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K-State hosts livestock industry and Ogallala Aquifer sustainability discussion

ROBERT PIERCE

• Leader & Times

The beef cattle sector is the single largest sector in the Kansas agriculture industry, with cattle and calves generating nearly $10 billion in cash receipts each year, accounting for 46 percent agricultural cash receipts.

Declines in the Ogallala Aquifer, threaten the livelihoods of Kansans and food secuity worldwide, and the Kansas livestock industry depends on critical plans to stabilize the aquifer. Sustaining food security is also a national security imperative.

Recently, Kansas State University’s Kansas Water Institute (KWI) hosted a partnership with the Kansas Livestock Association (KLA) and Aimpoint Research to address water conservation from each point of the value chain.

Apex Clean Energy and the City of Liberal sign agreement for effluent water procurement

ELLY GRIMM

• Leader & Times

The next step in another green energy project for the city of Liberal officially happened last week, with the City of Liberal and Apex officially signing an agreement with Apex Clean Energy for a water procurement option contract, an early step in the development of a green hydrogen facility, which could create significant opportunity for Kansas as a leader in the nascent sector.

Barrett Thomas, Apex development manager, said there is a lot of excitement about the agreement officially being signed.

Energy industry grows in SW Kansas

ELLY GRIMM

• Leader & Times

The Liberal community could soon be a hub for going green, and multiple officials were on hand Wednesday for the groundbreaking of a new pilot plant designed to help produce sustainable aviation fuel.

Conestoga breaks ground in effort to fuel flyovers

ELLY GRIMM

• Leader & Times

Wednesday was a big day for Liberal and the environment with the groundbreaking of a pilot plant to help produce sustainable aviation fuel, and many were on hand to speak, including a few company CEOs.

Up first to speak was Conestoga Energy CEO Tom Willis.

Lawmakers share excitement for pilot plant project

ELLY GRIMM

• Leader & Times

Wednesday saw a new chapter in Liberal’s book with the groundbreaking of a new pilot plant set to help produce sustainable aviation fuel, and a few lawmakers were on hand to share their praise.