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11 Jun 2009By STEVE KRASKE The Kansas City Star The four U.S. senators from Missouri and Kansas announced Tuesday that they had teamed up on a resolution to designate the region from Manhattan, Kan., to Columbia, Mo., as the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor. “This resolution would recognize the Kansas City region’s longtime leadership in animal health,” [...]
Kansas State University has been selected as the future home of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) — once
again highlighting the state’s deep agricultural heritage, bioscience expertise, research infrastructure, world-class animal
health industry, and strong public support.
The $650 million research facility will provide the country with an urgently needed, state-of-the-art lab to protect the food supply and agriculture economy. Kansas is exceptionally well suited to accelerate the achievement of this mission.