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22 Feb 2011Along with Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins, last week, Congressman Kevin Yoder also spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of the NBAF. Here are his remarks: “The NBAF is a state-of-the-art biocontainment facility for the study of foreign animal, emerging and zoonotic diseases that threaten U.S. animal agriculture and public health. [...]
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19 Feb 2011In the following video, Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins explains why our country needs the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, and why it is so important to our nation’s food supply.
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8 Feb 2011Last year, Kansas Livestock Commission George Teagarden had a great editorial in the Manhattan Mercury. In this editorial he highlighted the agricultural heritage of Kansas, and the understanding that Kansans bring to the critical issues of food safety. Here are a couple of the highlights: “With its deep agriculture heritage, Kansas has long understood the [...]
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1 Feb 2011The federal government is taking decisive action to modernize the nation’s animal disease research infrastructure, with the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility set to bring our efforts to protect the food supply and agriculture economy into the 21st century. This is a very important development for American science — and one that some experts say [...]
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.