Domestic Market Promotion Property Rights The Kansas Soybean Association opposes the condemnation or mandatory restrictions that postpone or restrict the property rights of landowners without just compensation. The Kansas Soybean Association opposes the changes proposed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to the Master Plan for the Management of the Missouri River Basin. The Kansas Soybean Association asks that governing agencies take into consideration topsoil thickness and annual rainfall, along with the frost-free days within the state of Kansas. We feel that proven research, in each area, should be used to set perimeters for dates and cultivation practices for crop insurance coverage. The Kansas Soybean Association believes existing exemptions should remain in place.
Agricultural inputs are in the same class as inputs for any other manufacture industry.
Raw products purchased by manufacturers are exempt from sales tax, since it is collected on the finished product. Agricultural products sales tax is collected on food products at the retail level. The Kansas Soybean Association opposes taxing inputs or raw agricultural products, whether by removal of sales tax exemptions or imposing an excise tax, a value-added tax, or a transaction tax. The Kansas Soybean Association supports the concept of producer owned businesses that add value to agricultural products. We favor the establishment of tax credits by the state of Kansas for producers who invest in value-added business ventures.