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From the Flinchbaugh Chair: When Policy Gets Personal
Many agricultural policy topics provoke strong reactions or fall along political fault lines. That’s natural—people care deeply about the food they eat, the well-being of rural families and workers, shared natural resources, taxes, and more. Farm labor and immigration are extreme examples: despite decades of hard-fought compromise in Congress, durable solutions remain elusive due to the broader political climate. And these dynamics don’t just play out in Washington—they show
Jul 6, 2025
Flinchbaugh Center celebrates first anniversary and new matching gift
Aug. 17 marked the one-year anniversary of the creation of the Barry Flinchbaugh Center for Ag and Food Policy.
Aug 27, 2024
Flinchbaugh’s legacy carries on with center’s focus on complex issues
It’s been four years since we lost renowned ag economist Barry Flinchbaugh, but a group of ag leaders is determined to see his legacy live
Aug 22, 2024
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Explore manuscripts, photographs, film, objects, and other unique materials from Dr. Flinchbaugh’s life. Visit the Kansas State University Hale Library Archives website to search and learn about Dr. Flinchbaugh’s collections.
Read More (https://archivaldescriptions.lib.k-state.edu/barry-flinchbaugh-papers)
• Kings and Kingmakers https://mediasite.k-state.edu/mediasite/Play/fb0e511f02b940e8a0ad8f0a5eb611051d(https://mediasite.k-state.edu/mediasite/Play/fb0e511f02b940e8a0ad8f0a5eb611051d)
• Landon Lecture -Six Past U.S. Secretaries of Agriculture - Mike Johanns, Ann Veneman, Dan Glickman, Ed Schafer, Mike Espy, and John Block, October 21, 2013 https://www.k-state.edu/landon/speakers/ag-secretaries13/video.html(https://www.k-state.edu/landon/speakers/ag-secretaries13/video.html)
• Barry Flinchbaugh 1942 – 2020 - Remembering An Icon https://www.k-state.com/news/flinchbaugh.php(https://www.k-state.com/news/flinchbaugh.php)
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