat diseases before they become major outbreaks is critical,” said Hanna Bates, a research administrator at Iowa State University’s Nanovaccine Institute and lead author of the study.
• Utilizing Coproducts in Fed Cattle Diets
  We received 251 calves sourced from across North Dakota through multiple owners associated with the Dakota Feeder Calf Show Feedout Program.
• USDA Awards $15.3 Million to Protect Animal Health
  The projects will help address gaps in animal disease outbreak emergency response, increase producer’s use of gold-standard biosecurity measures, train producers and responders to carry out animal disease outbreak response activities, help States and Tribes develop and exercise animal disease emergency response plans, and help producers who are impacted by animal disease outbreaks recover quickly.
• Cattle Market Prices Soar Over Five-Year Averages
  James Mitchel, livestock economist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said the elevated prices are due to the slight reduction in U.S. cattle inventory, paired with the steep curve of supply and demand in livestock marketing.