KDA celebrates Kansas Ag Day

Representatives from the Kansas Department of Agriculture celebrated Kansas Ag Day at the Kansas State Capitol on March 18. (Courtesy photo.).

In honor of Kansas’ largest industry, employer and economic driver, the Kansas Department of Agriculture is observing Kansas Agriculture Day on March 18 with a day at the Capitol.

In addition, the entire month of March has been proclaimed Kansas Agriculture Month by Gov. Laura Kelly. A photo of the KDA staff appears above.

To celebrate Kansas Ag Day, members of the Kansas trademark program, From the Land of Kansas, as well as several partners with Kansas ag organizations joined KDA at the Kansas State Capitol sharing Kansas-made products with legislators and other leaders to promote the value of agriculture to the state.

Members of the state trademark program, From the Land of Kansas, shared samples of their products in the first-floor rotunda at the Kansas State Capitol to celebrate Kansas Ag Day on March 18. (Courtesy photo.)

Agriculture contributes more than $88 billion to the Kansas economy, leads the nation in grain sorghum and wheat production, and is in the nation’s top three states in cattle and calves.

Throughout Ag Month we celebrate the hard-working people in the agriculture community and recognize that the crops and animals grown on farms and ranches in Kansas are feeding Kansas families as well as families around the world.

Find out more about Kansas Ag Day and Kansas Ag Month go to the KDA website, agriculture.ks.gov/ksagmonth, or follow along on social media as KDA celebrates the history and tradition of farming and ranching in Kansas that lives on today as agriculture remains at the heart of our state’s health and prosperity.