The Associated Press
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas' top agriculture official called Jan. 15 for the repeal of state laws restricting corporations' involvement in agriculture, a move that would reverse a policy enacted more than 80 years ago.
Agriculture Secretary Dale Rodman said the state's anti-corporate farming laws hinder the growth of agriculture and recruitment of new agribusinesses to Kansas. Also, in a letter to Rodman earlier this month, Attorney General Derek Schmidt questioned the constitutionality of at least one provision of state law.
"Our corporate farming laws need to be repealed," Rodman, a former executive with agribusiness. . .
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