The donation was announced March 7 by Jack Lindquist, President of the Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership program. The contribution is a joint gift from Cargill s main headquarters in Minneapolis, and the Cargill Kansas Business Group, which includes Cargill Flour, Excel, Cargill Salt, and Caprock Industries. According to KARL President Jack Lindquist, the donation sustains the leadership program through its transition from Class V, which will graduate in April, to the Class VI group now being screened for qualifications. Cargill began operations in Kansas.
KARL funding comes entirely from private sources.
Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K-State campus, Manhattan.