Governor Kelly kicked off the seventh annual Kansas Governor’s Summit on Agricultural Growth this week.
The summit is a meeting of more than 400 leaders representing a variety of agricultural interests across the state of Kansas.
In 2021, agriculture contributed nearly $70 billion to the Kansas economy and fueled nearly 240,000 jobs – 12% of Kansas’ workforce. Kelly announced earlier this year that Kansas exported $5.35 billion of agricultural goods – the most in the state’s history.
At the conference, attendees focused on specific agricultural sectors including traditional areas like beef, pork, corn, and wheat, as well as sectors such as specialty livestock, agricultural technology, and cotton. Since the first Ag Growth Summit in 2016, these sectors have worked to identify strategies for driving growth in their sectors.
For more about the 2022 Kansas Ag Growth Summit and the full Ag Growth Project —including materials shared in the day’s sessions and a full list of the Kansas Ag Heroes — visit www.agriculture.ks.gov/GrowAg.
