TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback says he wants to define a strategy for boosting the state’s share of U.S. animal agriculture production.
Brownback said during an economic development summit in Garden City on Wednesday that he wants investment in the state’s beef, dairy and pork industries to grow by hundreds of millions of dollars.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Brownback also said that reforming the state’s regulatory and legal framework for the agriculture industry could attract new investment to Kansas.
Brownback, a Republican, also said recent expansion of dairy farms in western Kansas could be replicated by redevelopment of poultry production in the state. He says his administration would soon be announcing proposals for lowering the top rate of the state income tax.
