Governor Laura Kelly proclaimed June as Kansas Dairy Month Thursday with a stop at Hildebrand Farms Dairy.
During her visit, which also included Secretary of Agriculture Mike Beam, Kelly pledged support for dairy farmers, who produce over 4 billion pounds of milk each year, generating over $668 million to the Kansas economy. Last year, the Kansas dairy industry increased milk production by more than 5 percent.
Hildebrand Farms has been in operation since the 1930s and continues to sell milk in glass bottles at 120 stores throughout Kansas.
Gov. Kelly will return to the Flint Hills for a ribbon cutting at Bev-Hub in Manhattan. That will take place at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.
