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The
Kansas Dairy Commission was created by the state legislature
in 1995. Through K.S.A. 47-2301-06 the Commission is charged
with collecting and allocating money from a 3/4-cent per hundredweight
assessment on all milk produced in Kansas. The Kansas Dairy
Commission is designed and operates similar to other Kansas
agricultural commodity checkoff organizations. By law, money
collected from milk producers for the Kansas Dairy Commission
can only be spent on educational programs; dairy-related research;
and dairy product promotion. The Kansas Dairy Commission Board
of Directors has identified producer-oriented education and
research as the Commissions top priorities.
Kansas
Dairy Commission began collecting assessments on July 1, 1995.
Since that time, the Kansas Dairy Commission has made a positive
impact on the dairy industry in Kansas by funding the following
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Education
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Producer
Education Seminars
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Ron
Funk Memorial Scholarship at KSU - awarded annually
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Kansas
Dairy Association Annual Meeting - every February
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Dairy
Dispatch Newsletter - published six times per year
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Kansas
All-Breeds Junior Dairy Show - every August
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Kansas
Dairy Farm Tour Field Days - Summer
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KSU
Dairy Days - meal sponsor
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Promotion
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Kansas
State Fair - Milking Parlor Demonstrations, Dairy
Bar & Milk Mustache Contest
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Dairy
Producer Directory
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June
Dairy Month Proclamations & Radio /TV Station
Dairy Trivia Contests
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Kansas
All Breeds Dairy Sale & Show
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Sponsoring dairy products for other organization's annual meetings, functions and field days throughout Kansas
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Research
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Kansas Dairy Vending Machine Study
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Assistance
in underwriting four current Dairy Research Projects
at KSU
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Controlling
heat stress in freestall housing
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Milk
sampling techniques for urea nitrogen analysis
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Evaluation
of milk urea nitrogen as a predictor of fertility
in dairy cows
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Coping
with heat stress during summer months with
an alternative A.I. breeding protocol
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Melting
characteristics of frozen cheese
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Small-sized
milk processing plant considerations
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Microbial profiles of sand bedding reclaimed in gravity settling basins
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Kansas
Dairy Commission
2003-2004 Board of Directors
Chairman Dennis Metz, Wellington
Vice Chairman Richard Benoit, Damar
Mike Bodenhausen, Muscotah
Tim Pauly, Conway Springs
Frank Pretz, Osawatomie
Jerry Spielman, Seneca
Warren Winter, Hillsboro
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