CONSERVATION EASEMENT INCENTIVE ACT INTRODUCED Over 250 U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on May 24, 2011 to make the enhanced tax deduction for conservation easement donations a permanent law. Kansas Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins is an original co-sponsor of the bill, known as the Conservation Easement Incentive Act, or HR 1964. A similar bill (S…
JAY SUNDGREN AND THE SUN RANCH Pig Skin to Cow Hides In 1934 Gene Sundgren was a 158 pound All Big Six lineman for Kansas State College in Manhattan. The drive and determination that Coach Waldorf admired in Sundgren on K -States successful run for a Big Six Championship that year transferred to the Registered…
THIRD-GRADERS LEARN ABOUT KANSAS PRAIRIE On Friday, May 6, Ranchland Trust of Kansas, in collaboration with the Kansas Foundation for Ag in the Classroom, demonstrated to over 700 third-grade students in USD 475-Junction City the “Power of the Prairie.” “Our goal was to educate the third-graders about the tallgrass prairie and how it contributes to…
STORY BY NATIONAL CATTLEMEN’S FOUNDATION Sproul Ranch, owned by Bill and Peggy Sproul, Sedan, Kan., is a 2010 regional Environmental Stewardship Award winner. Representing Region VII * of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, the Sprouls were recognized at a reception here last night during the 2010 Cattle Industry Conference. The ESAP award, now in its…